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July 2019 Illustrations  ヽ(• ‿•)ノ

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Notetaking

Sound Note - take notes while you record audio

Evernote - notetaking that syncs across platforms

Paper 53 - minimal notetaking that syncs

Microsoft OneNote - collaboration and syncing, best for Office users

Google Keep - jot things down, best for Google suite users

Notability - take notes and annotate PDFs

Mindly - create mind maps

Day One - a digital journal

Flash Cards

Quizlet - the quintessential flash card app

StudyBlue - another commonly used app

Cram - best for its “cram mode”

Eidetic - uses spaced repetition for effective memorization

Planner 

My Study Life - schedules, tasks, reminders, and more

StudyCal - keeps track of tasks, exams, and grades

24me - automated reminders and event planning

iStudiez - schedule and prioritized task list

Google Calendar - a calendar, best for Google users

Glass Planner - a calendar and to do list with incredible functionality

To Do List

Clear - organized to-do and reminders

MinimaList - simple to-do and focus timer

Trello - collaborative project organizer

Todoist - clean and functional task manager

Default notes app on your phone

Time Management

Forest - plant trees by staying focused

Pomotodo - pomodoro timer with to-do list

Timeglass - custom timers

Tide - pomodoro with white noise

Alarmy - forces you out of bed 

Pillow - smart alarm that tracks sleep cycles

Productivity

Workflow - automate tasks

Habitica - turn your habits into an RPG

Continuo - simple, colorful activity tracking

Freedom - block distracting apps

Free Learning

Coursera - free MOOCs

TED - listen to Ted Talks

Duolingo - language learning

Memrise - spaced repetition language vocabulary

Khan Academy - free video lessons

Ambient Noise

8tracks - curated playlists

Spotify - online music streaming

Coffitivity - cafe ambience

Noisli - background sound generator

Rain Rain - rain sounds

Binaural - binaural beats

Health

Rockin Ramen - recipes based on ramen

MealBoard - meal planning

Lifesum - healthy eating

Stop Breath And Think - mindfulness meditation

Pacifica - mental health management

Sworkit - personalized video workouts

Waterlogged - hydration tracker

Reference

WolframAlpha - Google on steroids

Oxford Dictionary - all of English at your fingertips

RefMe - citation generator

PhotoMath - solve math problems by taking a photo

Mathway - step by step math help

Desmos - free graphing calculator

Wikipedia - not the best source, but it’s handy

Miscellaneous 

Companion - stay safe when walking alone

Mint - money management

Toshl - finance manager

Tiny Scanner - scan documents

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First triathlon

I did my first triathlon today! It was a short one, just 55 minutes and go as far as you can in that time (all indoors) and I finished last but I met my personal goals of both finishing it and not ever stopping moving, no matter how much I wanted to on the bike portion.

This wasn't really a planned thing. I had just started considering a race in August and had only had one real training session before I saw this one posted two days before the event. But I figured since it was by time and not distance it wouldn't matter as much as long as I kept moving, so that's what I did.

I haven't really done anything in over 10 years and only did one 5k back then, so I'm definitely not an athlete. Seriously overweight and out of shape but I'm SO glad I did this!

I tried to highlight next to my score but kind of got several. But mines the lowest distance lol.

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Reblog if you have mourned the death of a fictional character.

If you do not reblog this, you are in fact lying.

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i swear to fucking god i had this innate primordial urge today to learn how to make a cloak for myself and i was nearly sweating and shaking with the effort to not immediately bust out of my work and go learn so i could have just a

really

fucking

good

CLOAK

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I am a person who wants to do a lot of things trapped in a body that’s constantly exhausted and likes naps.

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I love these comics by Nathan W. Pyle.

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“cats can’t do any tricks” well wrong.

cats can:

sniff

fall off things

Lick plastic (BAD trick)

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life with mental illness is actually so fucking exhausting

honestly, i can’t explain the kind of tiredness that’s caused by being mentally unwell

it’s like your veins are tired. your bones are tired. your hair is tired. your actual soul is tired

never feel guilty for resting.

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side effects of being numb due to mental illness:

not crying for weeks and weeks on end til one day breaking down over something not actually worth getting upset for

not being able to tell if your feelings for people are platonic or romantic or if you’re just lonely 

instead of caring too much not caring at all about anything 

not being able to process anything going on in your life and when you try your brain stalling out

losing your train of thought every five seconds so when you try to have a conversation having to pause and remember what you were trying to say 

word vomiting 

mind ‘STATIC’

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Know their names and their stories.

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Ordinary Kid™ falls into fantasy realm.

Ordinary Kid™ gets told by local fairies he’s the chosen one.

Ordinary Kid™ told he needs to defeat the evil wizard.

Ordinary Kid™ immediately gets his ass killed.

1st Fairy to the 2nd Fairy: “You’ve really got to stop telling them that.”

2nd Fairy to the 1st Fairy: “Well sooner or later, it’s bound to be true for one of the little fuckers.”

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Not saying the GOP is nothing more than a Trump cult at this point, but