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Reject every social opportunity for a week.
Okay so first of all I am a student that does not suffer from FOMO. So, asking me to miss all social events for a week is not bad (I actually enjoy it, people are exhausting). I love staying at home and be by myself. I’m great at entertaining myself. Since I don’t worry about missing out I have no need to be there. If I go somewhere it is purely because I want to hang out with the people there. So, I canceled all the weekend plans. Which gave a lot of complaints from some of my friends. Honestly this is the perfect excuse to stay at home and do work and watch movies/series. Just me time! Yay!
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Try meditation for a week.
I did meditation exercises for a week now. It makes me feel really calm and grounded. Which is something I can really use in my final year at open window. I think I am going to continue doing this. I do these exercises before I go to sleep. These exercises I learned from a lady that told me I needed to be more grounded. I really do feel more grounded by doing this.
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Listen to a new music album you wouldn’t normally listen to at least 5 times.
I listened to the album the 1975 by the 1975. I decided to listen to this because the album has been on my laptop for more than 4 years now. My best friend loves this band and told me a bit too often to listen to it. I think this is why I refused to listen to it. Also, whenever I heard a little snipped of the songs I wasn’t a big fan. But that was 4 years ago. I have to admit that I enjoy it much more now. My music taste is so wide so it was hard to find something I was refusing to listen to. And it turns out now as well that I enjoyed this. The guitars were awesome and the lead singer has cool voice.
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Write down a 100 questions
1. When will I book my ticket home?
2. How will I get a job?
3. Will I get a job?
4. Do I have to grow up?
5. How do I get money without working?
6. What can I do right now?
7. How can I travel everywhere with no money?
8. What is the cheapest country to travel to?
9. What is the best passport to have?
10. How can I get concentration?
11. Where can I get good cheap food?
12. Is there a real upside down?
13. What is the answer to life?
14. Will we travel in time?
15. What if we are actually bacteria living on a bigger living creature?
16. Is there any other life out there in the universe?
17. Will we still get to meet the aliens in this life time?
18. Will game of thrones end with Dany on the throne?
19. Or will Jon be on the throne?
20. Or will the throne be “broken”?
21. Why can’t we see all the colours?
22. What if there is a sixth sense we can’t comprehend so we have no idea it exists?
23. What is the most popular favorite colour?
24. What is the least liked favorite food?
25. What?
26. Why?
27. How?
28. Who?
29. Why do girls wear makeup?
30. What is it like to only see in black and white
31. What is it like to be blind from birth
32. What is it like to see for the first time
33. When will the universe end?
34. How will the universe end?
35. Will we expierence space travel like in the scifi movies?
36. Will there be space pirates
37. Has my hair healed enough to dye again?
38. Why is my handwriting so untidy?
39. Am I ready to be an adult?
40. Why am I so scared to be an adult?
41. Why do we have to grow up?
42. What if dying is like baby in the womb being born?
43. If we take our brain out of our body and put it in a other body will our consciousness stay in the original body or will it go to the new body?
44. Are we all connected somehow?
45. What is the strongest part of our body?
46. What if all we are empiercing now is all a dream?
47. How many languages are there on the planet?
48. Can one person learn all the languages on earth?
49. What are the most languages spoken by one person?
50. Why do we need to sleep?
51. What is the average age to get married?
52. How many people still meet in real life first?
53. How many couples have met online?
54. Is it still weird to meet your boyfriend online?
55. Is being a youtuber a real career?
56. Why do people want to get famous?
57. Why are so many millennials fame obsessed?
58. What is so cool about being famous?
59. Why are the Kardashian famous?
60. Why is P!nk so underrated?
61. Can we be more concerned with our planet?
62. Why do care so much about our appearance?
63. How fast can you fly around the world?
64. How big is the biggest plane?
65. Will we ever be able to teleport?
66. Is doctor who real?
67. Can doctor who be real?
68. What if our lives are actually inside a book?
69. What if we are the sims?
70. Why are we self-aware?
71. Why are all religions so similar?
72. Why do we have so many wars?
73. Maybe aliens don’t want to come here because we are fighting ourselves.
74. Can we maybe stop fighting and just all get along?
75. What scares you the most?
76. What if all the scary monsters in books are real?
77. Why are humans the scariest monsters out of all?
78. Why does mental health have a stigma?
79. Why do so many people think a burn out is not a sickness?
80. Why do people say just get over it when someone is depressed?
81. How did we get here?
82. What made this universe?
83. Is god real?
84. Are all drugs bad for us?
85. Why do people drink so much alcohol?
86. What is the coolest song?
87. What is the best animation?
88. Can someone die from a broken heart?
89. Why is breakfast the most important meal of the day?
90. Why do we stop asking questions as we grow up?
91. Have discovered everything in the ocean?
92. Is magic real?
93. What are feathers made of?
94. Why are some feathers so colourful?
95. What is the loneliest place on the world?
96. Why is game of thrones taking 2 years to come out with the final season?
97. Why is someone like Trump president?
98. What is my favorite colour?
99. Will I stay happy in my life?
100. What is happiness?
I liked this exercise. Once I got into it I really just went for it. It made me feel freer in thinking afterwards. My brain felt more ready to be creative.
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Work in a different environment.
I work in a different environment all the time. This is because it helps me focus. If I stay in one place for too long I become restless and can’t concentrate any more. I move around in my house. But I also sometimes work out side. Outside causes a few complications though. The glare on the screen makes it hard to design but if I’m typing it’s pretty nice. I also have to make sure there aren’t too many distractions around me though. But I like the fresh air and sounds. It gives me more inspiration to do things. But when it looks like it does in the picture and I drag my desk outside its very peaceful and I enjoy the work.
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See a film you have no interest in seeing.
I forced myself to sit through one of the pink panther movies. My family loves these movies but no matter what I can’t watch them. I have tried to watch one fully but half way I walk away. The humor is just so nerve wrecking and stupid. Like I get this itchy feeling and just have to stop watching.
So I decided I had to watch one pink panther movie from start to finish. I ALMOST PULLED OUT MY HAIR. I just can’t stand the humor. Some of it is funny but most of it is just stupid! Like no! never again.
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Go for a walk in the city CBD.
A while ago my family went for a walk in Johannesburg CBD. I wasn’t the most excited about it at the time but I have to say I learned quite a lot. They have this route through the city that explains the history and has a lot of monuments along the way. I learned a lot about Joburg. It wouldn’t be my family if we didn’t get lost of course. We wondered around for a while. Which is the main reason I didn’t want to go. It made me feel a little uncomfortable. But I am glad we did do this walk. It’s not only this walk but my parents attitude that made me who I am. Lots of people say its dangerous and you shouldn’t do certain things. But living this way is not healthy, always being scared. My parents made me cycle to high school in a country where it wasn’t normal. This made me independent. I’m not scared to do certain things because it’s not normal. Just need to know the limits and keep those in mind when you do anything.
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Reorganise your living space.
So, I have a whole apartment to decorate or change. Which means I have more room than necessary. I lived with roommate for almost 3 years. Right now, I live alone. Because of that my living room was very empty. I decided to move my desk from my room to the living room. This actually made me more productive. I didn’t feel tempted to go lie down on my bed for a quick nap. I also sleep better because I don’t spend all my time in the same room. My bed room stays much cleaner and my living room looks much better. This change also created a lot of space in my bedroom.
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Change your appearance.
I like to chance my appearance. I’m not very scared of what others might think of me. If I like it than it doesn’t really matter what others think. I have chopped my hair off. Changed the colour multiple times and got piercings that people might consider unusual. I wish my hair wasn’t so damaged so I could have dyed my green or blue now. So since I can’t play around with my hair I decided to add to my piercing collection. I have quite a few. Recently I really started liking the orbital piercing, so I got it. I don’t think piercings hurt and they are really pretty. I guess they are a little rebellious. Not towards my parents since they really like my piercings. But more to judgey people. It’s a way of expressing yourself. Also the beauty of piercings is that they are not permanent. Which is the reason I don’t have tattoos. I scared I would get bored of the tattoo I get. Even though I think that is such a awesome way to express yourself.
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Go to the zoo for a day
I went to the zoo with a friend beginning this year (I might mix up some of the animals between the Joburg zoo and Pretoria zoo. I have been to both multiple times). I think the zoo can be really cruel for the animals. Like having a Polar Bear in South Africa is really not “cool”! but for real it breaks my heart to see animals trying to survive in an environment that isn’t theirs. I know they get used to it eventually but it’s still terrible! Also, I don’t like the way the big cats walk along the wall because they are bored. All that a side I do like the bird enclosures! Especially the really big one you can get inside. Those enclosures are not to small and you get to walk between all the awesome birds. and even though it might not be the best its still really cool to see all these different animals you would other wise not see.
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Be bored for a day
I tried being bored for a day. I cut of most of my electronics, put my books away and tried to not do much all day. To be honest I am very good at entertaining myself. I’m used to be on my own since I moved out my parents’ house. I did realize I started cleaning and doing things I had been putting off for a long time because I wanted to do something. Also, I like to be by myself. Being bored is just a state of mind. We are used to being stimulated all the time. Which means the moment we are not we feel “bored” which is stupid. There is always something to do. Also, not doing anything allows you brain to just take a breather and incubate on all those creative problems. So all in all I really don’t mind being “bored”.
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Be a vegan/vegetarian for a week.
I went on holiday with a vegetarian and vegan! Which meant we at no animal products by default. Personally, I have no trouble giving of meat since I grew up in a household that didn’t eat a lot of meat. Living without cheese and yogurt is a whole other story!!!! I really struggled with that. I have actually once said I rather give up chocolate than cheese. Since you give up such a big part of the food you eat you become so much more conscious of what you eat. The food is also much healthier which I should probably do more often. Homecooked meals are always good. Cooking makes me feel more productive.
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Use public transport for a couple of days.
My car broke! So for a week I was stuck using public transport for a week again. Not the worst thing but it’s highly inconvenient because I had to get to my internship. So when I had to get to my internship I took a uber. This is because the gautrain buses don’t go to the office park. But when I went to campus I went with the buses. This is not something new for me since I didn’t have a car for the first 6 months of first year and second year. I like to take public transport because it makes you take routes or see things you usually don’t see. You could say it gives you creative inspiration. But because public transport only drives certain routes you are very limited in south Africa to where you get. I can see that they are trying to make public transport a more commonly used form of transport but there is still a long way to go. Which makes me admit I’m super glad I got my car back.
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Write a review of an object.
So I went to typo last week and bought this really awesome pen. Let me just explain why it is awesome. The top bit of the pen has glitter! So, if you hold the pen one way all glitter goes to the bottom. It’s the most beautiful non-electronic distraction in class. Besides this wonderful glitter the pen has this metallic rainbow effect. Kind of like oil on water in the sun. I think its super pretty. The pen writes amazing. The ink rolls over the page so smoothly. It’s just the right weight when you hold it. The round shape of the ben makes it very comfortable to write with as well. I absolutely adore this pen. I feel like everyone who is obsessed with stationary should have a pen like this!
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Spend an evening without electricity (on purpose).
I like the idea of not having electricity. I think it´s because I have not really lived in areas where there are a lot of power cuts. And when we did have them my family put on all the candles and we play games. So when I did this exercise I didn’t think I was going to mind it. But I was very bored and wanted to do my college work. Which I needed electricity for. I ended up reading and going to bed really early. I think that is a good thing since it gave me more energy the next day.
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Sell something.
I SOLD MY BIKE!! I’m pretty bumbed about that. But I didn’t see the point of having the bike in my garage if I don’t use it any more. I bought the bike in Botswana to go to school and took it with me to South Africa so I could cycle to college. Which I didn’t end up doing. I felt like the road wasn’t very bicycle proof. Also I’m a student, I’m lazy! Now I’m 700 rand richer but I feel less Dutch. every Dutch person is supposed to own a bike. (I sadly didn’t have any other pictures of the bike…)
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Decorate your room with new things.
I put these pictures to remind me of memories, friends and family. I had them up already with Prestik but they kept falling of my wall, so I decided to find a different way of hanging them up. I think the pictures on string held with tiny pegs is really cool, so I bought all the supplies to make this happen. My wall is pretty hard so it’s hard to get the nails in, but I think it worked pretty well. Also changed it a bit from the usual by hang the picture vertical instead of horizontal. I haven’t had a single picture fall from the wall since I changed this.
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