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[lilomedjourney]

Hiiii, This post is a bunch of pics of my week (pre first exam of Pathology 2) so this week was pretty hard, I’ve got more medication for my anxiety because I need it. Also i’m pretty good rn but This past days were awful.

I miss my bf all the time😭. But we can’t be together all the time bc our different schedule.

Btw my exam went well, I almost didn’t take it bc my dr gave me medical rest for some days. But I did take it anyway, and yeah that’s all.

Sorry for not being active (to those 3 people who actually see this) 😂❤️

Thanks a Lot 🙌🏻❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

11/100💥❤️

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[lilomedjourney]

So, i’ve been out for a While but I had this weekend off college so I didn’t study at all, and I was a little off (mentally too), but Now Everything is okay 💥

And This is going to continue as day 10/100 bc I don’t want to sheet or anything.

I’m a little Sick now but i’m trying to study for my Pathology II first midterm, is going to be of 90 points (i think) I hope I get a Good grade. So I’m studying since today.

So, yeah That’s pretty much Everything I’ve to say.

10/100🙌🏻❤️

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[lilomedjourney]

Hiiii!!

I was pretty busy bc I had another examen on Wednesday it went really well. But I hope I did A Good score🤝🏻✅

I got another poke bowl, this was a little different but good anyways. Also, After my good sleep afternoon I went on a Date with My Boyfriend 🥰✨. Also I tried Aperol for the first time & didn’t like it😂

There’s a pic of my hand bc I didn’t have paper to write my doubts of the exam so I have my hand😂❤️

8/9-100✨❤️

[lilomedjourney]

Yup yup, well My exam went excellent i’ve got 97% ✅

And then I had A conference with The UE embassy and it was amazing, and also I have This Poke Here wich was Amazing. ❤️🙌🏻

7/100💚

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[lilomedjourney]

Tomorrow is my First Midterm of the year, wish me good luck👏🏻❤️

I’m surviving thank’s to coffee, (terere), a Paraguayan drink and lots of carbs😂

I’ll tell u guys tomorrow how it went.

6/100

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[lilomedjourney]

Yeah. This Was from yesterday, bc I forgot to post

But! i’m pretty close to finish my units of AP for my tomorrow’s exam. My boyfriend was withe me during de afternoon making me company, and Just showing my support❤️

And that was de sky during the seunset.

5/100❤️

#100 days of productivity #med #med school #medicine #med studyblr #medstudlife #forgot to post this #spotify #nice view

[lilomedjourney]

Okayyy, i Forgot To post yesterday so Here you have study pics from 11/04 and today, I’m getting there with AP, but it’s complicated and tedious so it’s hard to just sit and study.

Also, I’m having some problems with my roommate bc She can’t do anything nicely, like I have to do all the chores of the apartment but We are both in med school so She should understand that’s exhausting to do everything here and then Have to study like anything happened. I’m getting tired of it, this is the same since last year, I never thought we could get this bad. Like Leaving stuffy to get mold(??? Really?

And yeah, Today I’m really tired bc of that, and the answer of her doing nothing and me telling her to do a little thing is she gets mad 🤣🤡. What did I do in my past life to have to live like this now, she is a child, And I can’t say anything bc she would overreact and get mad at me, for telling her to be more responsible with the apartment.

Sorry for this, I’m just Tired and Really mad now 😃🌟

And, I hope I pass my exams next week bc I deserve it.

3-4/100 ❤️

#100 days of productivity #med #med school #medicine #oversharing #im so tired #med studyblr #study notes #Spotify

[lilomedjourney]

Hi!

First of all, I’m really proud of myself bc I’m actually studying this days, so cheers for that. And second, here is Autumn so coffee everyday? Twice a day? 🫶🏻

And, I’m Studying Patophysiology today so It’s fun. And the good thing about my two exams next week is that every topic is related and The same on different views so, I get to review a lot.

Also, I just realized that I’m reading/studying a lot witch means I’m not making long term memory so I’ll try Active recall for this week.

I’m a little bit Stressed out about everything Right now so yeah

2/100❤️

#med school #medicine #med #100 days of productivity #active recall #reading #coffetime #autumn #medstudlife #Spotify

[lilomedjourney]

Sooo, Here I’m trying to post something MED school related, last time I tried, it didn’t work so This is my first time hahah.

I’m ‘Lilo’ for this app, I’m 22 yo and From Paraguay, a Latin American country, spanish is my first language, so i’ll probably be having some tipos or mistakes with the spelling.

I’m in Third Year of college, but❗️Here Everything is a little different bc I don’t have to have a bachelor degree to study medicine. That’s why I’m pretty young to be In third Year, but here is pretty normal. Although it took me 2 years to get into the university I’m In, bc I’m at a National University so, it’s harder than others universities in the country.

I’m trying to study everyday, so I can Built discipline and responsibility. I have This Subjects this year

1. Patophysiology

2. Patology I and II

3. Pharmacology

4. Family Medicine

5. Anatomical Pathology

number 2 and 1 are my favs, but AP it’s pretty boring.

Also, every pic is going to be probably, pics of my set up, my books (in spanish), and a meme or funny pics.

I’m also trying to Start for the second Time the 100 days of productivity bc I tried once and it was amazing. And, sometimes I’m going to talk about my week or personal things so Don’t hate me for that🥺

So that’s all you need to know about me, I hope this experience can be a pretty good blog.

1/100 ✨✅

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[lilomedjourney]

“ dopamine detox ,, and why you should delete all your social media right now

"just five more minutes" and then you end up scrolling on instagram or tiktok for hours. i know that feeling. even if you know rationally that focusing on the really important things ( such as studying, working, learning from books or whatever ) is much healthier for you and your future, you can't help it.

you know that start studying for the exam you have next week will benefit you much more in the long run, but you still prefer watching tiktoks and scrolling on instagram. you could say that is pretty obvious: one activity is easy, and doesn't require much effort, whereas the other one is difficult and implies that you are focused.

but it's actually like this? so then why some people manage to be consistent in studying, or working, or exercising? they simply just have more motivation than you? and how can you start having the same motivation as them?

to answer this question, we have to take a look to a very important molecule produced by our brain: dopamine.

dopamine is often considered a pleasure molecule, but it's a false belief. dopamine is actually the molecule that makes us desire things, and it's that desire that gives us the motivation to complete every kind of task. for example, your brain doesn't release dopamine while you're eating a cheesburger, it releases it while you're going to mcdonald's to buy it, because you anticipate that the food will make you feel good, even if it actually makes you feel worse.

to your brain, it doesn't matter if the high-dopamine-activity is damaging to you.

your brain organizes priorities based off how much dopamine is expecting to get:

if an activity releases too little dopamine, you won't have the motivation to accomplish it.

if an activity releases a lot of dopamine you'll be motivated to do it, and repeat it over and over

so, which activities releases dopamine? basically, any activity where you can get an immediate potential reward releases an high amount of dopamine. but if you know that there's not an immediate reward invoved ( such as in studying, where the reward is in the long run ) your brain will not expect to release much of it and you'll be less motivated to do that task.

nearly everything releases some amount of dopamine, even drinking water when you're thirsty, but the highest amount of it is released when you're getting a reward randomly, for example while playing on a slot machine. even if you loose money, you eventually expect to get a bigger reward.

therefore it is not so surprising that the most additive social networks ( tiktok, instagram, pinterest ) are designed as slot machines. you don't know what the next post or video will be, but you expect something great, so your brain releases a large amount of dopamine.

in today's society our brains are overloaded with stimuli that induce an unnatural production of dopamine ( scrolling on social media, playing video games, watching internet pornograhy, etc. ).

it's frightening that people don't know how harmful this lifestyle is: our bodies have a biological sistem called homeostasis, which means that our bodies keep the internal physical and chemical conditions at a balanced level, whenever an imbalance occurs, our bodies adapt to it, for example, when it's very hot our body temperature rises and we start sweating to cool down.

but homeostasis manifests through tolerance too. for example, someone who hardly ever drinks alchool will be tipsy after one beer, on the other hand, someone who drinks alchool on a regular basis will need two, three, four beers in order to get drunk, because their body has developed a tolerance to it. it's not much different with dopamine.

so if you get used to large amounts of dopamine, you won't be able to do the things that you did before, because they don't produce as much dopamine and it's more difficult to motivate yourself to do them. once your dopamine tolerance gets too high, you are no longer able to enjoy low dopamine activities.

as if you were a drug addict, there's only one way to get out of it: you have to perform a dopamine detox. you have to avoid all high dopamine activities in order to allow your body to adjust to a normal level of dopamine production and start finding motivation again in the things that improve your personal growth.

it's not easy, you will be nervous and frustrated, maybe you won't make it through a full day without social media, but day by day it will get better and better, and eventually you'll be able to appreciate small things again.

imagine that you're eating your favorite food - for example, chocolate cake - every single day. after a while, chocolate cake doesn't taste good as before, even if it's literally the same cake. on the other hand, if you eat it once a month, it will taste great, because it's not something you've gotten used to.

this is exactly what dopamine detox does. be safe guys, and start recovering now.

[ source: https://youtu.be/9QiE-M1LrZk ]

[lilomedjourney]

We’ve all been there: You have stuff you need to get done, you know you need to get it done, but no matter what you do you just cant get yourself to take out your stuff and do your work. 

I have this problem quite a lot, so here’s a post to help some of you out!

Articles

Read this to get some quick motivation (tw: curse words) It’s sure to get your blood pumping and give you the vigor you’re lacking!

Harvard’s solutions on how to stop putting stuff off

7 helpful study tips 

8 helpful study tips

Manage your time studying

How to seriously study

Detailed article on how to get motivated to study

10 study motivation quotes for all types of students

3 scientific backed study motivators

Videos

Unbroken

Dream (EXTREMELY INSPIRING)

Be Phenomenal

Why Do We Fall

Mindshift

Be Hungry

Stop Killing Time

Destiny

Vision

You Will Win

Study Spotify Playlists

Deep Focus

Peaceful Piano

Intense Studying

Productive Morning

Electronic Study Music

Study Time Starts Now

White Noise

Epic All Nighter

Focus Now

Late Night Focus

Genius Time

Nice and Easy Workflow

Motivating Study Blogs

@elkstudies, @getstudyblr, @minimaliststudies, @nehrdist, @tbhstudying, @highschoolering, @saturdaystudying, @stxdybug, @dangostudy, @raavenclaw, @academla

There are so many more studyblr’s, but those are just some I can think of off the top of my head!

I hope this helps motivate some of you guys, and good luck with all of your studies!  (੭*ˊᵕˋ)੭*:･ﾟ✧

[lilomedjourney]

okay, so here in california precautionary measures against COVID-19 have become increasingly intense. most schools have closed and are preparing to make the transition to “distance learning” aka online classes. this is a big change for many of us – but don’t panic!

welcome to surviving online classes 101!

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✐ self discipline

this is more of a warning than a tip. working from home means you will have to exercise a lot more self discipline. it can be a little bit boring or lonely at times. you cannot count on motivation from others (professors, classmates, friends, etc.), so you will have to learn some self discipline. 

✐ create your own classroom

a good way to make the transition is to try and mimic the classroom setting as closely as possible. something that might be helpful is to set up a space designated for work. try to avoid the temptation to work in your bed or on the couch. that trains your brain to be alert in those places and makes it harder to relax/fall asleep. at least during online lectures, try and eliminate distractions that wouldn’t be present in a regular classroom (like tv or netflix playing in the background, or having your phone out)

✐ dress for success!

dress in the way that makes you feel most productive. if you’re one of those people who usually rolls into class wearing sweats and still kills it, good for you! if you’re one of those people who needs to put on a full face of makeup to feel alive and ready for the day, do that! even at home!! i personally never wear makeup but if i try to be productive in pjs… disaster. i’ve also found that cute workout gear makes me feel badass while still being comfy.

✐ create a schedule

now more than ever you need to figure out how to manage your time. you can use a planner, bujo, google calendar, the forest app, whatever. just make sure you keep track of things like

due dates and TIMES

exam dates

lecture times

hours spent studying

meals (pls eat 3 if possible)

water intake

sleep schedule

✐ pack your bag like you usually would

i know this probably sounds so dumb, but when you’re done working clean up after yourself. pack everything up like you would at school, to sort of signal to your brain that academic time is over for now. and then unpack and set up when you’re ready to get to work again. this is just another way to trick your brain into that school mindset while you’re stuck at home.

✐ don’t overwork yourself

break up your studying into chunks. being cooped up all day can make us feel like we’re wasting time, but be sure to schedule breaks and reward yourself after a solid study session. i’m a big fan of the pomodoro method, and it can be customized really easily to allow for more or less study/rest time. 

✐ maintain a healthy sleep schedule

now is the time to develop that healthy sleep schedule we all dream about. staring at a computer all day is exhausting and hard on the eyes and brain, so make sure to give them enough rest and time to recover each night. also, consider investing in glasses that block blue light, even if you don’t usually use glasses. this will keep our eyes young lol. 

✐ communicate with your teachers and classmates

most of us are making this transition to online learning together. any time you have questions, email your professor. reach out to your classmates at the beginning and exchange emails/phone numbers/social media so you can build a support system. if something goes wrong, screenshot it immediately and reach out to your professor. technology isn’t perfect, and mistakes can happen, just communicate them.

✐ turn things in early

this is my biggest tip. when you are relying on online submissions for assignments and digital lectures, you always want to allow extra time to fix any errors you might encounter. your professor will also be much more willing to help you fix a problem two days before a deadline rather than two minutes before a deadline. eliminate that uncertainty by playing it safe with online submissions. 

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GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!! YOU GOT THIS!! WE GOT THIS!!

[lilomedjourney]

180513 // I admire ambitious people who work hard to achieve their goals. But also those people can sometimes feel as if deadlines, tasks and daily to-do’s pile up uncontrollably. Here are some tipps on how to get back to work when you’re feeling as if overwhelm stole all your motivation and productivity.

Single tasking is helpful to be focused at work (click here for exercises to be a single tasker).

Here are my other advices on self improvement, self help and mindfullness. :)

I also love to journal <3

[lilomedjourney]

Meeee

All bc I was sick during Easter week😭

nobody talk to me, I'm so behind on my schedule and deadlines that I'm actually five words away from a complete meltdown

[lilomedjourney]

TIPS TO STAY FOCUSED

phones: keep your phone in another room, turn it on do not disturb, make your colour scheme black and white, delete apps that have you losing focus, set time limits.

set timers: set a specific time to study for, and then reward yourself with a break. for example, study for 45 minutes and have a 10 minute break; this can be adjusted throughout the day.

during breaks: do not use any devices during your 10-15 minute long breaks. instead, walk around your house, walk outside, stretch, get your legs moving. in your longer breaks, do something fun. talk to friends, family, read a book, watch a film.

sleeping: get to sleep as early as possible and try to sleep for at least 8 hours. sleep is essential to retain memories and without sleep you're likely to not remember anything.

atmosphere: keep your desk as tidy as possible, turn on some lofi music to study with or white noise, whatever suits you best. keep water beside you at all times.

i hope this helps, and i wish you luck on your study journey!

[lilomedjourney]

Things I do instead of studying...

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Watch study motivation

Read study motivation quotes

Think about studying

Worry about not studying

Lay in bed doing nothing

Daydream

Chat with friends

Have slight mental breakdowns because of studying

Wondering why i don't have time to study

[lilomedjourney]

how to stay motivated long-term

trust, me i know that long-term motivation and consistency is hard. long-term motivation might be difficult to maintain, but there are effective techniques to help you stay focused and determined. whether you're seeking personal ambitions, academic achievements, or professional success, here are some strategies to help encourage motivation:

understand the reason behind your goal ☆ does your goal contribute to personal growth or meaningful relationships? ☆ how does your goal impact others? ☆ is your goal meaningful to you? if your goal lacks meaning, it may be hard to maintain motivation.

positive and negative motivation motivation can come from different places ☆ positive motivation: the desire to experience pleasure ☆ negative motivation: the desire to avoid something (an outcome) both types of motivation have their place, so learn to recognise what type fits in where. (post on this coming soon)

set up systems use your initial motivation to set up structures: ☆ create routines, systems and habits that help you towards your goal even when your motivation fluctuates ☆ when your emotions wane, rely on these systems and disciplines to maintain momentum

break down goals ☆ tackle one goal at a time to avoid feeling overwhelmed ☆ set achievable milestones and celebrate each step forward ☆ keep the momentum going by focusing on manageable tasks

validate good work ☆ give yourself a little reward, or thank yourself, for completing hard tasks ☆ this reinforces motivation and encourages effort

remember--motivation isn't in a constant state, it ebbs and flows. these small tips will help to stay motivated. i'm going to provide more information in upcoming posts, and i will link them here once they are published.

luck on your journey ❤️