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How to Handle Having TOO MUCH To Do

So let’s say you’re in the same boat I am (this is a running theme, have you noticed?) and you’ve just got, like, SO MUCH STUFF that HAS to get done YESTERDAY or you will DIE (or fail/get fired/mope). Everything needs to be done yesterday, you’re sick, and for whatever reason you are focusing on the least important stuff first. What to do!

Take a deep breath, because this is a boot camp in prioritization.

Make a 3 by 4 grid. Make it pretty big. The line above your top row goes like this: Due YESTERDAY - due TOMORROW - due LATER. Along the side, write: Takes 5 min - Takes 30 min - Takes hours - Takes DAYS.

Divide ALL your tasks into one of these squares, based on how much work you still have to do. A thank you note for a present you received two weeks ago? That takes 5 minutes and was due YESTERDAY. Put it in that square. A five page paper that’s due tomorrow? That takes an hour/hours, place it appropriately. Tomorrow’s speech you just need to rehearse? Half an hour, due TOMORROW. Do the same for ALL of your tasks

Your priority goes like this:

5 minutes due YESTERDAY

5 minutes due TOMORROW

Half-hour due YESTERDAY

Half-hour due TOMORROW

Hours due YESTERDAY

Hours due TOMORROW

5 minutes due LATER

Half-hour due LATER

Hours due LATER

DAYS due YESTERDAY

DAYS due TOMORROW

DAYS due LATER

At this point you just go down the list in each section. If something feels especially urgent, for whatever reason - a certain professor is hounding you, you’re especially worried about that speech, whatever - you can bump that up to the top of the entire list. However, going through the list like this is what I find most efficient.

Some people do like to save the 5 minute tasks for kind of a break between longer-running tasks. If that’s what you want to try, go for it! You’re the one studying here.

So that’s how to prioritize. Now, how to actually do shit? That’s where the 20/10 method comes in. It’s simple: do stuff like a stuff-doing FIEND for 20 minutes, then take a ten minute break and do whatever you want. Repeat ad infinitum. It’s how I’ve gotten through my to do list, concussed and everything.

You’ve got this. Get a drink and start - we can do our stuff together!

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Before School Checklist

I wrote something similar to this a few months ago, but I think it would be more helpful to be in checklist form instead of a sequence of things to do like I had before.

The Night Before:

Do your nightly routine - wash your face, brush your teeth, shower, lotion, moisturize, comb your hair, take your medicine, remove your makeup

Check your planner for any assignments you may have missed

Plan for tomorrow

Make your lunch

Set your alarm!

Briefly review what you learned/studied today

Pack your backpack for tomorrow. Check to make sure you have your wallet, ID, keys, material for each class, due assignments, notebooks, folders, etc. that you need, a pen/pencil, highighters

Tidy up your space a bit

Drink a glass of water before bed

Do something to relax

The Morning Before:

Eat a healthy breakfast – seriously, brain food

Get ready – wash your face, brush your teeth, do your makeup, get dressed, take your medicine

Double check your backpack and planner, in case you forgot anything

Complete any of the tasks you forgot or just didn’t do last night, like making your lunch

Previous #Studying Saturdays post: Studying in Summer.

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I finally got around to taking pictures of my desk to post! 

I never had a desk in high school, so purchasing this one over the summer was honestly like a dream. I hunted for the perfect decorations and printables and organizers all summer, and I’m so happy with how it turned out!

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2018 Student Planner Printable Pack

Super excited to have published my first proper planner for 2018! I’ve made it to include 85 pages of content which are going to help you in organising, planning and improving your grades! 

It is an instant download purchase so you have the planner immediately and can use in any way you want! Either in a discbound planner, as individual pages or bound together.

It includes 3 files: A4, A5 and letter to suit your needs!

I hope you guys like it! I’d love to hear your thoughts!! xxx

Download from this link!

PS: You can get 10% any purchase using ‘student10′! :-)

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Signs as Musical Terms

Aries: vivace

Taurus: rubato

Gemini: vibrato

Cancer: minuet

Leo: andante

Virgo: aria

Libra: dolce

Scorpio: étude

Sagittarius: glissando

Capricorn: musett

Aquarius: cantabile

Pisces: gavotte

#music #music terms #launguages #italian

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here are some flatlays ft. my apush notes :”)

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“treat people with kindness” - h.s.

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( 1 8 . 0 6 . 1 7 ) 🎧 to find you - sing street

june study challenge day 18: today is father’s day in the u.s.! describe your dad or another male role model that has helped you in your academic life. my dad’s a food chemist, so between him and my mother’s microbiology work i literally grew up inside labs and we lived inside the campus itself. he’s a very good teacher and he knows so much, cooking with him is so interesting and yet he’s never pushed me towards science like the rest of my family, he always encouraged me to make my own choices. i look up to him a lot, since he has to deal with being an immigrant and a non native speaker of portuguese, and yet he works so hard and has achieved so much! besides he’s created & published optimized chromatography methods and imo that’s really cool

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pretty word i associate to the signs!

Aries: trouvaille something or someone found by chance, by luck. 

Taurus: kalon beauty that is profound, more than skin-deep.

Gemini: eloquence using words in a skillful, fluent, fluid way.

Cancer: aquiver quivering, trembling with feelings or just one.

Leo: komorebi the light seeping through tree branches and leaves.

Virgo: ineffable too great, too ‘much' to be told in only words.

Libra: mellifluous a smooth melody, gentle sound that is pleasant to hear.

Scorpio: brumous witry skies, thick with gray clouds or fog. wistful.

Sagittarius: oblivion being muddled about the things happening around.

Capricorn: mudita finding genuine joy in the happiness of others.

Aquarius: raconteur someone who tells stories in an amusing way.

Pisces: être-à-l'ouest someone who is spaced out, a daydreamer.

#english #vocabulary #dictionary #heavenly words

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Quick Morning Magick

Here are some quick magickal techniques you can use first thing in the morning to help make your day go a little easier!

Morning Shower Meditation - use the element of water to cleanse yourself of any lingering negativity from the previous day. Use herbal soaps, herbal bags for aromatherapy, oils, or other means to help you focus on your intent to wash away negative energy down the drain.

Light some incense - I do this on most mornings to set a tone for how I want the day to proceed. Aromas can produce powerful emotions and moods. Here’s a brief list of some of my favorites scents and some of their attributes.

Frankincense and Myrrh - uplifting

Amber - comfort, healing, and happiness

Cinnamon - success and strength

Jasmine - love and wisdom

Pine - grounding

Altar Devotion/Invocations - You can light some candles on your altar and speak some invocations for your deities to guide you throughout the day. I do a Goddess Devotion every morning to ask Her for her strength, vitality, love, and intuition to guide me.

Breakfast - Even your breakfast can be spiritual! You are filling yourself with the nourishment that the Earth has provided you with. Be conscious of what you eat. Try fruits, oatmeal, grits, milk, juices, meats, and breads to start your morning by showing your gratitude to all that is.

Glass of Water - Having a glass of water in the morning can be used to cleanse the body, just like the shower. You can even do an herbal tea blend to incite a mood just as the incense does.

Yoga and Exercise - This can also be a form of meditation in the morning.

Dream Journals - You can keep a dream journal by your bed so you can record your dreams in the morning when you first wake up. Writing can also be considered a form of meditation and getting into a routine can become your personal ritual.

Greet the Sun - Going for a walk outside or just watching the sunrise can be a very powerful ritual. The Sun lends us its strength, passion, and love as we go about our busy day. Greet the sun and ask it for guidance.

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heavenly words

aliferous: (adj.) having wings

apricity: (n.) the warmth of the sun in the winter

aspectabund: (adj.) letting emotion show easily through the face or eyes

aurora: (n.) dawn

balter: (v.) to dance gracelessly, but with enjoyment

cafune: (n.) the act of running your fingers through the hair of someone you love

catharsis: (n.) release of emotional tension

charmolypi: (n.) a mixed feeling of happiness while being sad

diaphonous: (adj.) light, translucent, and delicate

dulcet: (adj.) sweet

ephemeral: (adj.) fleeting

ethereal: (adj.) extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world

eutony: (n.) the pleasantness of a word’s sound

halcyon: (adj.) a period of time in the past that was idyllically happy and peaceful

illecebrous: (adj.) enticing

irenic: (adj.) promoting peace

kalon: (n.) beauty that is more than skin-deep

kalopsia: (n.) the seeing of things as more beautiful than they actually are

lacuna: (n.) a blank or missing part

lilt: (n.) a pleasant gentle accent

ludic: (adj.) full of fun and high spirits

meraki: (n.) to do something with love or soul

nefelibata: (n.) cloud-walker; one who lives in the clouds of their own imagination

nepenthe: (n.) something that makes one forget their sadness

nubivagant: (adj.) wandering in the clouds

numinous: (adj.) feeling fearful yet awed and inspired

orphic: (adj.) beyond ordinary understanding

pyrrhic: (adj.) won at too great a cost

pulchritudinous: (adj.) breathtaking, heartbreaking beauty

scintilla: (n.) a tiny trace or spark of a feeling

selcouth: (adj.) unfamiliar, strange, yet marvelous

sirimiri: (n.) a light drizzle of rain

susurrus: (n.)  whispering, murmuring, or rustling

sweven: (n.) a dream

temerate: (v.) to break a bond or promise

viridity: (n.) innocence

yonderly: (adj.) absent-minded

#heavenly words #english #synonyms #dictionary

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Self Improvement Masterpost

Time Management

Waking up earlier

Stop staying up all night

Wasting too much time on a certain website?

Top 10 Reasons for Lost Time

29 Time Wasting Activites

General Time Management Guide

Creating an effective schedule for your day

How to stop being late to things

Easy to prepare healthy recipes

Make time for your hobbies!!

Making School Suck Less

Prioritization

…what if everything is a priority?

Studying methods

Strategies for students with ADHD

Strategies for students with learning disabilities

AVOIDING BAD PROFESSORS

Dealing with difficult professors

Preparing for competitive exams

Quick and healthy snacks that are good for focus

Finding cheap textbooks

Relationships and Sex

How to tell if someone genuinely likes you

Why relationships fail

Putting yourself first when you need to

Eight differences between healthy and unhealthy relationships

Know the difference in protective and possesive

10 things to know before you start being sexually active

Maintaining a long lasting HEALTHY sex life

Considering a friends w/ benefits relationship? read this!

Money Management

Are you spending too much money on ____?

10 Tips on Saving Money

Steps to take in starting a budget

Mobile apps for budgeting!

Buying a car

Tips for buying a house

…and apartment

25 Wastes of money

Even savvy savers make these mistakes

Getting / Keeping a Job

Interviewing etiquette

Creating a resume

Starting your career before you start your career

Workplace etiquette

Shitty boss?

Waking up with a hangover…

Getting ahead in the workplace

Physical Health (Diet and Exercise)

General Men’s Health website

General Women’s Health website

Gym Etiquette

Micro changes for macro results at the gym

7 foods to help trim belly fat

How many calories should you be consuming?

No gym? Try these at home work outs

Great diets for men

Great diets for women

Miscellaneous (Better you…)

Stop forgetting things

Stop cursing

Keep your car stocked

Stop smoking

Deal with the police responsibly

Love yourself

Know when to shut up (This is from a Christian outlook btw but it would probably still help)

Stop talking shit about people

Let me know if any links stop working, even if this only helps one person in a small way it was worth the effort i put into finding good sources! - Keaton

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Your friends are what make your experience, so pick wisely and don’t ditch/ turn on your friends for relationships, that’s a shitty thing to do. 

Your life doesn’t start when you go to college, or when you move out or when you graduate, you’re in the middle of life right now! so don’t don’t be lazy, go out and start doing!

GROUND BREAKING NEWS: adults are humans too, so cut them some slack, yeah they should be held to high standards but sometimes you just gotta realize that were all just people trying to make it through this shit storm we call life. Your life will be so much easier when you realize this.

Not knowing what you want to do is OK , I know we’re all fed that shit about “knowing what to do with your life” but guess what? you don’t need to have your life figured out at the rip old age of 16 or 17. Don’t get intimidated! just take classes you like, join clubs that sound interesting to you and you’ll be fine. 

Your gonna fall in love and get over things in the blink of an eye, don’t ever feel ashamed about that, its you time to figure your shit out, so don’t ever feel bad for letting something go that doesn’t suit you anymore.

That person whose life you think is doing high school right, shits, cries and feel like shit too. bottom line you can admire people but stop idolizing them, they’re human too. 

Guys/girls can be asshole, high school relationships can be fickle, so don’t be that person who spends their whole high school career fixated on relationships, there’s more to life than that!

Your friendships may fade and thats okay, it all goes back to that whole thing of figuring yourself out, so if you see a relationship start to fade don’t sweat it too much. The friendships you’ll be glad lasted are the one you didnt need to hold on too tight to keep.

Don’t be afraid to be weird, I know in high school your first reaction is to assimilate yourself so you don’t stick out but newsflash: normal is different for everybody and your interest may not be normal for someone else but thats their business.

AND LASTLY…..high school may or not suck for you, but either way its only four years of your life . Everyone isn’t going to have the stereotypical experience because everyone doesn’t have a stereotypical life, and that’s beautiful thing. 

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25.11.17 Tidying up Loose Ends 🎐

ft. Creme caramel from Koi Dessert Cafe!

Finished off the perimetry assignment I had to do, which took no time because I’m too emotionally drained to get anxious about it. Then some emails which I had been waiting until after orals to do. And then I’ve just been answering tumblr questions since! I’m going to do a separate blog post for what I want to achieve now that I’ve graduated because that’s such a long list.

Today I woke up late, enjoyed the weather and spent the morning chilling to Red Velvet’s new album Perfect Velvet. I recommend: 

🎵 The title track Peek A Boo - the bass is divine, and I loved the American Horror story concept of the MV

🎵 Look for a disco/retro stunner

🎵 Kingdom Come for an edgy jazz club chill

🎵 Perfect 10 for a psychedelic love dedication, and

🎵 About Love for a spring melody

Exercised for like the first time in 10 months probably. Now that I’ve finished my exams I want to actually get fit, I’m hoping to lower my resting heart rate to like 70 bpm? At the moment it’s like wayyyyyyy too high to be healthy, like 90s :( 

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