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Tomorrow is an important day as I have a demo class. I will have to teach two short texts about Halley Research Station in 45 minutes while using all sorts of teaching strategies and proving to them I am a good candidate for next year I believe.

Ngl, I am nervous about it because they will be middle schoolers and I have 0 experience with middle schoolers but I'm trying to chill and treat it just like the observation lessons I had at my previous jobs.

I have my iced coffee and I'm ready to clicky click on my keyboard to finalise the lesson plans and the presentation I will be using.

Wish me luck 🙏🏼

#teaching #studyblr #teacher struggles

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one of the biggest things I can advocate for (in academia, but also just in life) is to build credibility with yourself. It’s easy to fall into the habit of thinking of yourself as someone who does things last minute or who struggles to start tasks. people will tell you that you just need to build different habits, but I know for me at least the idea of ‘habit’ is sort of abstract and dehumanizing. Credibility is more like ‘I’ve done this before, so I know I can do it, and more importantly I trust myself to do it’. you set an assignment goal for the day and you meet it, and then you feel stronger setting one the next day. You establish a relationship with yourself that’s built on confidence and trust. That in turn starts to erode the barrier of insecurity and perfectionism and makes it easier to start and finish tasks. reframing the narrative as a process of building credibility makes it easier to celebrate each step and recognize how strong your relationship with yourself can become

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reminder to:

straighten your back

go pee goddAMN IT STOP HOLDING IT

go take your meds if you need to

drink some water

go get a snack if you havent eaten in a while

maybe wander around the house/stretch a little if you’ve been sat at the computer a while (artists especially: sTRETCH THOSE WRISTS)

reply to that text/message from earlier you’d forgotten about

maybe send a nice lil message to someone having a bad day?

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STUDYBLR INTRO!!!

A little about me:

Call me Azara or Maah ♡

Middle Eastern - Persian origins (not ir*nian please ;-;)

26 years old - sagittarius - isfp

Lesbian - she/her

Got my BA in English Language and Literature with a minor in French

Preparing for an MA in Teaching English as a Foreign Language + self-studying and researching theoretical + applied + interdisciplinary linguistics

What I am studying:

The major subfields of linguistics: phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, word formation, discourse analysis, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, neurolinguistics, first and second language acquisition, construction grammar, cognitive linguistics, comparative linguistics, error analysis, lexicology, Dialectology and anything else I don't know about !

Writing styles (mainly academic)

Online courses about teaching on the platforms Coursera and Futurelearn.

Favourite things:

Kdramas - been watching them since 2012

Music - I listen to different genres and music from different countries but Im still picky...

Reading non-fiction (pls don't judge me;-;)

Researching and writing

Learning languages <3333

MAKING FRIENDS SO PLEASE BE MY FRIEND EVEN IF YOU ARE STUDYING SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ;-; !!!

#please be my friend #studyblr #studyblr intro post #self introduction #study blog #studyblr community #studyblr introduction #study motivation #academic validation #languages #linguistics student #linguistique #linguistics #self study #post graduate #post grad life #higher education

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new: i made a FREE TEMPLATE if you're interested in this habit tracker notion setup🌱💗💞

i've received a few questions about how i track habits, which honestly changes often, but i thought i'd share how i do it right now.

other posts that may interest you: making a dashboard in notion (with template) | my notion tag

this is a pretty low-maintenance and simple way of tracking habits, while still using the wonderful database feature. i hope it helps you ✨😋

post text in alt text and also under the cut:

title: how i track my habits on notion (an illustrated guide + free template)

habit breakdown: every year i take some time to define exactly what my habits are first (i like to use icons for simplicity). this way, i know what i have to do to check off a habit on a day

how i use it: every day, my dashboard has a habits section that updates daily. when i practice the habit, i just check it off. this refreshes automatically so it’s convenient.

how i use it: at the end of each month, i can see how consistent i was with specific habits. i do this by looking at my monthly percentages and looking for patterns: did i burn out on a particular habit? why? and i think about how i should adjust these to my current reality every month, because life happens!

how i use it: then i jot down these numbers so i have a general idea of whether or not i’m being consistent with the intentions i set at the beginning of the month. i ask myself, why or why not? and then i make adjustments to my new interests and priorities.

benefits

benefits — an easy habit tracker helps you see what you’re doing each day so you have an idea of what you want to practice more, practice less, and gives you a better idea of how your habits are affecting your wellbeing, instead of just relying on vibes, which can make you hard on yourself.

encouragement — checking it off gives me a sense of accomplishment. i had a tendency of thinking i wasn’t ‘doing enough’ each month, but when i write things down, i have concrete proof that i did things that were important to me. you also get to look back on your month and be like, look at all these things i did for myself! and have a little celebration :)

how it works: calendar view: of course i’ve created a template for you to use (yay!), but it’s worth learning how i set up the template so you can adjust it to your needs. basically, each habit is a property, and each page corresponds to a day, which has all the habits on it like a checklist. every month i duplicate the page each day for a month (it sounds cumbersome, but actually only takes about a minute total). this allows me to review every month if i want to keep my habits the same, set habit intentions each month so i can reflect and consider, what habits should i continue? what should i stop? it keeps it flexible. also, if you’re going on vacation, need a break, or anything comes up, you can take days off and that way your statistics won’t be skewed by stretches of time where you aren’t planning to practice your habits.

tip: hold alt + drag your mouse to duplicate pages super quickly for this step

how it works: count page: all you have to do here is filter the date to the interval you’d like to see your habits summarized in. i keep mine as calculated per month, but you can set your interval for a week or year or something more specific.

how it works: daily view: i create a linked database and set the view to gallery, filter to “Today” and make sure that all the properties for habits are enabled so they appear in a little task list. then i just check them off each day. it updates automatically.

closing: and that’s it! for me, simple is best. i change how i track stuff all the time, but for now, this works just fine. i hope it can help you too.

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☾ - Trying again, this time, I'm going all in.

It was hard to struggle with consistency. Battling thousands of demons every single day just to take another step towards a brighter future.

I let myself down time and time again. There will be no more of that.

I will no longer be a slave of the phrase "running out of time." I will no longer let my fate be decided by others. I will no longer allow anyone to take control of me.

My dreams are not unrealistic and my curiosity will not be limited. I will not go into these battles unprepared ever again. I will not be stopped.

Tracker

📖 Productivity -> D1/100

🍎 Healthy Lifestyle Journey -> D7

👩‍🏫 Pre MA Preparations -> D-232

📚 Journal to Read -> Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics: Retrospect and Prospect

🎧 Song of the day -> Michelangelo - B.I

#academic validation #starting over #100 days challenge #linguistics #linguistique #academics #studyblr #100 days of studying #books and reading

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