Top Shot: A Lion’s Gaze

some recent stuff from my sketchbook!

Positives of High Functioning Anxiety/Depression: I can complete day-to-day tasks

Negatives of High Functioning Anxiety/Depression: Literally nobody has any sympathy for you when you’re depressed or having panic attacks because you’re so fine most of the time.

no fucking way

Study tips

Be active while studying :

Do not mindelssly skip through your notes.Make sure you are fully understanding the material that you are working on. Ask yourself questions. If you can answer them , that’s cool, if you can’t, note them down on a post-it and ask your teacher or classmates or maybe google it. If you can’t focus take a break and come back later.

Set the mood for studying:

Wash you face and hands with cold water, or take a shower. Put on comfy clothes. Organize your study space and clean it up. Get yourself a snack and a cup of coffee or tea or just plain water, whatever works for you. Set the stuff you need for studying and get rid of anything else. If you don’t need your phone for studying, turn the wi-fi off and put it away from you. Start a study playlist if you want. Put your to do list right in front you and get to it.

Make a TO DO list:

Grab a white sheet of paper. Brain dump all the tasks you have to do for the day, prioritize them, and write them again in a clean way, while dismissing the unimportant tasks if you don’t have enough time.

Take breaks when you need them :

If you take too much you’ll lose focus, if you don’t take enough, your studying won’t be effective. If you can’t get yourself to study, set a timer for 30 min, take a 10 min break and work to add to the length of the studying each time.

Eat the frog :

Start with the boring and hardest tasks first. You’ll be more motivated to get work done after you get them out of the way.

Break up big goals to shorter clear tasks :

Don’t write for example ’ study maths ’ as a task, instead note exactly how you’re planning to do it, for instance ’ work 10 exercices from a certain book’ . It feels easier to get work done when it’s not just a vague goal.

Start homework as soon as you get. If you are busy, schedule a time block for doing it asap.

Break big projects to smaller tasks and schedule them on your planner.

You’ll more likely do them if you see them in your planner, then if it’s just an unclear deadline freaking you out and that you don’t know how to start.

Go to your classes and pay attention to your teachers:

Be ACTIVE. Ask questions, participate in class, it’s really helpful . Take your own notes, in your own way and don’t do just mindlessly note everything your teacher says. Pick just the important stuff or those that aren’t in the text book. Draw mind maps, lists, diagrams, use colors and leave space and margins.

When reviewing your notes, make them easier to understand by adding remarks from other sources in the margings.

I don’t know if it’s clear enough. But while reviewing my notes I like to use a pencil and try to make my notes easier to grasp, for example, write down a general way to solve all the problems that are similar to one that you have seen in class.

Study EVERYDAY:

Make studying a daily task. Don’t wait until the night before the test. Stay up to date with your classes.

Prepare your classes ahead of time time:

Read the text book. Google it. Watch YouTube videos. Take some notes and write questions for all the things you didn’t understand to ask in class. This way you won’t be overwhelmed in class and manage to not fall behind and make the most out if it.

Practice practice practice problems :

Work as much exercices as you can, and all the previous exams that you get your hands on. That way you know what the professor usually test the students on, and also you get used to working with your lessons, especially for maths and physics and such subjects.

douggsbase This was the 4th big way I have organised at Kjerag, Norway and the local record of 26 jumpers. The last record held here was a 24 way back in 1999. It went incredibly well. Text book in fact! And for most people this was their first big way. 20 jumpers were from @learntobasejump#LTBJA huge thanks to everyone for doing their jobs. I am very proud of all of you!! Big thanks to @sophiimeredithfor the great video angle 🎥

“Stress is nothing more than a socially acceptable form of mental illness.”

— Richard Carlson  (via fyp-psychology)

These Geometric Tarts Turn Patisserie Into Architecture.

Pastry chef Dinara Kasko uses sheets of chocolate to create stunning edible treats. See more at Dinara Kasko | José Margulis.

Ultra-thin sheets of chocolate are transformed into topographic works of art that taste just as good as they look. The project is a result of a collaboration between architect-turned-pastry chef Dinara Kasko and Miami-based artist José Margulis.

Margulis, who works with geometric abstractionism and kinetic art, created the initial patterns of what would eventually become edible sheets of chocolate using colorful 3D plastic sheets. Margulis focused on curved shapes with various volumetric geometries, transparencies and intense colors to create a rich, layered effect.

“Margulis’s utmost concern is the creation of geometric shapes conceived mostly by changing the perspective of the viewer accompanied by the philosophical notion that everything in life has diverse levels of narrative and spatial perceptions,” wrote Kasko in a blog post.

The chef then took Margulis’s initial designs and transformed them into edible treats using various cutting machines and tools to create 3D chocolate layers. These layers were then placed on top of four different flavored tart cakes, including blackberry-blueberry and cherry confit almond sponge cakes.

“I was transforming the object of art into something edible that would later perish, while emphasizing the ephemeral art, its fleetingness in our life,” said Kasko. “The appearance and, of course, the taste should leave a lasting impression and expand observer’s boundaries of what ‘cake’ can be. I like to surprise people.”

Shared from MATT VITONE at psfk.