Let me give you, the internet, and mostly myself, some executive function advice.
Sometimes, when you find yourself somehow unable to do a thing you need or want to do, one issue might be that your brain has subconsciously tacked on extra tasks, and those tasks are making the whole thing too overwhelming!
Tl;dr: don't do that!
For example, I like to track the books I read and I've been meaning to add a few books I've recently finished. But my brain has added that I should also write a review, and the exact dates I read them (which I can't even remember) and oh by the way I should finish moving my stuff over to storygraph and before I know it that 1 task has turned into 4! And my executive functioning says no.
In fact, while I was getting the idea to write this post, my brain went "wouldn't it be nice to also write a post about y and tag them all properly and go back through my posts and find all mental health posts and tag those too" and wouldn't you know it. 4 tasks.
Discard those extra tasks. Don't even write them down. They don't matter. Strip it down to the 1 task you started with and only do that.
Sure, you won't have achieved some theoretical better end result but that end result was never gonna happen anyway. It was paralysing you from getting the initial task done. And maybe once that initial task is done, you can get to one (1! not 4!) additional task. Later. Not now.
Half-assing is better than no-assing.
19.03.2025 (wed)
Hey chat ;)
Was Lowkey dying from cramps today as well. It was such an unproductive day, and honestly, the cramps aren’t even an excuse at this point.
Anyways, attended my live lecture, did my math HW, and kinda revised for tomorrow’s chem test. Gonna wake a lil earlier so I can go through it again cuz I'm pretty sleepy rn. The plan for tomorrow is to finish off Lec 5 & 6 b4 attending Lec 7 live.
I haven’t made proper notes since Lecture 3 😭. The given lecture notes are there, but I know I’ll miss stuff if I don’t write them myself… except it takes SO long and I don’t have the time. Ig I'll have to finish it all off on the weekend ༼;´༎ຶ ༎ຶ༽
Got LOADS to do this weekend, so stay tuned for that 😀👍🏻
Anyways
BYEEE BABES
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Study time ≈ 3:00 hrs
(including the duration of my live lectures— always include em in my study time)
April 26 & 27
Spent the past two days going out with family and got zero studying done. As much as I love spending time with them, it’s honestly frustrating when you’ve made plans and just can’t follow through.
13.03.2025 (thu)
Update: Finally got through Chem Lecture 1 (it took me almost three hours—why am I like this?? T-T) and barely started Lecture 2 before I got so damn sleepy. Thought, "Let me just rest my head for a sec" and BOOM—I was out. Ended up napping for an hour before my mom woke me up for dinner.
Still half-asleep, so I’m just gonna crash for the night. I’m trying not to be too hard on myself, but I’m also not about to let myself off the hook completely, yk? Gotta find that middle ground.
I kept replaying the explanation for the numericals, and by the third time, I basically just byhearted it. Not exactly the plan, but oh well. Not giving up though—I'll figure it out eventually.
Thinking of starting daily recap posts—what I actually managed to do and to-do lists for the next few days or even a week. Maybe writing it all down will keep me a little more accountable.
And omg, my sleep schedule is beyond saving at this point. It’s pure chaos. Probably gonna sleep in tomorrow to repay some of this sleep debt because, honestly, I need to sort this out before it gets worse :)
BYENNN~~ (kinda like bye + then— a lil smn I made up lol)
MWAHH
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10.05.2025
Day (30/30) DOP COLLAB CHALLENGE
Bio record
Eng notes (it was 6 pages long of qna ugh)
Math hw
My hands are frkn DED I tell you. I can't write no more—
Omg we are done with the 30 DOP challenge with @moonlight-n-moondust @mistrisen @pxasee @kookiepixel @astra-wberry (I'm sorry if I left anyone out !)
I haven't been as consistent as I'd like to but I had a nice time :) tysm everyone !! Nice work <33
Hwaiting ✊🏻 ✊🏻
14.04.2025 (mon)
(2 of my many many handwritings lmfao)
day (5/30) of DOP COLLAB CHALLENGE
Ypt hours ≈ 4 hrs
💤 ≈ 5 hrs + 20 min power nap otbrh 💤
The eng test went pretty okay :)
Studied for my chem test
Completed random notes of eng & phy
Math hw
Phy lec 1
Would've liked to do one more but I was sleepy and wanted to get at least 6 hrs of sleep (per night is the goal lmfao). My head kinda hurts too hehe =D
BYEE ( ˘ ³˘)💗
Also, my watch which I'm very emotionally attached to kinda broke today— like the thingy that holds the straps ?? Anyways I'm so heart broken cuz I got it for VERY cheap and it lasted like 3 yrs or smn atp 😭 I'm still wearing gonna wear but 😢
22.04.2025
No studying today :(
Napped till 7pm after school cuz I had pretty bad back pain n cramps. Then did smn for an hour or 2 b4 I had to go pick up ma czn at the airport :P
good to see that ur doing well with the productivity challenge :) kind of a bummer that plans with ur family meant u couldn't revise, but I hope u enjoyed them atleast 🫶🫶
I’m honestly past being used to this by now, but yeah, it’s still pretty annoying lol.
That being said, I did have an amazing time!! Took loads of pics and actually wasn’t cooped up and rotting in my room for once =D
Also, your blog >>>> (AHHH)
Hope you and your family are happy and healthyyy <33 (why am i literally quoting olivia rodrigo without meaning to— help me)
FINALLY started a personal blog @midnightatthemalfoys
from now on this will be strictly a study blog <33
lets work hard !!!
“ If you don't fail, you're not even trying. To get something you never had you have to do something you never did.”
Finished notes. Will do the studying tmrw cuz sleep deprivation be catching up 😵 (I’m just hella sleepy 😭)
Gnnnnnnn
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25.03.2025 (tue)
HIIIIIIIIII <33
Plans for the day:
Complete notes of lec 3 of srifp + study
Live lec (we'll finish the chapter off today)
Live lec - notes + study
Finish off srifp 😭 + maybe questions ?
Study lec 5 of solutions
That's ittt ! See ya later ;P