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life tip

Recently I’ve tried a few things that have improved my productivity by a crap ton. Honestly, I highly recommend it.

1. The 2 Minute Rule. If it will take less than two minutes to do, do it now. I get back to my dorm after class and the first thing I do is change out of my jeans and into running shorts. Before, I would just ball them up and throw them in my wardrobe, still inside out. Now, I fix them, then I fold them and either stick them on my shelf to be put back on in a few hours or put them on a hanger. It’s quick, easy, and you’ll be really grateful in the future that you got it out of the way. And on that note, #2.

2. “Future Me will thank Past Me for this.”

I used to never make my bed. It was annoying and tedious. However, it also annoyed me when I studied because it was a messy room, and for me, a messy room = a messy mind. Now, when I wake up in the morning, it’s the first thing I do. I do this because I keep telling myself that Future Me will be grateful that I got it out of the way. Future Me can now study without having anxiety about the state of her room. Literally, if it’s something you know you’ll be moaning and groaning about in the future, do it now. It’s literally that simple.

Productivity can really be that simple, y’all. It doesn’t always have to be waking up at 6am and going on a 5 mile run. Sometimes it’s so simple as doing something small now so you don’t have to do it later.

Hello, I've just found your recommendations how to note and they are cool! If it is okay, may i ask, what other abbreviations do you use while taking notes during the lecture? 🙂

Some of the other abbreviations I use include: 

approx. - approximately

ea. - each

e.g - for example

fr. - from

etc. - and so on

i.e - that is, that means, in other words

impt. - important

v. - very

vv. - extremely

vs. - against

> - is greater than, is larger than

↑ - increase, rise, growth

↑↑ - rapid increase

↓  - decrease, fall, shrinkage

↓↓ - rapid decrease

✳  - special, important, notable (when added to a word or phrase)

@ - at

do ya future self a favor and work hard now

there is a difference between people who are smart and people who get good grades

It’s not “uncool” to be smart and prepared and passionate and dedicated. Ignore people who say otherwise.

21.10.2020

some notes i took for bio earlier this week

although a lot of people enjoy decorating their notes, i find that i often don’t have the time or energy to do that even if i would like to. it’s okay if your notes don’t have fancy headers or pretty drawings. if your notes are effective, then they are good notes :)

Little about motivation throught the photos.

You ever see a pretty dress, a well-organised notebook, a peculiar balcony or read one line of poetry and get the overwhelming urge to reinvent yourself

how to get motivated when you just want to sit on your bed and eat popcorn (aka me yesterday)

I’m going to be splitting this post into 3 categories

1) general motivation “tips”

2) how to be motivated for school stuff

3) motivation for other tasks

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1) General motivation tips

• if you can do it In 5 minutes or less do it NOW

If won’t take long to do get it done then go back do doing what you were doing, “losing” 5 minutes of electronic time is better than never finishing what you need to do. Ex: I can clean off my desk in less than 5 minutes so I’ll do it now instead of waiting

• the hardest part is getting up

I know if you don’t have any motivation getting out of bed is the hardest thing and you’ll need some help with that so if you get on your phone as soon as you wake up put it somewhere where you have to get up to get it then don’t go back to your bed until you finish one thing you didn’t do yesterday

• I know it’s hard to find motivation but as soon as you do one small task you’ll want to do a bigger task then before you know it your to do list will be all marked off

2) motivation for school

Doing school stuff after school isn’t the most fun thing since you’ve been there most of the day and you just want to relax when you get home

• study/homework as soon as you get home or right before bed.

If you want to get homework out of the way do it as soon as you get home then you have the rest of the day to do whatever you want, if you need some time to have a break right after school do what you need to do then save a few hours before you go to bed and do homework then (bonus: if you’re doing homework before bed and not using your phone you are increasing your ability to sleep)

• no distractions

I know this all too well and get distracted super easily especially when I’m trying to do school work, to solve this I turn my phone all the way off and put it in a different room, this helps because I can’t just reach over and get distracted by notifications or endless scrolling. Whatever you get distracted by remove it

• keep everything you need on your desk

If you know you need a ruler for your homework get one before you start and put it on your desk so you don’t have to get up and get it, keep a water bottle and a small snack on your desk so you don’t have to get up and get distracted getting it, if you know you need Lip balm, hand sanitizer, gum, ect. Keep that at your desk too.

• find the best study method for you

If you’re struggling with one study method try a different one, find a method that works for you so you want to study

• summarize notes into short “essays”

If you missed a day of notes get them from a friend and summarize the main points into small paragraphs so when you need to study but don’t want to you can read the paragraphs (a little something is better than nothing)

3) motivation for other things

• find inspiration

I do this a lot and I think it really helps. When I’m going to clean my room and I’m not in the mood I’ll give myself a few minutes to get on Pinterest and go through my future bedroom board to get motivated then I’ll clean

• start small

Do something small first then work your way up to bigger things

• 2 minute tasks

If you have no motivation force yourself to do something for 2 minutes, if you still don’t want to do it after 2 minutes get up and do something else but once you start for those 2 minutes you are more likely to keep going

— I’m probably not the best person to get motivation tips from but I hoped these helped even just a little, this is my first time doing something like this so feedback would be greatly appreciated <3