Liz Berube’s “Beauty On A Budget” Feature That Appeared In Romance Comics. 1960s-70s.

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Sacred Space 🕯🧘🏽‍♀️

so today is bad i just got off the phone with my sister and she told me that the plumbing is so bad in our NYC house that they’ve been shitting in plastic bags, taking showers with cold water and washing the dishes both in the back yard, spitting toothpaste in the garbage, basically unable to use water and i have no words to how much this breaks my heart like i can’t believe they’re living like that and our abusive father is literally going to let them live like that i cant stop crying 

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Yesterday Bradford Cox of Deerhunter walked up on stage in sunglasses and a fake moustache, drinking a cocktail out of a wine glass with a straw, shook my hand, and then began playing i love concerts

AUGUST-DECEMBER 2021 MANIFESTO FOR MY LIFE

it’s time, now, for something different. it’s time for orange-pink tulips, embracing curls and waves in your hair, fey mischievous laughter echoing in your mind long after the joke is done with, cartoonish margin-drawings of chubby tinsel-foil stars hanging radiant over the dome of the world, soft jazz barely heard over the murmur of evening voices, keeping a diary written in heart-blood in black-inked words, listening to the melody and rapture of chaos till it becomes harmless and loses its edge, flinching at what terrifies yet still moving forward and doing what is necessary, keeping pain private and keeping joy occasionally expressed, surprising good friends with warm gifts, tolerating emptiness without losing sight of what matters by remembering what fullness is when you have it, working every day at the right things without downplaying how much of a struggle they are, no longer martyring yourself for the betterment of the world but making yourself an immovable part of it much like the stones and trees, fondly referring to god as a distant loved one you still dream of every now and then, picking up the pieces, resuming the task you have set yourself—to live right, live nobly—once more, and letting love back into your life.

every august without fail is like i will give you some of the most beautiful golden summer moments of your life but also you will be thinking about childhood and loss constantly. it will always be either 5pm or 2am

these are the five browser extensions (that aren’t momentum) i use the most as a university student! if anyone has recommendations for any other extensions, please drop them below :)

the most painful social interactions are when you miscalculate someone’s meme literacy and reference something and the person/group doesn’t get it and u have to half-heartedly explain it knowing FULL well it’s 0% funny if people don’t have the full convoluted context of the joke and u feel the flames of hell start to lick at ur feet as they all give u a pity laugh 

university studying tips

i’m returning to university after taking a year hiatus, so here are some study/uni tips that i discovered the first 2 years of uni/wish i had implemented more often

study every day for at least an hour

write down study notes + lecture notes

rewrite these - both by hand and typing - as often as possible

seriously. rewrite your notes. have them down somewhere so that they’re legible, but then handwrite your notes as many times as you can, even if it isn’t legible

repetition helps with not only memorization, but comprehension as well

say notes aloud as often as possible

if you’ve safe access to a library, take yourself out on a date

make it a habit 2x-4x a week at specific times going to your library and finding a spot and just studying for 3-4 hours

i would always go tuesday, wednesday and thursday nights from 2pm-8pm. this is when i would get my homework assignments and reading done for most of the week/get ahead where i could

grab yourself a coffee and a snack and remember to take breaks in between!!! every 45 minutes, take a 5 minute break <3

use gum, perfume, or [**diluted**] essential oils as aids during studying, and remember to repeat when taking exams 

if you’re studying for an exam and chewing peppermint gum, by chewing the peppermint gum during the exam, it can help trigger the memories of what you were studying 

plan ahead

mark out in a planner or calendar when all of your weekly assignments are due, quizzes, exams, and papers

set time aside each day of the week where you are able to work on upcoming projects

for papers that are due in, say, a month

as soon as you have the topic picked out, spend a few moments each day finding academic sources 

when reading the material that will be pertinent, highlight/bookmark as you go along. this will help you in the long run (especially if you are using secondary sources and need a quick quote or citation)

send rough drafts to your professor or your schools writing services for thoughts and additions; it can be super nerve-wracking at first, but i promise it helps a lot

you don’t need to color coordinate, but it can help

keep it simple, too much color can and will distract you. but highlighting vocab words, dates and other important things like that can help a lot if you’re trying to find something specific in your study notes

take breaks often, but don’t procrastinate or get distracted (i’ll write another post soon on how to specifically avoid distraction and burn out)

know that grades do not define you. i promise, they don’t.

speak to your professor or advisor if you are falling behind in a class or multiple classes and need aid or extensions. they are there to help you and to teach you. they are your biggest resource. use it. 

if you need someone to talk to, i’m here <3