2018 Is The Year Of Recovering From The Past 5 Years In Every Possible Way

5pm stroll ✔️

30 Day Glow Up

Week 1 - Assess/Declutter

Clean out your closet(s)/dresser. Donate/toss items you no longer wear, can’t fit, or don’t make you feel happy.

Clean your room/apartment/house. Sweep, mop dust, do what you gotta do.

Go through files on your phone/tablet/computer. Delete documents you no longer need. Get rid of junk files. Delete songs you no longer listen to (Back them up first incase you want to redownload them in the future.)

Get rid of dated makeup, old pens, recycle/shred documents you no longer need.

Make a list of habits to break/start. After all, your habits are the key part of what defines ‘glowing up’.

Update your resume.

Go over your finances. Maybe you need to adjust your weekly/monthly budget. Maybe you don’t.

Schedule any necessary appointments. 

Take a look at your calendar and fill it with things such as a movie night, zero-day, deep clean day, date night (with yourself or someone else).

Make a mass to-do list and prioritise it (what do you need to complete first?).

Week 2/3 - Work To break old habits/ Implement new ones, Set goals

Remember that list of habits to break/build? Slowly work on them. 

Write out your goals for the future (short/long-term). Write your goals for your career, education, family, fun/adventure, friends etc.

Make a vision board to represent those goals!

Habits you might want to work on

Going to bed late - go to bed 15 mins to 30 mins earlier every few nights

Want to start being more active- go for a walk daily or stretch 5-10 mins after you wake up 

Drink more water - invest in a water bottle and eep it at arms reach

Eating healthier - replace a food you typically eat daily that you maybe shouldn’t with a fruit or vegetable, look for healthier alternatives to things you eat daily.

Too much screen time - set aside say an hour a day to read a book, draw, write etc

Start journaling - every day try to write something in your journal even if it’s just “I had a really great nap.”

Week ¾/5(?) - Mental/Physical

If you have the funds buy a few new items for your wardrobe

Find a style icon/look for style inspo using the clothes you already have

Develop a skin care routine and plan to stick to it

Do a hair mask/get a haircut/colour/extenstions etc

Start doing face mask and exfoliating a few times a week

Challenge yourself to say something positive to someone daily

Wear what makes you feel confident

Give yourself a mani/pedi or go out and get your nails/toes done

Treat yourself to new makeup, an outfit, a meal etc

Keep up your daily hygiene (sometimes easier said than done, especially if you have a mental illness) - find ways to make the basics easier (planning on doing a post about that in the near future)

Make a feel-good playlist

Journal a few times a week

Make a happy jar - everytime something that makes you feel good happens, write it down and put it in the jar. Then when you feel down or after a certain amount of time read them!

Get a tattoo or piercing (if you can and want to lol)

Go get your makeup done/pick up a few tips at Sephora/Ulta etc if you’re into makeup

Learn a new skill (cooking, baking, learning a language, crocheting, drawing)

Keep working on the habits you hope to build.

Things I Would Tell My High School Self (About Writing)

Accept criticism. It’s hard. I still struggle with it even now.

Write for yourself, not for others. It will make criticism easier.

It’s okay to love your characters. Don’t be embarrassed by your writing. Embrace it. Let it change.

Writing is not a competition. Don’t think of it as a popularity contest. We’re all struggling to create together.  

You’ll be 24 one day, working a full-time desk job and not be a published author. This is OK. Measure your successes in small units, and eventually, it will all work out.

Don’t expect everything to come together overnight. You’ll finish a book, a series, or some other project…you can be proud of it and everything as well! But…chances are, you’ll look at it again in two years and scrap it all. (And I did.)  

Really, you aren’t going to be a prodigy writer. You still need to grow up, see the world, and understand other people. Give yourself time to work out your craft. Grow up. Mature. Embrace others.

You probably won’t be famous either…but as long as your story puts a smile on someone’s face, isn’t that enough?  

Age is not a measure of success.

The World’s Cutest Adventurer

Credit

picture this

you’re in your late-20’s, early-30’s; you’re married and have two young kids. together, you live in a large house in the countryside. the house could use renovating, but it doesn’t need it.

wildflowers grow all over your large property. bees buzz by, but never sting. they make honey for your family to sell and enjoy.

in your backyard is a garden. you and your spouse wear overalls and bandanas while you harvest the fruits and vegetables you’ve worked so hard on; you sell whatever you don’t eat.

next to the garden is a pasture: you raise cows, bunnies, sheep, and chickens. you’ve taught your children to collect eggs every morning, while you and your spouse milk the cows.

although you have technology, wifi, and service, your family doesn’t rely on it for entertainment and communication. you play board games, read books, and write letters.

your house is your own. you fall asleep in the arms of the person you love, happily content with life.

How about masterpost of GCSE advice? :)

general advice

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how to get good grades and still have a life

how to become a good test taker

tips to have a nice routine

dealing with stress in academia

how to balance life and school

motivation

study tips for a procrastinating mess

little activities to boost your study motivation 

getting stuff done; lack of motivation

tips for a productive study day

becoming a morning person

your day is not wasted!!!

studying when you really don’t want to

how to get started

how to survive bad school days

10 ways to have fun whilst you study

how to enjoy studying

motivation does not correlate to being a good student

english literature

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romeo and juliet practise questions

macbeth revision guides (1) (2)

macbeth quote discussions

an inspector calls workbook

an inspector calls mindmap/cards

unseen poetry revision guide

jekyll and hyde structure and narrative form

pop me an ask if you’d like me to make more masterposts for any specific texts, i’d be happy to!

english language

paper 1 mini mocks

paper 1 - question 4 tutorial

paper 1 - infographic 

paper 2 mini mocks

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paper 2 - planning

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maths

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edexcel higher tier revision checklist

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online maths tests

solutions and tutorials

notes and worked examples

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science

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aqa combined science required practicals

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chem notes (1) (2) (3)

chemistry glossary

physics notes (1) (2)

physics quizzes

physics glossary

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primrose kitten (youtube) (website)

languages

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french movies

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the little prince in 32 languages

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side note: when looking for language resources online, gcse level is equivalent to b1 on the cefr scale :)

humanities

guide to new spec history

how to study history

edexcel history resources

hehehe fun fact!!!!!

aqa religious studies resources

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how to study geography (1) (2)

plant lacey: geography revision (youtube)

edexcel history - elizabeth yt playlist

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essay subjects

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tips

substitutes for ‘shows’

misc

bitesize

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gcsepod

seneca learning

revision world

s-cool

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englishbizhope this helps :)