I Hope That One Day I Will Finally Be Ok….i’ll Make A Cherry Pie When It Is All Over

For when you need distractions

If you are bored or just need to distract yourself, here are a few cool things that may help you <3

• Do nothing for 2 mins

• Take an interactive 3D tour of our galactic neighbourhood

• For every question you get right on this vocab test, 10 grains of rice are donated

• Make your own galaxy 

• Make cool symmetric patterns

• Hacker typer - type any gibberish and it will make it seem like you’re a hacker hackin’ your way in a sci-fi movie

• Astronomy Picture Of The Day by Nasa

• Click to remove - a pretty useless game where you have to click on words to remove them from the screen. Recommended for people with adhd.

• I am awesome - it will tell you if you are awesome

• Engrish - misspelled word of the day that made it to hoardings (very funny)

• Spend bill gates money

• Gravity points -  a digital pen that lets you add gravity centers to any part of your screen.  The more gravity points you add, the more particles get absorbed, eventually forming a black hole.

MY health tips!!

You’ve been a lot to ask me about health and fitness tips so here are mine! 

Of course, I’m not a doctor (yet :P) nor a personal trainer but I’ve been working out for 3 straight years now and I’ve acquired a bit of knowledge about health and fitness. This article will only be about food and I’ll post soon another one about fitness!! 

Hope you enjoy :) 

Mental health first : food is good for your body. If you start being afraid of it, or if eating gives you anxiety or if you do anything that could make you think of an eating disorder, please seek help. I see tons of pro-ana blogs here on Tumblr and THIS IS NOT OK. I know, I’m not you but the only thing I can do is try to help and the only way for me to do so is to tell you that you’re not alone, you are loved, and it’s totally normal to need help. Please don’t stay in your dark thoughts. Feel free to message me if you want to talk. 

Try to stay away from refined sugar, processed and fatty foods. They’ll just make you feel bad and are just empty calories! You’ll end up by eating more and more because of your insulin spikes! 

You don’t really need oil. If you want to include healthy fats in your diet, -and you have to- make sure they come from nuts or avocados instead of liquid oils. Oil is basically fat juice with all the vitamins and fiber removed. Plus, you have no idea how quick you can transform your healthy salad into a super caloric one just by adding oil to it!

You don’t have to eat breakfast if you’re not hungry in the morning. But make sure you bring something healthy with you if you’re going to work / school so you don’t fall for the vending machine. 

Try to include protein at each meal, but remember that unless you’re a bodybuilder you don’t have to eat 200 grams of protein per day! 80g is more than sufficient. Also, try to add more vegetal sources of protein to your diet, like beans, whole grains, and nuts. The animals, the planet, and especially your body will thank you for that.

Fiber. Everyone seems super worried about their protein intake when an actual protein deficiency is really rare. What is more common instead is the lack of fiber in our diet. Fibers are so important to keep your gut and body healthy (lack of fiber is actually one of the main causes of colorectal cancer!!). Foods that contain more fiber are fruits, veggies, and whole grains.

If you want to lose weight, a simple trick is to put fewer fats and carbs a bit on your plate and add more veggies instead. Veggies will help you to feel fuller and are also the best source of fiber (you’ll poop more often and eat less so it’s a win-win situation :D ) 

However, don’t forget that carbs are important. Yes, ditching carbs from your diet will make you lose weight (especially because you also eliminate the water that was retained because of the carbs) but they are our main source of energy. Your body will crave carbs when you stop eating them!! Just try to eat more whole carbs like brown rice, quinoa, whole wheat pasta, etc.

Drink more water, but not too much. Just make sure that your urine is light yellow and not dark (but if your urine is almost transparent it means you’re drinking too much and losing precious minerals in your urine!!) Also remember that if you’re adding more fiber to your diet, make sure you drink more (hello constipation!!)

Snack on healthy foods like fruits or trail mix or hummus (I’ll post something about healthy snacks to eat whilst studying soon!)  

Simple tip, if you don’t want to eat unhealthy foods at your house, just don’t buy them

Eat slower so you’ll feel satisfied by eating less

Ditch sodas. They are really terrific in terms of hidden sugars. Even sugar-free sodas are evil. They make your teeth weaker, make you more hungry and most of the time the gas retained inside will make you feel bloated. If you don’t like drinking water, try to prepare a bottle of water with lemon, or berries in it and put it in the fridge! Or try drinking more tea (without sugar)!

For your own sanity, allow yourself cheat meals. Keep them for special occasions like when you’re out with your friends or in vacations, just don’t make it an everyday habit! It’s normal to crave ice cream and burgers, and of course, you can have them sometimes!

So just remember that these are my personal tips, and you may not approve them and it’s ok. In the end, the most important thing is to keep a balanced diet and lifestyle no matter what you prefer :) 

I hope these tips will actually help you! 

I’ll come back soon with an article about fitness and another with healthy and vegan snacks to try when studying :) 

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The Very Basics of Not Killing Your Computer

AVOID HEAT STRESS

If you have a laptop DO NOT use it on a soft surface like a pillow or on a blanket, it’ll block the vents on your computer and make it get really fucking hot inside.

If you have a desktop you gotta open it up and blow out the dust sometimes.

If you are moving your laptop in a bag turn the laptop off. Don’t put it to sleep, don’t just shut the screen, turn it off, because otherwise it’s in the bag generating heat and there’s nowhere for the heat to go in the bag. OFF. Not sleep. OFF.

DO NOT DROP

Okay I know that should be obvious but drop damage to your hard drive is bad bad news. Be as careful as you can to set your computer gently on flat surfaces; don’t leave it hanging out on a bed where it can get knocked off, don’t set it on the roof of your car. And yes, just dropping it a couple inches can kill your hard drive or totally shatter your screen.

DON’T PUT SHIT ON YOUR KEYBOARD

Look I’ve seen four people ruin their laptops because they had a pen on the keyboard and closed the laptop and it fucked up the screen and the keyboard and it sucks so much and you feel awful after it happens because it’s so avoidable just don’t put things on your keyboard and always check that your laptop is clear before you close it.

PROTECT YOUR PORTS ON YOUR LAPTOP

You’ve only got one power jack and a limited number of other inputs on your computer and if they detach from the motherboard you’re fucked. USB ports get damaged because people use them a lot and eventually it weakens the connection and then they just stop working and it sucks. You can get around this with USB ports by using a USB hub to connect things like your keyboard and mouse.

For your power plug you just gotta be careful. Avoid tripping over the cord at all costs, don’t yank the plug out of the computer. It will SUCK VERY MUCH A LOT if you have to buy a new computer because the power port lost contact with the motherboard.

Don’t move your computer with things plugged into it. Take the power cord off before you put your laptop in the bag, take out the USB mouse dongle, do not travel with little nubby bits sticking out of your computer that can easily get caught or get tweaked or snap off inside of the thing.

(I really can’t emphasize enough that most of the “it will cost more than it’s worth to fix this” laptops I see are because of USB ports and power jacks. People don’t seem to know that this isn’t something that can be fixed easily; a broken power jack is a “remove the motherboard and resoldier components” job, not a “plug a new one in in fifteen minutes” job and most computer repair shops aren’t going to solder things for you and if they DO it’s going to be very expensive)

RESTART YOUR SHIT AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH AND JUST LET THE FUCKING UPDATES RUN

You should probably restart more than once a month but whatever. This is actually something that I consider part of reducing heat stress because when your processor is straining to keep up with all the background bullshit that’s running from a program you opened three weeks ago it’s going to use up resources and get hot and look just restart it once in a while.

Also the updates are almost always okay and safe and generally running updates is a good and secure thing to do (though maybe follow a blog dedicated to the OS you run because if there IS a problem with the updates that blog will probably talk about it before the update gets forced on your computer)

ANTIVIRUS BULLSHIT

Yes you should probably be running an antivirus.

Sophos is free and it’s fine. But don’t pay for it - if you’re using Sophos use the free version.

If you’re looking for something paid and a little more comprehensive I recommend ESET - get the cheap version, renewals cost less than the initial purchase, and feel free to get a multi-year version, the credentials follow your email not the computer so if your computer dies before your license expires you can install the license on a new computer.

DO NOT INSTALL NORTON OR MCAFEE THEY ARE EXPENSIVE BULLSHIT. Kaspersky is whatever. It’s less bullshit than Norton or McAfee but not as good as ESET for about the same cost.

If you think you’ve got a virus run the free version of Malwarebytes and get your shit cleaned.

KEEP LIQUIDS THE FUCK AWAY FROM YOUR COMPUTER

Again this should be obvious and yet. But seriously, just make a rule for yourself that drinks aren’t allowed on the same table as your computer and you’ll save yourself a lot of headaches.

PLUG YOUR COMPUTER INTO A UPS

Okay I fucking hate amazon but here’s a thing you should be using, just search the rest of the internet for “surge protector/UPS” and you’ll find something that isn’t from amazon - APC is a solid brand for this.

Basically you want a fat surge protector that has a little bit of a battery backup and you want to plug your computer (desktop OR laptop) into that instead of into the wall. The benefit of this is twofold:

1) if there’s a power surge the UPS will prevent your computer’s power supply from getting fried and possibly frying parts of your motherboard

2) if there’s a power outage and you’re *at* your computer you’ll have enough time to save what you’re working on before your computer loses power (like, you’ll maybe only have a minute or two on a small UPS but that’s still time to hit CTRL+S and keep from losing work)

At a bare, bare minimum your computer should be plugged into a surge protector but NOT directly into the wall.

BACK YOUR SHIT UP

[we interrupt this yelling for me to tell you that Western Digital has apparently released their new My Passport line and I’m obligated to inform you that you can get a 2.5″ USB 3.0 backup drive with FIVE FUCKING TERABYTES OF STORAGE for $130. Or you can get 4TB for $93. Or you can get 1TB for $53. basically what I’m saying is that it is not only cheap computer season it is also cheap hard drive season.]

[also if you’re getting a backup drive get western digital not seagate seagate fucking sucks and has a much higher failure rate]

Uh, okay, anyway - Do an image backup of your computer every once in a while so that if you get infected or your hard drive dies or whatever you can just restore from backup and move on like nothing happened.

HERE’S HOW TO DO AN IMAGE BACKUP.

SAVE YOURSELF THE WEAR AND TEAR

You know what is cheap? USB Keyboards and USB mice. You know what is not cheap? Fixing the touchpad on a laptop or replacing a laptop keyboard.

Get yourself a USB hub, a USB Keyboard and a USB Mouse (wired or wireless, doesn’t matter) and if you’re using your laptop at home plug *that* into your computer.

Also if your keyboard on your laptop breaks it’s fine just to use a USB keyboard instead I promise; if the screen breaks it’s also usually cheaper and easier to get a used or inexpensive monitor than it is to replace the screen. Your laptop is basically just a very small version of whatever bullshit is going on inside a desktop, if the peripherals break but the core components are fine you can just use it like a desktop.

Unless it’s a piece of shit that doesn’t have any USB ports or video out in which case you got ripped off, friend, demand functionality in your devices I’m sorry.

/rant

how to fill an empty notebook

Hey, guys! Here are 20 ways of filling your empty notebooks. If you’re like me and have tons of books that can’t be spоiled, just keep rеading. This post can be useful for you (or can be not, who knows). Well, let’s get started!

Bullet journal

I bet you know abot it. Bujo is one of the easiest ways of tracking your time, habbits, etc. It’s also the way of creativity. As for me, bullet journal is not only a system to make an efficient schedule. It’s a way more. I make my own system that works for me based on bujo. For example, during the summer i don’t make each day as i do during my semester, i write only a week and tasks that i have this week with dates and time. As i don’t have a lot of events this system is perfect for me.

Diary

This one is not about schedules. If you have enough time, you can spend it on it. Write down:

your feelings

healthy changes

your opinion

what you’ve done today

actually whatever you want

Ideas

I do have such notebook and can say that it’s the best invention in the history. Seriously. I used to forget sth like what i want to give as a bday present or what i want to make to decorate my room. But now i just write it down and remember. Some sections that you might like:

presents

social networks post ideas

room decor

health tips (exercises, recipes, etc)

bujo (spread)

sketchbook ideas

Bullet journal collections

Yes, you can have it separated from your bujo. It’s useful for those who have little bujos and don’t have enough place. So having bujo’s collections is comfortable sometimes. Write TV shows you watch, books you’d like to read/already read, expenses, goals for year/semester/month/week/life… Just, as i said before, whatever.

Wishlist

This notebook helps you to set your goals, make a budget and track your wishes. When you have some, you write them down, kinda anolyse them and learn what you should do. For example, i want to go to GB next summer. I should work really hard this school year to have time next summer. According to this i make my study plan and so on.

Budget planner

Yes, a part of it is in your wishlist and one part is in your bujo collections. But here you can write the complete version of your budget plan. Here you can write: 

your everyday expenses

big unplanned expenses

expenses you should save money for

summary

Travel book

If you travel a lot, it’s definitely for you. Pics from you trip, your emotions, tickets, anything that will remind you of the atmosphere of the place. Also it’s a good planner for yor excursions.

Thankful for book

There you write everything you’re thankful for. I write sth everyday so now it’s kind if a habbit. I see that not only bad things have a place in my life. Every moment of your life is worth living.

Writing book

You’re a writer? You need practice. Write about the weather, describe the people, tell a fairy tale. Put down the ideas, sentences, characters for you stories.

Sketchbook

Should i explain?

Study planner

I mean it can be sth besides school, college, uni. It includes:

study plan for week/month

plan for one lesson

what you should concentrate on

lots of motivation (god you’ll need it)

Draft

Yes, your pretty notebook can be used as a draft for your school/college/uni. Here you’re not afraid to make a mistake.

Tracker

health

sport

food

mood

habbit

It becomes much easier to find out what you’d like to change in your life.

Recipes book

Well, it’s as clear as blue sky.

Dream book

Yes, in 2018 some people have dream books. In my opinion, it’s so cool to have one. You write what you dream/nightmare was about, the meaning of it and if the prediction came true.

Statistics

To sum everything up you need this notebook. You analyse (again) what you’ve done in different spheres of your life. When you see the revision of your life, it becomes easier to understand what you have to fix.

Review notebook

There you write your opinion on book/tv show/film/game/etc and some words about it. So you can train your writing skills and learn how to express your point of view.

Quote book

Mine is very big because i’m going to take social science exam in two years and for essay i will need a quote. It’s very useful for everyone as it enriches vocabulary.

Future me book

A message for yourself in the future. I’ve never had sth like this but i’d love to.

Stuff book

The most messy one. Here you can express yourself, make notes, draw, whatever. Everything and nothing at the same time.

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