Math Hates Everyone.

26.08.2020 | 87/100 Days of Productivity | physics, coffee break, physics | the weather service said it wasn't going to rain anymore today, it'd even started to clear up, but it's pouring!

Where do you get all that energy from? Like you do so much a day?! Its really fascinating and i try to be as productive but i kinda just get about 2-3 things done a day. Keep it going! ^-^

this made me smile because i’ve only recently been motivated again after having a huge slump, academically and mentally, so i’ve really just been doing the things i enjoy! it’s much easier to get stuff done if you like doing it :)

(a lot of this recent motivation is because i’m going back to school next week and am having a sudden rush of trying to finish my summer goals lol)

[ one hundred days of productivity: 3/100 ]

sun 18 august

powering through some physics revision while listening to ‘come from away’ before i retire for the night and watch some himym :)

13/08/20

first day back at school!! so so lovely to be back, i missed it so much. despite the confusing one-way system i loved being back and seeing my friends & teachers & wonderful school. plus my timetable has loads of free periods this year which i’m super happy about.

summer (even though it’s not my summer holiday anymore lol) studying challenge: what is your favourite ice cream flavour?

raspberry ripple!

How to Handle Having TOO MUCH To Do

So let’s say you’re in the same boat I am (this is a running theme, have you noticed?) and you’ve just got, like, SO MUCH STUFF that HAS to get done YESTERDAY or you will DIE (or fail/get fired/mope). Everything needs to be done yesterday, you’re sick, and for whatever reason you are focusing on the least important stuff first. What to do!

Take a deep breath, because this is a boot camp in prioritization.

Make a 3 by 4 grid. Make it pretty big. The line above your top row goes like this: Due YESTERDAY - due TOMORROW - due LATER. Along the side, write: Takes 5 min - Takes 30 min - Takes hours - Takes DAYS.

Divide ALL your tasks into one of these squares, based on how much work you still have to do. A thank you note for a present you received two weeks ago? That takes 5 minutes and was due YESTERDAY. Put it in that square. A five page paper that’s due tomorrow? That takes an hour/hours, place it appropriately. Tomorrow’s speech you just need to rehearse? Half an hour, due TOMORROW. Do the same for ALL of your tasks

Your priority goes like this:

5 minutes due YESTERDAY

5 minutes due TOMORROW

Half-hour due YESTERDAY

Half-hour due TOMORROW

Hours due YESTERDAY

Hours due TOMORROW

5 minutes due LATER

Half-hour due LATER

Hours due LATER

DAYS due YESTERDAY

DAYS due TOMORROW

DAYS due LATER

At this point you just go down the list in each section. If something feels especially urgent, for whatever reason - a certain professor is hounding you, you’re especially worried about that speech, whatever - you can bump that up to the top of the entire list. However, going through the list like this is what I find most efficient.

Some people do like to save the 5 minute tasks for kind of a break between longer-running tasks. If that’s what you want to try, go for it! You’re the one studying here.

So that’s how to prioritize. Now, how to actually do shit? That’s where the 20/10 method comes in. It’s simple: do stuff like a stuff-doing FIEND for 20 minutes, then take a ten minute break and do whatever you want. Repeat ad infinitum. It’s how I’ve gotten through my to do list, concussed and everything.

You’ve got this. Get a drink and start - we can do our stuff together!

i’ve read more books in 2019 than i did in 2018 and it’s only march... oops. also i’ve watched some really different tv shows/ movies and i’ve enjoyed broadening my taste ig. i really want to watch captain marvel next !! if you want to see what books i’m reading have a look at my other blog @laurensreadinglist19 <3

07/09/20

t swift and maths <3

i said 'explain physics to me like youre in love with me' and after a while of quiet he went 'everything sings'. so i get it now

27th march 2020

was being all productive rewriting my higher physics notes (seeing as i’ve no set work until after easter -_-), but then i got onto fission and started raging about how undercredited lise meitner is, so now i’m in a state of feminist rage about the severe lack of women in stem and particularly physics. happy friday!

*sitting in my bedroom with nothing going on* HELP!!!! HELP ME!!!! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD SOMEBODY FUCKING HELP ME!!!!