Happy Oíche Shamhna!

Also btw every single complaint about irish pronounciation and spelling in schools would be solved if we hammered in the slender/broad distinctions early because it would become abundantly clear why this 't' has to be surrounded by 'i's and it isn't just a thing they decided to do one day and more people would be able to spell words from just hewring them and pronounciation from just reading them send tweet

Executive Dysfunction

For those who don’t know what ExDys is, a rough summary would be, “Doing stuf is hard.” Think you’re a lazy person, and wish you weren’t? It’s probably this. Executive Functioning is every part of your mental process that is involved in doing a task, from time management, prioritizing, and planning, to starting it, and focusing on it. Executive Dysfunction is when that’s buggered up a little bit or a lot. It’s extremely common in ASD and ADHD, as well as depression and anxiety disorders, and degenerative disorders like Parkinson’s and MS, and a whole bunch more. It’s very commonly (and dangerously) mistaken for laziness. 

So, I have seen a lot of posts on Executive Dysfunction and they’ve been very helpful. However, the tips are often mixed in with people’s stories and personal accounts. It can sometimes be difficult to find the important information, so I decided to collect and summarize a bunch of tips.

Not everything is helpful for everyone, and none of these are specifically study/homework/college/uni/work tips. Some of these might be over-simplified, feel free to google a specific tip to get more detail on it or whatever. Do what works, and feel free to add to this list!.

H.A.L.T.: Are you:

Hungry? Eat something.

Angry? Redirect your focus.

Lonely? Talk to someone.

Tired? Have a nap.

Use a planner or app. Get used to checking it regularly.

In the morning or better still, the night before, write a list of what you need to do that day / the next day.

Write your list in the order you intend to do your task

Break down tasks into steps as much as you need to..

Every third or fourth or fifth line on your list (or wherever it fits best) leave a line free. This breaks up your list, makes it look less overwhelming, and you can focus on getting through one group at a time.

Is there something, anything in this task you’re averse to? ELIMINATE IT. If that’s not possible, minimize the thing/s as much as you can.

Don’t like doing stuff where people might look at you? Find a way to do it when / where people aren’t around.

Are there sensory issues? eg. you don’t like the feel of touching food while washing dishes? Wear rubber gloves.

Alternate between tasks you enjoy and tasks you don’t.

Play fun music! Or an audiobook, or a podcast. Something to make the task more enjoyable.

Do the task for just five minutes. Doesn’t matter if you stop after those five and do something else, just as long as you get started on it.

Use the timer method. Time somewhere between 15-30 minutes (The Pomodoro technique puts it at 25 minutes) for you to do work. When the timer goes off, set the timer for 5-10 minutes, so you can take an active break.

Active break ideas include:

Taking a walk around the block

Talking to someone

Making yourself a snack

Passive breaks include reading a book, or playing on your phone. Don’t do those. It won’t work, you’ll stay on your break forever.

Don’t like the sudden ring of chimers? Make a playlist (off shuffle) with 15-30 minutes of non-lyrical music (like classical or video game soundtracks) for your work. Follow this with 5-10 minutes of white noise, for your breaks.

Too keep track of time’s existence, search the play or apple store for an hourly chimer app. Many of these can have the chimer regularity changed (eg hourly, or every 30 min, or 15 min)

If you’re getting restless, do some exercise.

Walk around the block

Do some squats, pressups, starjumps, whatever works.

If Tumblr’s a distraction, refresh the page often, and soon you’ll run out of new posts to read.

Or get an app / extension that blocks other apps / websites. Like StayFocused. 

Instead of saying, “I should do this” or “I need to get up now”, ask yourself “When will I do this?” or “When will I be ready to get up?”

Count down from 10 (or 15, or 20) and on zero, get up and do the thing.

Don’t put the thing down, put it away.

Meal prep two times a week. This can save you money as well.

Plan / lay out your outfit the night before.

branches of biology → entomology

the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. At some 1.3 million described species, insects account for more than two-thirds of all known organisms, date back some 400 million years, and have many kinds of interactions with humans and other forms of life on earth.

the day that hamilton the musical premiered alexander probably ran screaming through the afterlife flipping every other founding father the bird 

Maybe this strange and interesting plant displayed on my blog will attract followers.

poe dameron: wow the stars are beautiful

finn: yeah they are

poe: do you know who else is beautiful?

finn: *blushes* who?

rey walking behind them: bb-8

finn & poe: that's true

Very helpful. #techtheatre #lightboard (at The Rylander Theatre)

introduction + giveaway !! (please read rules)

hello everyone!

this is my first post on this studyblr! I’ve had another studyblr before, but I wanted a fresh start and I thought making a different one would be the best way to do so!

on my old studyblr, I was always meaning to have a giveaway to thank my followers but I never got the chance to, so I decided to have one right now!

1st place prize:

AN iPAD MINI IN GOLD (view here)

2nd place prize:

a Kånken Classic Backpack in any color (view backpack and colors here)

ban.do 17 month large agenda in ice blue (view here)

5 retractable highlighter pens from muji (view here)

Kipling 100 pens pencil case in color frond black (view here)

any two books of your choice under $30 USD each !!

3rd place prize:

Leuchtturm Notebook, Squared, 5.75 x 8.25 inches in black (view here)

ban.do write on assorted pen set (view here)

ban.do hot stuff thermal mug in ice blue (view here)

ban.do get it together pencil pouch (view here)

ban.do sticky note set (view here)

RULES:

must be following me (I know I don’t have a lot of content right now but I sincerely promise that I definitely will soon !!)

each reblog counts as an entry (so you can reblog as many times as your heart desires !!)

I will choose the winner through random.org

If you are under 18, you must have parental/guardian consent before entering

your ask box must be open

the winners will have 72 hours to respond

feel free to message me if you have any questions, and thank you for welcoming me into the community!

So I made a weekly planner I truly intend to use!! (It looks so empty but it’s the summer semester and I only have one class!)I just found out about the studyblr community and it is so, so inspiring. I am sharring it with you as my first ever contribution to the studyblr! Yay!

I made four versions on the variation of the tiny deers at the top (I love them, but maybe someone won’t want them there!) and the blanks for the daily objectives. My personal objectives are 1) work on school things 2) read a few pages of a book since I’m doing the “2015 Reading Challenge” 3) write a minimum of 100 words of anything and 4) spend less money!

With the deers

One blank version

Two blanks version

Without the deers

One blank version

Two blanks version

If you use it or make a variation of it please like or reblog so I know I helped someone! Thanks! :) Oh and I’m not a study blog, I’m a hockey blog: don’t follow or you’ll be invaded by handsome dorks.

EDIT: There is a Monthly Expenses Chart that matches this planner.