Do Ya Future Self A Favor And Work Hard Now

And kid, you’ve got to love yourself. You’ve got wake up at four in the morning, brew black coffee, and stare at the birds drowning in the darkness of the dawn. You’ve got to sit next to the man at the train station who’s reading your favorite book and start a conversation. You’ve got to come home after a bad day and burn your skin from a shower. Then you’ve got to wash all your sheets until they smell of lemon detergent you bought for four dollars at the local grocery store. You’ve got to stop taking everything so goddam personally. You are not the moon kissing the black sky. You’ve got to compliment someones crooked brows at an art fair and tell them that their eyes remind you of green swimming pools in mid July. You’ve got to stop letting yourself get upset about things that won’t matter in two years. Sleep in on Saturday mornings and wake yourself up early on Sunday. You’ve got to stop worrying about what you’re going to tell her when she finds out. You’ve got to stop over thinking why he stopped caring about you over six months ago. You’ve got to stop asking everyone for their opinions. Fuck it. Love yourself, kiddo. You’ve got to love yourself.

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Been going through a bit of a lull this past month but I’m starting to get out of it! Time to get my shit together🍂🌾

09.27.2016 - 023/100 days of productivity

Somehow working. A bit overwhelmed by how much I have to do but watching Gilmore Girls motivates me to do better at school!

“The library is inhabited by spirits that come out of the pages at night.”

- Isabel Allende

This is a chart that my chem teacher gave to everyone after our first exam. 

Mapping out my goals for the year now that semester 1 is over! The best method for me is to be specific with what I want to achieve and work out every step to get there! I’ll upload the different coloured versions of each goal setting PDF to google drive if anyone else would like to use these! x

A day in paradise.

3rd of September, 2016 | 03/30 Days of Productivity

My time management today was so good I had the time to take a nap, watch a movie and do half of my weekend to-do goals. I’m now up-to-date with math and have done my draft for my one point perspective to do tomorrow. 😁

Do you know some good movies that give you that cosy feeling and make you want to go study? Like Harry Potter for example

Firstly, I am so sorry for the lateness of this post. I really had to do some thinking when considering which movies are my “study inspiration.” So here are a few: 

“Dear White People” dir. Justin Simien.  (I like this one because as a person of colour, I identify with most of the character. This movie has a great message and is also set at a fictitious Ivy league school. It is one of those movies set in university that actually show people doing university things, like going to class and studying). 

“Gilmore Girls” Season 4. (I am a big fan of Gilmore Girls especially this season because this is when Rory sets off to Yale. It is nice seeing that there is a a plit as well as a well read, motivated protagonist who is attending Yale. After waiting Rory do her thing, it always gets me ready to start my work). 

“The Dead Poet’s Society” dir. Peter Wier  (This one is a classic and set at a prestigious boarding school. Need I say more?) 

“Goats” dir. Christopher Neil (This movie follows Ellis, a super smart 14-15 year old who moves away from home to go to boarding school. There is also some family drama that keeps things interesting). 

“How to Get Away with Murder” (I am a big fan of law television shows, and watching law students do there thing really inspire me to get on my studying in hopes that I may end up going to law school some day). 

“The Newsroom” (This is one of my favourite shows. It is set in a newsroom where everybody is bustling around working non-stop to get the news out there. I also really like how it uses real current events as the news that they are broadcasting). 

“Liberal Arts”  dir. Josh Radnor ( Although this movie does feature a “manic pixie dream girl type” (some may argue) it is great. It is about a man who goes back to his university and kinda re-lives his glory days in a sense. Just watch it, it is great and gets me think about how lucky I am to be learning so much. This almost always gets me studying). 

“House of Cards” (I love this show because of the excellent writing and political badassary). 

“The Re-Write” (This movies is exclusively focused on writing fiction. It always helps when I have to get my Lit homework done). 

“Miss Representation” dir. Jennifer Siebel Newsom (I fabulous documentary about how women are treated in out media and in society at large. Seeing this always makes me want to work even harder to defy these stereotypes. Even if you don’t need to study, this is a great watch). 

So, these are all I could think of a the moment. But if I think of more I will add some. And everybody, feel free to add your favourite movie/tv show study motivators too!

being in love with the process and not the results is one of the healthiest things in the world