how to deal with depression when you are trying to be a hard-working student
let yourself sleep a bit more
list all the things you have to do and put them in front of you
you can have as much breaks as you want
do a bit, rest a bit, then repeat
if you want to cry, do cry
talking to a friend really helps
listen to hozier
adapting to an aesthetic really motivates me. for example, i sometimes imagine myself as a student from hogwarts studying dark arts, i wear dark clothes and one of my favorite sweaters or as a student from Oxford (and all those dark academia stuff)
make studying kind of fun. i know it’ll never feel fun when all you want to do is sleep or stare at the ceiling but it’s not impossible. imagine yourself as a professor. use colored papers. buy new pens. reward yourself with an episode of your favorite show after studying one unit. options are endless.
go outside. get in some oxygen.
study outside.
read your notes on your bed. it works no matter what other people say.
you have to plan your day. planning will never disappoint you.
remind yourself that you are capable of achieving your dreams even if your brain makes you believe stupid things. that thing is lying to you. you are much more than how you feel, those feelings are a bunch of chemical reactions. you can beat that.
i love you.
people around you love you.
and you don’t owe anyone anything.
sit on your chair, open your book, close your phone and just try. if you can’t, try again 5 minutes later.
reviewing my chem textbook while blasting lofi. nice. (๑˃̵ᴗ˂̵)و today I made a lil sideblog @0tsukare that shall be dedicated to shitposting, cats, and activism hehe :)
I feel that in the studyblr community nobody actively talks about the study environment some of us have, so shoutout to those students that:
• live with their parents (not everyone goes to college/uni where they have dorms, and even then, not everyone can afford it)
• have to deal with parents/family members constantly arguing in the background
• work / have to worry heavily about just getting by (paying rent, groceries, medication)
• need loud music to study and drown outside noises
• can not “study prettily” at coffee shops
• take care of other family members, and thus have to be ready to drop whaterever they are doing to assist them at any time
• can not concentrate or get “in the zone” no matter what they do
• do not have a personal computer/tablet
• do not have a room of their own
• are neurodivergent and the advice of most study masterpost/tips is not applicable.
You are valid, you are seen, you are not alone. If nobody has told you already: if you are trying the best you can then the best you can is good enough.
it physically hurts me when i have to take out my picture boards, sticky notes, fake plants, postcards and move out. i get attached to places. to the way those places made me feel. sometimes calm, sometimes anxious. this post is for my bean bag where i took unplanned naps, where i cried silently some nights , where i read books for hours and lost connections with the real world. this post is for my desk, the uncomfortable chair which gave me back aches, to the all nighters i pulled there, and all the online finals i gave while having mental breakdowns. so here ends my love letter to spaces that made feel at home.
shoutout to my unintentionally cute study spot/balcony and my dad’s ice coffee skills ✨ if you are struggling being productive today, don’t worry. just take a deep breath, sip that coffee, take a moment for headspace or whatever is working out for you and just start. babysteps. you got this! and yes - thank god it’s Friday. we all needed it this week 🌻