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Thursday, February 16, 2017
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here are tips I discovered very recently:
- something is better than nothing. 5 minutes of work are better than zero. Just because you missed something on your schedule doesn’t mean you can’t still work on it, even for 5 minutes. Grow and build on this.
- second drafts / reviews can be done after.
- Don’t think you are going to do your very best work on the first try. Take the weight of perfectionism off your shoulders.
- don’t think about doing it. just do it as fast as you can.
- build on your productivity, not your failures.
- If you come from a past of procrastinating and now feel motivated to change and discipline yourself, do NOT try to do everything at once.
- if you have a set of different goals to accomplish, begin with the most important one. Wait until the rotine of working for that one settles in (you feel productive and comfortable-ish), and then begin with the next. Repeat.
- this way you’ll be building your way up and not juggling everything at the same time, hoping everything works out.
- be patient with yourself, you’ll get there!
- set smaller deadlines for your goals
- have monthly and weekly-ish deadlines
- e.g. if you are doing a project, due 22nd Feb, set personal deadlines, like have Introduction written by 2nd Feb, have Methods written by 10th Feb, have project complete by 18th Feb.
- take them as seriously as you possibly can, don’t miss out on yourself.
- write realistic daily tasks and don’t stop until you finish them. after them you can do whatever you want
- on writing realistic daily tasks, the secret is knowing you can only do so much in one day, but trusting you can accomplish everything in the course of any period of time (a week, or 2 weeks or a month, etc.) because you will combine the work from all these different days.
- it’s very tempting to write down all the tasks you need to accomplish in one day to just get over with it, but the real deal is you won’t accomplish half of them. You’ll feel very unproductive then, wich leads to demotivation.
- spread daily tasks in the time necessary.
- have a consistent sleep schedule.
- if your mind isn’t ready everything will fall apart.
- have one rest day per week where you plan nothing, do whatever you want except studying. this can be harder than you expect!
(don’t forget these are effective only if you actually put them into practice! good luck babes!!)
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Wednesday, February 15, 2017
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Wednesday, February 15, 2017
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ENTP
- unofficial leader everyone loves
- ultimate plan checker; makes sure that they covered every possibility
- argues with ENTJ and ESTJ a lot, but always ends up winning arguments
ENTJ
- comes up with plans to defeat zombies
- assigns roles to everybody (which no one follows)
- rations the food and essential items
INTP
- invents weapons and technology
- database of info on zombies
- awake at 1:00 AM not because of zombies but because they want to make another zombie meme
INTJ
- weapons analyst
- keeps everyone on track
- can defeat zombie on their own
ESTP
- helps build weapons
- accidentally got separated but found their way back
- fights zombies front line, not scared at all
ESTJ
- supervisor, keeps everyone in line
- organizes everyone when time to fight
- always angry at ENTP for arguing
ISTP
- official weapons manufacturer
- can troubleshoot and fix weapons and armor
- builds shelter for everyone
ISTJ
- the ultimate soldier
- literally the only person who follows the rules
- can recall important information about the zombies
ENFP
- can think like a zombie
- comes up with every possibility of how a zombie could attack the camp
- helps cook food so everyone doesn’t get bored of the same old granola bars
ENFJ
- the ultimate comforter
- makes sure everyone is happy
- can address the whole group and deliver instructions so that everyone doesn’t freak out
INFP
- scared of the zombies
- the baby of the group, everyone loves them
- everyone shares their food with them
INFJ
- tries to correct ESTJ and ENTJ, but gets pushed aside
- makes ENTP do the arguing for them
- understands zombies motivations in a whole
ESFP
- the entertainer
- tells jokes
- no one is ever bored with them along
ESFJ
- takes everything ESTJ says literally
- finds gossip somehow
- helps ENFP cook
ISFP
- also scared of the zombies
- documents all the zombie encounters by drawing them
- good at fighting the zombies, but sometimes feels bad for them
ISFJ
- will sacrifice themselves for others
- makes sure everyone is happy
- remembers which methods worked against the zombies before
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Tuesday, February 14, 2017
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Sunday, February 12, 2017
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Games make us happy because they are hard work that we choose for ourselves, and it turns out almost nothing makes us happier than good, hard work.
We don’t normally think of games as hard work. After all, we play games, and we’ve been taught to think of play as the very opposite of work. But nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, as Brian Sutton-Smith, a leading psychologist of play once said, “The opposite of play isn’t work. It’s depression.”
When we’re depressed, according to the clinical definition, we suffer two things: a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity. If we were to reverse these two traits we’d get something like this: an optimistic sense of our own capabilities and an invigorating rush of activity. There’s no clinical psychological term that describes this positive condition. But it’s a perfect description of the emotional state of gameplay. A game is an opportunity to focus our energy, with relentless optimism, at something we’re good at (or getting better at) and enjoy. In other words, gameplay is the direct emotional opposite of depression.
Reality is Broken, by Jane McGonigal
This book is fantastic and well worth reading even if you only play games and aren’t interested in making them. It’s about how games make us better and how they can change the world, by making it more gamelike and thus more motivating and rewarding.
You can also watch her TED talk about the same subject here!
(via thecindercrow)
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Saturday, February 11, 2017
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1. Turning our ideas into reality.
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Tuesday, February 7, 2017
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WARNING: if you are very sensitive dont read this post.
ESTJ: You are going to follow me. And I am not going to follow you. You are going to help me reach my goals and I will crush your dreams in a second.
ISTJ: I dont even know the rules and I feel so lost. Oh no, you just touched your face! Did you guys see that? Is it acceptable to touch your face?
ISFJ: I am going to talk about MYself, MY family, MY posessions, MY achievements….and…please please can you listen to me because nobody ever does that and I honestly dont know why also everybody hates me but why like I am super nice.
ESFJ: That girl is so ugly. I hate her. *ugly girl walks by* Hey girl! I missed ya. Whats up? I love you very very much.
INFP: Why are these people so mean? Why do they keep criticizing me? Why didnt that person stop in the street to help me tie my shoelaces? Why are you even listening? Why am I even talking?
INTP: …what is this I am experiencing…TEARS? ohhhh a learning opportunity let me check the amount of gases in tears.
ENFJ: I feel alone…like nobody understands me…like I dont fit in…and all of this is because I didnt talk to a person for eight minutes!
ENTJ: I am strong, I am awesome, and you are not. End of story.
INTJ: Sometimes I feel like I am the only one in the county that understands the complexity of life. Oh wait, not SOMETIMES, always.
INFJ: hun, I know whats best for you. You dont. Because you people obviously have no minds and hearts to choose what you want.
ESTP: I thought that you getting hit on the head with a bowling ball wouldnt hurt you so much. It was just a prank!
ISTP: mmm no youre wrong. That isnt the way it is. You have got a huge imagination… a huge and unrealistic imagination.
ISFP: The famous” I may be quiet but I have killed you in my head one hundred times.”
ESFP: Let us have a fight about this really dumb issue. You dont wanna have a fight? Okay lets have a fight about you not wanting to fight me. Let. Us. Begin.
ENTP: I have come to a realization that all of you have hurt me at least once. Now I am going to hold grudges and make snarky sarcastic comments at your super dumb sayings.
ENFP: I am not paying attention to my inner world that I often used for escaping hardships. So does that mean that the things I am going through arent hardships? What if they are just an illusion. Alright then, I am going to pretend I am super bubbly while I am slowly dying inside. Oh, and I will use manipulation to get what I want.
For people who found this stereotypical or mean, I am really sorry. But the title said “stereotypes” and I wrote a warning.
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Monday, February 6, 2017
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My screenwriting prof.
I felt like a lot of people needed to hear this. Including myself.
(via shaelinwrites)
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Monday, February 6, 2017
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New original story. Enjoy. Warning: Blood, gore, violence, dark themes.
Word Count: 3718