Tipsfromabbs

TED Talks to end the Year on a high note

Brain Magic by Keith Barry

The brain changing benefits of exercise by Wendy Suzuki

Power foods for the brain by Neal Barnard

Intermittent fasting: Transformational Technique by Cynthia Thurlow

You don't find happiness, you create it by Katarina Bloom

The Art of being yourself by Caroline McHugh

The magic of not caring by Sarah Knight

How to not take things personally by Frederik Imbo

Speaking Up Without Freaking Out by Matt Abrahams

How to motivate yourself to change your behavior by Tali Sharot

Critical Thinking Cheatsheet

CLEANING YOUR ROOM CHECKLIST ˒ ⊹ ݁ ִ  

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desk

⬚ remove clutter from the surface (surface space isn’t storage🙅‍♀️)

⬚ wipe down desk surface

⬚ put things that don’t belong on your desk back in their homes

⬚ reorganize/redecorate surface space

⬚ remove any and all trash from desk drawers

⬚ assign each desk drawer with a purpose if your desk has multiple drawers (one drawer for school supplies, one for stationery, etc)

⬚ reorganize drawers

closet

⬚ pick up anything off your closet floor

⬚ decide what to keep and what to get rid of

⬚ organize; make sure clothes are hung and folded properly, organize by color, season, clothing type, etc.

dresser

⬚ clean the surface

⬚ go through and see what clothes to keep and discard

⬚ have a designated drawer for each article of clothing

⬚ properly fold and put away clothes

⬚ reorganize/redecorate surface

bed

⬚ wash sheets, blankets, & pillow cases

⬚ re-make bed

nightstand

⬚ clear surface and clean

⬚ decorate it in an intentional way (your night stand is right next to your bed, think about what you do and don’t want near you first thing in the morning and right before you end your day)

⬚ clean out drawer(s)

other

⬚ pick things up off the floor

⬚ remove all trash

⬚ empty out your trash bin

⬚ clean your windows

⬚ reassess what you want on your walls (do you need to put up or take down any posters? do you have a pegboard you need to redecorate?)

⬚ make a list of any new decor you think you should buy

hot girl tips to be more productive

With a million things to do, where do we find the time? Sometimes it can be so easy to just procrastinate, not do your work and keep pushing it back till it's too late. Let's not do that anymore.

5-minute rule - start small. If you've been putting something off for a long time, trying to commit 1 hour to it can be challenging. You can't do a marathon without a warm-up first! Could you set a timer for 5 minutes to do that task? After 5 minutes if you want to continue, go for it; if you don't, that's okay, because at least you've done 5 minutes today, which is better than 0. Tomorrow or later in the day, try to challenge yourself to do 7 minutes this time, then 10, then 15, and you will get into that rhythm.

Eliminate distractions - it's all because of that damn phone 🙄 but seriously, tech and social media can have such a tight grip over our productivity and our attention. If you cannot control your usage, set app timers that lock the app after you use it for a certain amount of time or delete the app. I've been using a minimalist phone launcher called 'OLauncher' that removes all my icons and makes me manually have to type and search for the app. In the time it takes me to search for the app, I get to ask myself, "What am I looking for? Do I need to use it for something specific or do I just want to scroll?"

Schedule properly - note down all your commitments and non-negotiables in an app like Google Calendar and make sure all your big events are displayed there. Some people can fall into the habit of planning every second of their day, but I instead delegate a few tasks to each day and give myself any time within the day to complete them, the important thing being not when I do them, but that I do them in the end.

Write to-do lists - now this doesn't just mean in-app lists, which are very useful. Physically write them out. I use a scrap piece of paper and I write: "Today I WILL..." and then list all the things I want to get done. Having it written down helps me commit to it more and the feeling of ticking it is so satisfying.

Know your WHY - Why are you doing this? Why do you want to be more productive? Why do you want to study more? Always look at the bigger picture. Where do you want to be and how will your productivity help you get there?

Celebrate your wins - whether you completed all the things on your to-do list or just one, be proud of it. Some days, you will feel super motivated and fly through all your tasks, and other days you just want to stay in bed and do nothing. Making an effort is the first step to your success.

No matter whether your goal is to complete a project, get good grades, get into the school of your dreams, or just get your work out of the way so you can focus on other things, tackle it little by little. Just 20 minutes every day for a week is better than trying to do 140 minutes worth of work on the last day.