hOw To sTaY aWaKe

an advice from a cOlLeGe student that no one asked

(“lin, u really need to stop bs“

“hehe”)

am i sharing another bs post again? yes, i am. kinda busy this month (but still writing THIS at 11pm to avoid work. yes my whole life is a huge oxymoron in its human form.)

first of all, it’s autumn, pumpkin season, maple leaf season, spooky season. and, on the way to winter hibernation, a drowsy season. it rained a lot and my circadian rhythm somehow adjusted to the precipitation, the more rain, the sleepier i am. i particularly love the bloodshot in my eyes, making me feel so productive 👌

let’s do a tiny calculation cuz my little brain cant handle the ones bigger than three digits. it’s week 9 soon, and this semester ends on december 3rd, which means we only have 5 weeks left. FIVE! WEEKS! doesnt that sound so short? we just need to keep ourselves awake and grind for another a month plus a week and WE👏ARE👏DONE👏

here’s how lin has been keeping herself alive, i mean awake, for the past 9 weeks:

1. sleep is trivial, deadlines are more real.
2. keep track of your substance usage.
3. time management is important.
4. calm down.

substances?

*disclaimer* her substance usage is BAD don’t listen to her.

s tier: death wish mix with java monster

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urm honestly i don’t recommend this but if your receptors are getting more and more insensitive, all you can do is to increase the amount of caffeine you consume (we can biology ;)) when you’re so in need of caffeine, you just stop caring about the taste.

a tier:

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there’s a tim hortons right down my stairs but it’s over two bucks and milk tea is expensive af with $4.99 delivery fees i’m not doing that.

f tier (cuz we have no tolerance towards non-A’s 🤡):

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the original monster has a similar taste as red bulls (yea we all know marketing is all about copying from each other). the sugar, 50 something grams, no thanks, i don’t wanna get obese before i even reach the end of the semester. red bull is just another name for bulls**t. nespresso coffee pods: what we need is not just a taste of coffee.

time management

how i do it is i write out things that i need to do on a list clearly and thoroughly and end up not doing them at all BUT it helps build up the guilts inside so ultimately i get them done. pretty clever huh. oh and sipping on coffee while i’m doing it so i can trick my brain that i’m being productive ;))

i have none so i’m probably not the best person for giving advice on this.

CALM DOWN

21st century lin’s dictionary definition: calming down is another synonym for not caring anymore.

watch some youtube and procrastinate a bit and you’ll find some peacefulness during that short interval and more anxieties afterwards which will lead to a higher stress and motivation level for getting the work done since you are running out of time 🤭 (like me doing it right now)

jokes aside, seriously, calm the f down and target each small task in an organized order. small progress is better than no progress at all isn’t it?

wishing you people can go through this 2020 stressful time with success. 5 weeks (or more if ur somewhere else in the world), we can do this.