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Random personal stuff below the cut, school and things, feel free to skip

I’m like, super proud of myself right now. Classes started again for me yesterday. For the record, I go to Arizona State University online, and each class is 7.5 weeks, so if you fall behind, you’re pretty much screwed. You take two classes at a time.

Last year I fucked up majorly. And I realize now that I was fighting pretty bad depression for a lot of it.

But now I’m on the meds. Yes I’m going to keep talking about them. My focus is so much better and I’m using the tools I need to use to get things done. Nowdothis helps me focus on one task at a time. I installed a site blocker to make sure I stay off tumblr and logged off of Skype. I started using the Cornell Method to take notes, and oh my goodness I should have been doing this a long time ago.

80 minute lecture for my film class, and I actually watched the whole thing, taking notes and not doing anything else. When the instructor suggested a break halfway through, I got up, pulled clean clothes from the dryer and folded them, then went back to the lecture. I got everything done for both classes for this first half week. Even if it took around 4+ hours and now it’s 1am.

I also did a 20 minute tidy on my kitchen and desk.

If this is my new normal, I’m not going to argue about it. Next week I’m back on my 11-8 shift, so I’m going to try and get at least some of the readings done in the mornings. Also Sundays i’m going to watch the films for my class, if anyone’s interested I might stream them.