{"id":194834,"date":"2014-08-23T06:21:45","date_gmt":"2014-08-23T06:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/08\/23\/random-personal-stuff-below-the-cut-school-and\/"},"modified":"2014-08-23T06:21:45","modified_gmt":"2014-08-23T06:21:45","slug":"random-personal-stuff-below-the-cut-school-and","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/08\/23\/random-personal-stuff-below-the-cut-school-and\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Random personal stuff below the cut, school and things, feel free to skip<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

Last year I fucked up majorly. And I realize now that I was fighting pretty bad depression for a lot of it.<\/p>\n

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<\/a> 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<\/a> to take notes, and oh my goodness I should have been doing this a long time ago.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

I also did a 20 minute tidy on my kitchen and desk.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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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 … <\/p>\n

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