I Know This Is A Long Read But I Believe This Might Help If You’re Going Through A Burnout.

6/feb/2025, thursday

wasted most my time after school

subsequently had a lil mental breakdown & then pulled myself out of spiraling in a lowk mature way

washed my hair

prepared for psychology practical/viva

💤 3-4 hrs - maybe this is the reason my mental health has been a bit shit. looking forward to sleeping properly & FINISHING MY PORTIONS BEFOREHAND SO THAT I DON'T HAVE TO STAY UP LATE STRESSING

it's okay not to be productive some weeks.

i feel like i got so little done this week. i had to ask for an extension on my physics work and my essay in english. i barely managed to finish the work i needed this week. but that's okay. sometimes its good to have mental breaks.

a good advice i was given was to separate the work from relaxation.

when you are studying, you are studying. less distractions when you are working, and good mental breaks (like going outside or grabbing a snack). but when you are relaxing, you are relaxing. don't let the guilt of not getting stuff done eat at you.

put it in your schedule to relax or something, but sometimes you need breaks. sometimes its difficult for me to get up and do work, and i feel horrible for not being able to do that. but at the same time, its a sign that my mind and my body needs the rest.

go to sleep <3

28/jan/2025, tuesday

tiring day as usual but i pushed through!!

woke up at 6 (maybe i should try not falling asleep for hours after skl if that results with me waking up early without any alarm despite going to bed past 1 a.m.)

light stretching + exercise

did ok on the eng group presentation in school today but at least it's done

searched for poetry contest

physics lab record

duolingo lesson

practiced playing keyboard

Vela Supernova Remnant taken on February 6 2021 by jeff2011 on Astrobin

The supernova remnant resides within the Vela constellation, having exploded over ten thousand years ago. It is the closes supernova remnant to Earth. Observational data from this remnant provided proof that supernova’s can produce neutron stars.

Supernovas occur at the end of a star’s life. Stars with mass over eight solar masses finish burning the hydrogen in their core and become a red supergiant. Successive fusion then occurs until the core contains iron. Fusion can no longer occur at iron since it is not energetically favorable. Gravity then takes over leading to a supernova explosion— expelling a huge amount of stellar material.

Neutron stars can form as a result of this, as protons and electrons collide to combine into neutrons. The neutron stars are stable by neutron degeneracy pressure. This pressure is caused the Pauli Exclusion principal which prevents neutrons from having the same positions.

Friday, 21st March 2025

Moving onto my stellar remnants module today, with an appropriate soundtrack :)

🎵The Sky Moves Sideways Album - Porcupine Tree

15/01/25 - 16/02/25

Forgetting to make this posts hehe- So much has happened :3

Had my music exam (it was funny lol -like fr). The examiner was the advocate of High Court! 💀 (I got to know it only after coming out of the exam room) She told me to remember things more (I forgot many things huff) for next year and not to get nervous (I was offered water THAT'S HOW MUCH I GOT NERVOUS).

Organised the farewell of our seniors <3 (can't believe that soon it'll be my last year of school).

Wore beautiful dresses in different events and took no photos alone. 🕶️ (WHYYYYY)

Gonna have my last classes of 11th tomorrow! Finals start from the 6th of March; yo girlie's locking in! :p

Currently, writing my chemistry practicals and computer science project (DUDE I HAVE TO WRITE 275 LINES OF CODE ON PAPER -ON PAPER).

55/100 days of productivity!

so, my chronic pain is back after a short break... which means I literally can't do the things I need to do... anyway let's get a good day in...

I accept myself exactly as I am in this moment. My worth is not determined by my productivity or my pain. I am enough, just as I am. Every small step I take today is a victory. Progress is progress, no matter how small. I am doing my best, and that is always enough.

to-do: 1.2.25

Morning yoga

mental health check _journal

Go to the mall

Writing session 1

Reading 2P _opt

Pain makes it hard to work effectively Falling behind creates anxiety Anxiety increases muscle tension Increased tension worsens pain Worse pain makes work even harder More falling behind... and the cycle continues And each loop of this cycle can make you feel more stuck and hopeless, which adds another layer of stress. It's not just in your head - this is a very real physiological and psychological pattern.

the key to surviving grad school (also maybe life but definitely grad school) is to pick a side quest every few months or so. something that brings you joy and that you can get better at over time, independent of whether or not your research or classes are going well. put your need for academic validation to use in a non-academic setting and everything will feel less dire and you will learn you are more than your work

i got accepted into the research internship i applied to!!! 🥳 i guess my interview wasn't that bad after all lol

last week this actually worked a little bit, so i'm going to continue doing this. unfortunately, i didn't finish my research paper on immigration by the due date, so i got an extension to this wednesday.

FINISH immigration research paper

submit to photography competition

study for lab quiz :)

gas law and graham's law problem sets

thermodynamics problem set

physics quiz

thermodynamics frq

revise mini-essay

finish enigma machine simulation

probability problem sets