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Overcoming boredom for the next few months

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owidjaja:
Hey guys,

I haven't updated in a while, again. To be honest, I haven't been doing much. I finished FFXV last week so I was side-questing until I really realised that there's nothing much left in the game. I mean, I tried completing the Pitioss Dungeon (for those who haven't played FFXV, is a hell-hole dungeon) and then I got frustrated to the point of tears while my mum is laughing at me being like 'It's just a game.' So I've just been playing Just Dance as a workout and then going upstairs to binge-watch video game gameplays because I can't buy another game ;-;

As for the FEAS video, it did take me a while to film it. I'm not a huge fan of filming myself so it took some hesitation but I filmed it and now I'm almost done with the editing. I need to watch the video to make sure everything is smooth (which I'm not looking forward to since I hate listening to myself -_-). After that, all of my applications are done!

At the moment, I'm also writing notes since I do have the textbooks for first-year UNSW engineering students. To be honest, making aesthetically-pleasing notes isn't the best way to retain information (and I'm not really retaining information properly) but it is very therapeutic- until you make a mistake and forgot you haven'y bought correction tape in awhile. It also gives me something to upload on my studygram lmao. But I am also starting to write again. It's been so long since I've written so it may take some time but the motivation is there.

As for my sleeping schedule, I'm slowly going back to my old habits of sleeping at 3am and waking up at 9.30am and not physically getting up until 12pm or even 1pm (to my parents' annoyance). I lose track of time and forget that it's almost 12am so then when I actually turn off the lights, it's difficult for me to fall asleep. So for my next goal, I'll try to turn off the lights before 12am, preferably 11.30pm.

Anyways, see you soon!

- Olivia

owidjaja:
Hey guys,

I'm finally a bit more productive! Well, I've moved on from long video game marathons to binge-watching anime/Youtube videos and reading manga. My grandma arrived in Sydney a few days ago and when my parents work, there's not much she could do but watch TV (and she doesn't really understand English apart from a few words). I'm slowly getting back into writing. I submitted an article for AN a week or so ago so it's a good starting place. I did finally finish my article for We Make Change (for those who didn't follow my HSC journey, WMC is a UK-based NGO I write for). I did tell the Head of Research that I was gonna go on hiatus because of exams but I wasn't sure if I was supposed to tell the Blog Manager as well (technically I'm listed under Researcher). I did apologise to my Blog Manager for the inactivity (he's really nice though so I don't think it's too serious of an issue). To be honest, I've been working on that article since September but it was an on-and-off thing because of exams. When I jumped back into it, I wasn't sure if I regret choosing to write about the Great Barrier Reef/coral bleaching. I ended up having 10+ tabs opened because I needed to make sure I was correctly explaining the science behind coral bleaching in a simple way (I didn't do bio/environmental science), read sustainability plans from the government (because that's always fun -_-), read as much stuff on the politics/backlash surrounding the GBR (I suck at politics) and find ways for the readers to help out locally. Anyway, I finally managed to put everything together and I submitted it to the Blog Manager today.

I'm also getting back to driving. The last time I drove was January, so ages ago. My mum booked my driving lessons for this week and I booked for 2 more lessons for next week. I also drove with my mum for around 1 hour to increase my hours. My driving instructor did say that my driving isn't bad for someone who hasn't driven in almost 1 year. At this point, I'm just trying to increase the number of hours and expose myself to different conditions.

As for my sleeping schedule, funny enough, it's actually improving. Maybe it's because I'm sleeping on a mattress in my parent's room so I'm kinda forced to sleep when they go to bed (they go to bed at around 10-11pm depending on the day). Because of that, I'm waking up a bit more consistently, ranging from 9.30am to 10.30am. However, my workout routine is slowly deteriorating. I'm no longer playing Just Dance for 2 hours every morning (because it's embarrassing). I did jump on the cross trainer once or twice but it is quite boring. I need to get myself a bit more motivated to work out in the morning because it's getting very hot (kinda humid imo).

Anyways, I'm hoping to improve my workout schedule, but also maintain this light productivity. Hopefully, I could submit more articles.

See you soon!

- Olivia

owidjaja:
Hey guys,

So my productivity has kinda dropped a bit. I have tabs open ready to do some research for my next article for We Make Change and I have a plan written up for AN and I have barely done anything with it. I'm trying to start writing for an AN article and it's been a bit difficult- I'm struggling to figure out how to start it so my plan has been sitting on my desk as I procrastinate. Is it even possible to procrastinate during the holidays?

Apart from that, I've been a bit overwhelmed with the HSC results and ATAR. I'm glad I got guaranteed entry to UNSW. I also got offered a scholarship from Macquarie Uni for Science and Engineering. I still haven't responded to the email- I think I'm going to reject it since UNSW is first on my preference list. But it also reminds me that I need to call Macquarie Uni and defer from classes since I accepted and enrolled to Macquarie Uni. Honestly though, I was content with just accepting the offer but then my dad kept asking me why I haven't enrolled (at that time, I didn't get haven't gotten my Tax File Number). At the moment, I'm listed as full-paying student. I didn't see the point in giving them my tax file number since I originally planned on deferring.

On top of that, my dad has constantly been asking me whether I want to start revising for maths and physics to prepare for engineering. To be honest, he's been bringing this up since the last day of my HSC exams (literally 2 hours after my last exam) and it's been bothering me. He's been asking me this almost everyday and it's slowly making me stressed. All I want to do is to play video games and binge-watch Youtube videos while doing some writing on the side but he's been pretty insistent on starting to revise, as well as offering to purchase books and even ask if I need tutoring. I can see what he's saying but it's honestly becoming annoying. My opinion on this is that if I'm bored enough that I want to revise then I'll look at the revision problems for MATH1131. At the moment, I don't want to do any studying. I keep telling him this and then it ends up turning into an argument.

At times like this, I tend to question whether engineering is the ideal career for me. I really do enjoy maths and physics but it does becoming disheartening when math and physics become one of your worst subjects (or inconsistent) and I didn't get band 6's in those subjects. When I spoke to my physics teacher about this at my school morning tea on the day ATARs were released, he said it doesn't matter as long as I'm cool with calculus/completed a calculus-based math and get the ATAR I need to get in.

Anyway, hopefully I can get out of this slump and improve my productivity.

See you soon!

Olivia

AngelWings:

--- Quote from: owidjaja on December 16, 2018, 09:41:49 pm ---On top of that, my dad has constantly been asking me whether I want to start revising for maths and physics to prepare for engineering. To be honest, he's been bringing this up since the last day of my HSC exams (literally 2 hours after my last exam) and it's been bothering me. He's been asking me this almost everyday and it's slowly making me stressed. All I want to do is to play video games and binge-watch Youtube videos while doing some writing on the side but he's been pretty insistent on starting to revise, as well as offering to purchase books and even ask if I need tutoring. I can see what he's saying but it's honestly becoming annoying. My opinion on this is that if I'm bored enough that I want to revise then I'll look at the revision problems for MATH1131. At the moment, I don't want to do any studying. I keep telling him this and then it ends up turning into an argument.
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Is there a way you can tell him kindly that you need a break and don't need to study until closer to the start of semester?

--- Quote from: owidjaja on December 16, 2018, 09:41:49 pm ---I really do enjoy maths and physics but it does becoming disheartening when math and physics become one of your worst subjects (or inconsistent) and I didn't get band 6's in those subjects.
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High school and uni are quite different. My worst subjects, according to my ATAR, (Chemistry and Japanese) were rather ironically the only subjects I continued at university level. I did better in uni chemistry than in VCE chemistry, even though it was supposed to be harder. Don't be too bogged down by that. Anything can happen.

owidjaja:

--- Quote from: AngelWings on December 16, 2018, 10:19:47 pm ---Is there a way you can tell him kindly that you need a break and don't need to study until closer to the start of semester?

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I tried telling him last night that I'll revise if I feel like revising but then he says he wants a plan. But honestly though, is revising really that important before uni? Because I was just going to enjoy my holidays and see how I go when I start uni.

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