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My name (as far as you guys are concerned) is Minty. I'm currently in my Higher year in Scotland studying English, Latin, History, RMPS and Biology. I want to apply to Oxford next academic year to study English Literature, and I hope to some day become a lawyer. This account was created in January of 2025 to help keep me accountable with my study goals and plans during my mocks. Prize for anyone who guesses what my favourite colour is!
Back to my daily blogs! Short post this evening because I am very tired.
Today I achieved... Finished my final Assignment! 90 minutes of Biology revision Law Soc meeting English poetry test short workout 2L water drunk applied for some jobs and work experience woke up at 5.00 requested extra help for my History work which I have been putting off doing - remember it is totally ok to ask for help, there is no shame in making mistakes!
All in all it was a very productive and successful day.
You can look forward to more of my posts in the coming days because I will be beginning studying for my Higher exams.
I will also be back to posting my regular wellness posts, and I was thinking of doing some posts about my reading list? Let me know if you guys have any requests
xoxo, Minty
Hi guys, sorry for not being active in the last month, school has been really rough :(
I have been taking time off of content creation to focus on my assignment, but my last assignment (history) is tomorrow, so I will be back to posting regular study motivation and self care tips.
If y'all have any content requests, or you sent me something in the last month that I haven't replied to, then please feel free to message me!
How do you go to sleep on time? I want to have a consistent sleep schedule, but whenever I try to I procrastinate and prioritise everything else but sleep.
Honestly? I've been a chronic insomniac since I was nine, so I can't give you tips on how to fall asleep, but I can help you with everything I know.
Hope this helps!
“For 2,600 years, those of us in the Western tradition have been assured that the role of humanity is to subdue the earth. That all creation was created for us to harvest. And for 2,600 years we pretty much got away with it. Temperatures remained constant, seasons stayed predictable, and we cut down forests and fished out oceans and elevated one god above all others: Growth.”
— Anthony Doerr, Cloud Cuckoo Land
“I think when people heard about my brother they assumed that I had gone into neuroscience out of a sense of duty to him, but the truth is I’d started this work not because I wanted to help people, but because it seemed like the hardest thing you could do, and I wanted to do the hardest thing. I wanted to flay any mental weakness off my body like fascia from muscle.”
— Yaa Gyasi, Transcendent Kingdom
My math prof puts this on the instruction page of all his exams
[ID: screenshot of black text on white background saying “an exam is just another means of communication between you and me to help me understand what you have learned so that I can provide you with guidance on how to improve. It is not a measure on your worth as a person nor your intelligence or aptitude as a student. Just give this your best try. END ID]
• Complete a task
• Doing self care activites
• Eating some food
• Celebrating your little wins.
• Playing with a dog
• Playing with a baby
• Holding hands
• Hugging someone
• Giving someone else a compliment
• Meditating
• Running
• Be in the sun
• Walk in nature
• Swimming
• Laughing exercises
• Essential oils
• Eating dark chocolate
• Running
gentle cleansers, green tea, at home workouts, fruit bowls, face masks, spf 50, pink nails, jewelry always, hair masks, body milks, late night runs, sparkly claw clips, hair massages, lip serums, balanced salads, night routine, vitamins and supplements, sunglasses sun hat combo, princess treatment, floral bouquets, vogue videos.
quit brainrot. unfollow trolls. read essays. go down rabbit holes. have a calendar. maintain a todo list. read old books. watch old movies. turn on dnd. walk with intent. eat without youtube. chew more. train without music. plan for 15 mins. execute. organise your desk. take something seriously. read ancient scripts. act fast. find bread. eat clean. journal. save a life. learn to code. read poetry. create art. stay composed. refine your speech. optimise for efficiency. act sincere. help people. be kind. stop doing things that waste your time. follow your intuition. craft reputation. learn persuasion. systemise your day (or don't). write. write. write. write more. iterate violently. leave your phone at home. walk to the grocery store. talk to strangers. feed the dogs. visit bookstores. look for 1800s novels. experience art. then love. sit with a monk and offer them lunch. don't talk shit about people. embody virtue. sit alone. do something with your life. what do you want to create? turn off your mind. play. play a sport. combat sports. notice fonts in trees. fall in love. notice patterns on a table. visualise it. talk to people with respect. don't hate. be loving. be real. become yourself. cherrypick your qualities. discard the useless. rejections aren't permanent. invite what aligns. accept what does not. read great people. be different. choose different. do great work. let it consume you. lose your mind. value your time. experience life.
Paris was obsessed with achieving, She joined every society she could, every class she could, every competition she could. She did all her work, all the extra work , and she then made up extra assignments for herself. She was planning college entries from a very young age and she had a rigorous schedule of volunteering. Now take it from someone who has a pretty similar obsessive manner, this is not healthy. You have to allow yourself to take breaks regularly or you will burn out. If you want to be like Paris in a healthy way focus on volunteering for a few charities, do a sensible amount of classes, but don't put too much pressure on yourself.
Paris didn't have many friends and people didn't like her intense manner, but everyone respected her. She worked hard and visibly so, which meant people looked up to her. When she wanted to have a position on the student government, she won because people genuinely believed she would do the best job. If you work hard and show off your dedication the respect will come.
Paris always chose comfort over style. Buy whatever clothes you feel comfortable. Wear leggings and joggers, cozy jumpers, long sleeved t-shirts when you're hanging out casually. If you're working then buy some long skirts, trousers, blazers and shirts, smart but comfy and practical.
This is the last one I'll be making but if you have any requests for other icons you want to see them message me or comment on one of these posts, or send me an ask.