Peace of Mind
Peace of Mind
STU(DYING) against Productivity
I am an anxious person. Even ordering food at Chipotle gives me anxiety. Therefore, I have always used this anxiety as a force that propels me forward to be productive. The more work I do, the less anxious future Cindy will feel.
I’m Dyslexic, Not Foreign
I was recently diagnosed with dyslexia. Before this, I was diagnosed with ADHD and I thought that reading would get easier after I started treating my ADHD, but reading hurt my brain just as much as before I started ADHD medication. Around 50% of children (yes, I am 20 but I will continue to consider myself a child until I am emotionally mature) with ADHD also have dyslexia. It was shocking for a second, I already decided my future will be in writing. But as I sat with this new information, I remembered my experience in elementary school.
Work-Life Balance: The Key to Productivity
As a student, plowing through assignments was my main mentality. Using sticky notes to track deadlines was my lifeline to good grades. During the height of a semester, I rarely gave myself a break, constantly cycling between school, extracurricular activities, work, eating and sleeping. Student life was a nonstop roller coaster ride, as I clung to my seat to cope with the turbulence.
Don’t Let “Rise and Grind” Be Your Default: My Experience and A Realization
Hustle. The Grind. Work hard, play later. There’s only so much time in a day. If you aren’t doing something right now, you’re lazy; get up and WORK.
On Imposter Syndrome
I have never realized myself as particularly competent. In grade school, I consistently achieved good grades and was placed into gifted education programs. But I wasn’t some sort of prodigy - I liked to read and had a photographic memory. This didn’t make me smart, it made me lucky. So I coasted through the UK and US public education systems on luck and on guilt that I didn’t work as hard as some of my classmates.