general-help-chat

[young umbra]

But my exp taught me two very important things

1. Set rules to use it

I recommend "permitted pomodoros, ambience and classes; useful videos when Im free and dont have a test coming up"

[wide creek]

is that a video?

[young umbra]

And "always go in knowing exactly what you want to find

So that you dont get fished by thumbnails and stuff

[wide creek]

I see

[young umbra]

No its a personal rule

As for p0rn

Its a drug

Works like one

[wide creek]

I also like reading manga but a lot of manga have like borderline pron pages

[young umbra]

First of all, quit for good

[wide creek]

and it doesnt reinforce my will to quit that well

[wide creek]

I need to

[young umbra]

Second of all, burn all sources

All archives you have, content you consume

Unfollow hoes on social media

[wide creek]

I deleted my

social media

accounts

cuz of girls posting

[young umbra]

Whatever could trigger you get rid of it

[wide creek]

Everytime I stop for a few days

even the slightest trigger

makes me want to watch it

like even a thought

[young umbra]

You cant just take it away

You need to fill the gap with somethint

There is this big hole it will leave

[wide creek]

yea

30ish minutes for me

[young umbra]

I dont mean time lmao

[wide creek]

oh

[young umbra]

I mean life

[wide creek]

LOL

I see

lmao

exposed myself

[young umbra]

Its a lot of stimulus to your brain

It will crave it

You need to feed it something good now

[wide creek]

podcasts?

[young umbra]

No

I assume you are a man

[wide creek]

yea

[young umbra]

?

Well

Men, us, we need to be goal-oriented

Its normal and natural to have ambitions

Use those to give you purpose and energy

This fills the gap p0rn will leave when it goes away

[wide creek]

yes

[wide creek]

I see

especially on like

weekends

its so haerd

hard

school days i rarely do it cuz im busy

but free days theres so much time

my brains like

do it

[young umbra]

So change "I want to see hot girls naked" to "I want to be a strong man so I can protect my future wife and our children"

Change "I want to have fun" to "I want to become virtuous, so that I will be a good father"

[wide creek]

this is good

[young umbra]

This is all a great valley of tears

Yeah

Theres a reason monks live their whole lives praying and working

In many ways ours is a victimized generation

[wide creek]

companies know psychology to well

they pull us in so easily

[young umbra]

We were blasted with many many problematic issues and no one told us how to deal with them

And we are just learning how to survive

P0rn, social media etc.

Basically everyone that is currently young has dealt with those or will deal with them

Patience

Keep fighting the good fight

[wide creek]

getting a gf seems like a waste of time rn tho

thats like hours a day

[young umbra]

It depends

The idea here is to control your impulses

[agile nest]

how old are you

[young umbra]

Not to legitimize them

[wide creek]

16

[agile nest]

broski if you don't start talking to girls rn ur gonna never really learn

its really easy to spot mfs that are scared to talk to girls in college

[wide creek]

i talk to them

doesnt mean i have

to

date

lol

[agile nest]

its a good skill to build

[young umbra]

Bruh dating by 16 is a shitshow

Immaturity and horniness aint a good combo

Dude honestly get your life in order, learn to control yourself, which is necessary part of the path to become an actual man, get a job

Girls wont disappear

They never do

[wide creek]

yea

i read in some book

to make ur garden nicer for butterflies

or something

insteadf of chasing them

[young umbra]

No not that bs

I mean like

There are so many things more important than getting laid or showing people you can get laid

Leave that for when you have the maturity to think "I want a woman to share my life with and build a family" instead of "I want pussy"

[wide creek]

I see

ok thanks

[winged bolt]

u are one wise man

[surreal spade]

Some advice from someone who almost got her own life ruined cause of videogames: you either sell the whole pc or get a pc that can't play videogames very well (like a business oriented laptop or a pc with business oriented hardware), and yes, there can be computers out there that are very powerful and still arent gaming oriented, in my case i just hid my pc on a secluded place and later on i sold It in parts, and I got two laptops both of them pretty powerful so you can still do heavy tasks without gaming

[glacial galleon]

ur pride cant take that ur losing elo. but u gotta see it as a learning experience

as in ur pride sees it as u getting progressively getting worse which is obv not the case

[marsh trench]

I was fine with losing elo cz it's part of chess and it was just 50 elo

world chess champion lost 26 elo just from playing one tournament and it's no over yet

I just got exhausted bcz of a lot of daily games ig

[ruby pagoda]

i need help

[young umbra]

With what ?

[ruby pagoda]

i need like a tip for staying awake and getting work done

[ruby pagoda]

like its taking everything in my soul to get this work done

and i have like 5 things to get done in 12 hours

its all overwhelming

[young umbra]

dont expect everything to be done there is a probability u wont finish them all so dont try to do any thing of the 5 perfectly (if its done good depending in ur situation move to the other thing ,
if not take some time of one of the 4 other things )
And shut down ur phone if u dont need it so u wont waste anytime
And dont ever be thinking of another task of the 5 while ur doing one because u will worry about so u wont focus about what u r doing

And dont get nervous
Keep it cool and under control dont be stressed

[ruby pagoda]

i appreciate this actually , thank you for taking the time to reply

[young umbra]

Dw yw

[broken marsh]

Anyone tryna be friends on 3ds :0

[desert pine]

quality of work >> amount of doing work

keep in mind, as long as you are going, your good

breaks are needed

respect your mind and dont force anything

[ruby pagoda]

the conflicting advice i got between you and libert 😂

who do i listen to

[ruby pagoda]

im looking at ur stream it looks so interesting i want to do math

[ruby pagoda]

thank you

[ruby pagoda]

it seems like i have to disrespect my mind cuz all it wants to do is sleep

[desert pine]

ill give you some advice if i might

when i started watching james, i studied 12hours long, i thought i was doing good work, the typical mindset of: stuyding long = studying good

it was not the case

whenever my mind feels like, i need a break, i give it a break

your mind can be your best friend, or your worst enemy

i suggest you keep it as a friend

[desert pine]

to who-ever feels the best

i follow libert a 100%

dont focus on how much you do you should rather focus on how you do it

take it in account and id like to see you at the finish line!!

[desert pine]

hahaha, some proofs will you xp

[stuck echo]

someone i know says this regularly, i've known him since we were kids and i love him dearly but he's still one of the most insecure people i know

regardless of gender if your mindset for self-improvement is purely superficial (look better/get more friends/get a partner) then you need to lose it

[stuck echo]

oh NOOOO i saw you in the #to-do-lists channel 😭 😭 😭 😭

hang in there!! for now just aim to finish everything don't worry about it being perfect

[young umbra]

I was gonna say the same bec i undrstood u meant if she had time she has to be giving 100% iam with u
But 12 hours
Nah finish as fast as u can as good as possible but not as perfect

[young umbra]

@desert pine i tho it was u but still the same
She doesnt have enough time
Getting 100% in 2 or 3 tasks and not doing the other 2 isnt good as
Doing 65-85% good at all task

[stuck echo]

fr ive been in situations like that and watching the sun come up is so depressing 😭 😭 😭i'd rather get a little bit of sleep even if it's just an hour

[desert pine]

facts

[stuck echo]

but even if you don't have the option of sleeping at all you can nap as soon as you're done you can do it i believe in you !!

[desert pine]

give you 100% on that

[opal gorge]

how do i god damn sit down for 3 hours and grind

[indigo cradle]

is there a way to mute the sound when ppl are joining and leaving channels? O.O

[young umbra]

U could open discord on web and then mute the tab
Or there is an option on windows to mute the sounds coming from discord app

[indigo cradle]

thanks!

[young umbra]

Yw

[young umbra]

U cant for 3 straight hours
Make 50 10 min break (not a social media scrolling one , but a break by eating somethig , rest on the bed for 10 minutes )
3 rounds , and since they are only 3 hours
Remove anything that distracts u u usually from sitting 3 hours for ex

your mobile shut it down ( its 3 hours ppl can wait if they want something from u)

[young umbra]

Ik some ppl can do it straight 3+ hours
But i meant for u asking about 3 hours only means that u couldnt do it usually
So as i said 3 rounds 2 breaks
Idk what would u do after the 3rd hourr

[opal gorge]

thanks man u a w

[opal gorge]

yeah i used to be able to do like 8 hours

i got burned out for 2 weeks

i cant recover from it

sadly

[rigid trench]

How to fix a broken sleep schedule

[young umbra]

Yw bro anytime

[young umbra]

U will reach 8 hours again
But Just dont rush it
Start with the 3 hours or even a 2
Until u feel u could do more

[young umbra]

What time is it and when did u wake up ?

[rigid trench]

I Sleep at 2 sometimes 3 or 4 am and then wake up at 1pm

[young umbra]

I meant what time is it now and when did u wake up today
Anyways
The general rule for is too stay awake and never sleep till 11pm-12pm
And then sleep at that time u will usually wake up at 6-8am
Hope that will help

[naive nimbus]

is an online masters degree worth it?

considering i also want to work and continue my education at the same time

[wide creek]

depends on what you're doing

[finite wedge]

how bout a masters degree in mechanical engineering?

[naive nimbus]

no

[unique cypress]

Can anyone explain why is the amount like that ?

[drowsy hawk]

Think math and root square

[wild ridge]

Root of 10,000 is 100

[craggy sluice]

I would have said inflation

[young umbra]

😂😂

[desert pine]

heya, can someone code in c++?
i have a group of friend whom i need to do a project with (physics lab) where we make use of an arduino board.
the problem is, we have not learend to code in c++, only in python
dm if you can help! appreciate it

[strong saddle]

@ruby pagoda especially when you are engaging in work that is cognitively demanding, such as that requiring problem solving or creative thinking.

[rugged creek]

even a crash course wont give you the full idea of the basics of c++

[fierce bloom]

hey how long did you all need for python basics?

[young merlin]

That's a very much "How long is a piece of string?" Question. The answer will vary person to person based on a range of factors.

It depends on what you want to achieve at the end, e.g. just the very basic syntaxs (loops, basic data structures, basic OOP) or if you have a end project in mind.

It will also will depend on if you have any past programming experience. For example If you have experience coding in another programming language, you're going to be able to pick up the basics of python quicker than someone who have never touched a programming language before.

So yeah, it can be anywhere between like a week or a few months.

[hearty wedge]

I already did a ton of c++ and java, so i never learned python "basics". I just learned the syntax for setting variables, learning how to create classes and instantiate objects, implement that basic OOP principles, and that was it.

Eventually, as I programmed more python, over the months, I learned new things that python has that other languages doesn't have (string splicing, compressed for-loops, python specific keywords like "in", "or", "and", "pass", etc)

Otherwise, programming in one language is basically like programming in another. The only thing that changes is syntax and use of keywords.

Other than that, python is very package friendly, so you'll probably want to learn how to use other packages and their functions/programs. But by then, you'll probably have gotten a handle on the python basics........ 🙂

[fierce bloom]

Thanks, i am already learning it, was Just curios how Others did and for how Long 👍 thanks again

[merry bluff]

hey guys i have a question
i'm working ona project that has both delete and add item from .txt file
when i call the delete function it works normaly
but when i call the add item then delete item
the delete item doesn't performe the remove and rename functions

void delete_item(int item_id)

{
    FILE *current_file = fopen("garage.txt", "r"), *new_file = fopen("new_garage.txt", "w+");
    int count = 1, pos, line_id;
    char line_to_read[2000];
    fseek(current_file, 0, SEEK_SET);
    while (fscanf(current_file, "%d,%1999[^\n]\n", &line_id, line_to_read) == 2)
    { // Change the loop condition
        if (item_id != line_id)
            fprintf(new_file, "%d,%s\n", line_id, line_to_read);
    };
    fclose(current_file);
    fclose(new_file);
    remove("garage.txt");
    rename("new_garage.txt", "garage.txt");
}

[young umbra]

Yo so guys im still in school and pretty young and a year ago i sent a girl classmate (looking back at it it was stupid) embarassing videos of me doing tiktok trends which she then sent others

In wondering if this is a big deal and if i should be worried about it

[dusky hearth]

Nah its gonna dissipate dw

[cobalt crescent]

yes

this will dissipate dw

people will forget about it soon enough

so don't feel too stressed over it

[fierce bloom]

@young umbra Ha I sent way more embarrising stuff Back then and after Like a month or two it was mostly forgotten🤷🏻

[young umbra]

Alright thanks guys

Now that i think about it you’re right

🙏

[rigid trench]

She would probably have forgotten that you exist

[young umbra]

I quite literally speak with her almost every day

She doesnt speak about it much but since it was sent to others idk what to think of it

I hope everyone forgets within the next month or so

They have it on their phones is the problem…

Which is illegal but its not like im going to take legal action because of something like that

[rigid trench]

Do you know that she sent it to others or just your hypothesis

[young umbra]

She sent it to others i know that

she admitted to it yet said that it was a mistake

[rigid trench]

Are you on good terms like you are two good friends or just classmates

[young umbra]

Good friends tbh

But i dont know how you can mistakenly send like 10 people a video

thats why ive distanced myself from her

[rigid trench]

So if you can man up you can just say i only made those tik toks for you to see and you have to send to others that's embarrassing for me so please can you not send to them anyone

[young umbra]

lol i obviously did

but whats done is done

they have it

And they spread it

And they spread it even further

they means the next group of people that got the video

[rigid trench]

Okay so let me tell you one thing nothing can be done about it and kinda same thing happened to me too when I was in middle school but after a year or two everyone forgot about it

[young umbra]

I just hope everyone forgets mine as well

Jus any minor argument i get into it gets brought up

And i get mocked for it

guess ill have to get used to that

[rigid trench]

Yeah are you in high school

[young umbra]

yep

[rigid trench]

When will it end

Like when you will graduate

[young umbra]

4 yrs

[rigid trench]

Okay so for this year everyone will remember the tik tok and after that everything will cool down and trust me everyone will forget about it but it will take some time now you have to be prepared for the embarrassment

[young umbra]

Alr well if it doesnt go on forever its fine by me

And if its not gonna be like digital footprint

For later on what i get a job

[rigid trench]

Yeah everyone will forget so don't worry but yeah i know it will be a little painful for a few months you will remember it every night or whenever you are alone so yeah it will hurt a little

[rigid trench]

No it will not be like that

[young umbra]

Alr

[rigid trench]

Yeah good luck I'll just say one last thing u can think it's in the past and I'm not the same person who made those tik toks so just try to let it go

[young umbra]

They will forget about it but you should always remember that thing your friend done

I would %100 cut my contact with that "friend"

Even if you are best friends, that doesn't mean she is a good friend.

Tbh i would be thankful because you learnt how trustless she is.

Can someone please give me or spare me some motivation I’m not feeling like studying

[young umbra]

How old are you

I mean are you highschooler

Or already in university

I can give you some motivation but that depends what do you work for

[young umbra]

Yes i did

I barely respond to her messages anymore at all

Truly feel betrayed by her but ig thats that

hello everyone i have 6 different subject exams starting from 22-26 of april if i start revising tommorow (5 april)do i have a chance of getting good scores or am i cooked,thanks.

[young umbra]

Are u good in all of the 6 subjects ?
Or u dont know anything and will just start from the beginning?

[young umbra]

so i’m doing these:
Religion
spanish
geography
maths
science
english

i think i need to work on everything unfortunately

mostly science and english

I feel like i’m cooked these exams are super important how much more of a disappointment can i be?All i see is moments of grief

[fierce bloom]

notings a straight line in life, failure is just a part of it. No one ever made it successfull, just with successes🤷‍♂️

[young umbra]

Dont be disappointed 17 days is a good time tbh

And for the 17 coming days
Try to study 2-3 subjects a day
And try to know what u r good at and what u have to put more work in
Dont try to do 6 subjects or 5 in a day that will just be unrealistic plan and alot of pressure tbh

17 days is good enough to get u good grades but dont be thinking about the grades , just study at first dont think about the grades and how much u need them if that will get u stressed and disappointed

Hard work pays off so ofc studying consistently for the upcoming 17 days no matter what it will pay off
@young umbra

[young umbra]

Facts

[fierce bloom]

I also have 6-8 exams this month, but I only have 1 week instead of 17 days, just do it and never overthink it

[young umbra]

Fr bro
Overthinking about grades or the time u have wasted just leads to disaster
Anyways keep your focus on your exams and good luck with them

[young umbra]

Km 15

Im*

15 y.o?

Yh

[young umbra]

Dont seek for motivation
As i remember the first video i have watched for james
He said he isnt always motivated to be studying
He is driven
So accept the fact that u sometimes will not be in a good mood to study it happens to everybody not just u so dont think u r in situation that is hard on u , u have to study despite ur mood

Does solving maths needs a motivated person or a smart one?

U have to always ignore u r mood never what happens dont relate it to studying or working
Be disciplined

Sorry didnt give what u wanted as motivation but considerate generally as an advice
And no matter what keep going i hope u will get good grades

[young umbra]

Thanks Johan I don’t remember Johan being this nice but thanks so much for. Maybe tenma did change him

[young umbra]

Yw ,
& johan was being nice at first with most of the ppl he was the cause of them being dead
So be safe...

[dawn pecan]

how do y'all write essays? I CAN"T YAPP for the life of me

i would much rather take a 2hr exam than write essays 😭

[wild ridge]

ChatGPT

Doesn’t work if your article isn’t in English

[cosmic forum]

Help chat?

[young umbra]

I mean
Writing essays wasnt that hard , it depends in what he wants u to write abt , i would struggle if he asked me to write an essay abt something i have no knowledge abt it
So whats ur struggle abt it ?

[young umbra]

Yo

[cosmic forum]

HELP ME QUIT PHONE ADDICTION

[young umbra]

man today wasn't as productive and I feel a bit down even though i know it happens

[young umbra]

me too

i can never get #anything done

[slender nova]

bro got James on his wall

[cosmic forum]

Yoo 🤘

[cosmic forum]

I'm goin blind 😭🦮

[uncut umbra]

The biggest problem these days

[cosmic forum]

I feel ambitionless

[uncut umbra]

What stage of education are you at?

[cosmic forum]

12th standard
Last year of highschool

[uncut umbra]

What you planning on doing next?

[fierce bloom]

ambitionless? Do you have any interrest in a subject?

Computers? Physics? anything?

[dawn pecan]

delete the apps that you use most and if it's instagram addiction then deactivate your account for a while

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qso39oQc5-g

this video helped me put thing into perspective tbh

*things

[young umbra]

So its good that y'all recognizing the problem and its part of the soulution tho
But u have to be real with ur self and aware that u will have to give up ur phone for ur future and ur destiny
I mean i will talk out of experience
For myself i did know that social media in general is wasting my time i didnt have the courage to delete it back then so i decided to download like apps that locks the apps whenever i exceed a certain time on it and there is alot of apps for that like appblock but that didnt work for me
It didnt cut off the bad habit of useless scrolling and the waste of time i have been doing for long time
So then i tried to deactivate my accounts
It was helpful but it was helpful until i activate it again
I was like doing some progress & then returning to the start point
The last decision i have made was to delete all of my social media
Since i cant delete the apps since i have samsung and since they r useless why should i keep attachment between me & useless app that doesnt benefit me with anything

So that was my own experience
What are u r gonna do is ask ur self some questions :
1- what r u wasting ur time on ?
2- is the thing u r wasting ur time on that important u cant erase it from ur life no matters what happens ?
since u cant delete it , try to download apps that locks apps whenever u exceed a certain time limit or u can deactivate ur account

And be always real with ur self
U cant be spending like 2 hours just scrolling on instagram and then calling it a break , scrolling is just a waste of time and will always have a negaive impact on ur attention span

[young umbra]

Yo hello everyone like what type of online jobs I can do without any knowledge of computer, like I can type and all

And a trusted agency or website where I can work

[tall hare]

Started the zen planner by james, anyone has experience with it ? Are we supposed to do it every morning ?

Can't we start it at night ? or would it defeat the purpose of the "one time a day" planner

[rapid mesa]

Howdy y'all. Does anyone know if there are any google forms survey platforms (ideally free) that allows respondents to place pins on a map?

[static shell]

yo how do i revise re?

[steel verge]

hello ?

im new here

[dawn pecan]

hello!!

[dawn pecan]

welcome buddy

[vital sail]

I tried this method before, but the stress that comes after studying makes me more demotivated.

how do people cope up with the stress that comes after studying?? It even sucks after restricting myself from using social media. I can't relieve any stress

[young umbra]

I mean tbh i would agree with u tbh that studying only and doing nothing else will get u stressed , especially if u didnt have any hobbies like i did , like i even remember after finishing studying i didnt have anything to do easily as using social media , sadly it is a bad hobbie that always turn easily to become addiction and will just be a waste of time if u didnt use social media in a good healthy way .

for myself i have always gonna knew i was gonna return to use social media bec i didnt have any hobbies to do while iam free , but in fact there was options but i didnt like even try bec whats better than being on ur bed using ur phone and being comfortable and u r already connected with ppl .

So as i remember it was said in a book called "Atomic Habits" ig
That if ur gonna stop a bad habit u need to find a good habit to do replace it otherwise u will do the bad habit again or u will end up doing another bad habit , so when i have decided to delete my social media i decided to do another habits like reading , learning a online course on udemy , resting on the bed (after hard work and only resting) and praying , my main target was to have my wasted time to be wasted in something that will pay off in a good way , not like the social media and how it turned out from connecting me to ppl to making me doing a useless scrolling and f up my attention span .

And ig its depends on u whether u see ur self wasting ur time on social media or not
I remember i was asking how to stop being on facebook for long time and i remember someone commented asking me about my daily avg and it was 4½ hours and he was shocked bec his avg was 1½ and he said that he thinks 1½ is too much on facebook.

And for the stress that comes after the studying ig u will just need to be real with ur self if u r gonna just use social media for 10 mins is perfect for me but still 10 mins of useless scrolling is like iam throwing off 10 mins of my life

For myself ig when i have the 10 mins break i will just grab something to eat , pray , watch a yt video , rest on bed
I will just do anything except using my phone to scroll

[strong saddle]

https://www.zeemaps.com/ zeemaps is good! this website was used by my institution while I was completing my coursework online 🙂

[young umbra]

aaa

[fierce bloom]

Have you maybe tried going out for walks? Or to jog? Especially cause the weather is now getting better, its a perfect opportunity to go for walks after some harsh days. Just my experience tbh. And when a park is nearby, you can visit it too, sitting down, getting clear in the head.

[unborn laurel]

got abouth a month left till my AP cal, bio and world history exam any last minute tips?

[young umbra]

A whole month is plenty of time for a lot of studying

[harsh flint]

Agree with p, a month is a lot of time, just stay consistent and keep at it every day and you'll be fine, don't overdo yourself and get enough quality sleep

[young umbra]

should I study if life is going bad?

[young umbra]

Yes

What happened

[crimson dew]

any advice, i'm trying to create a study schedule but I am basically out of the house from 6am-7pm
is sacrificing sleep worth it for more study hours
if so what is the ideal amount of sleep I should aim for

[young umbra]

Dont sacrifice sleep

Ever

Sleep as much as you need

If your body wants 7h, give it 7h

[crimson dew]

damn

[young umbra]

If it asks for 9h, give it 9h

No amount of discipline can compensate the terrible effects of lack of sleep

[crimson dew]

do naps supplement for sleep

[young umbra]

Sleep well, and your mind will be in better shape to make good use of the hours you have left to study

[young umbra]

Generally, no

There are many takes on napping

But you will probably just mess up your sleep schedule and feel groggy all day

[crimson dew]

right i've noticed that

so I shouldn't cap my sleep

and let my body rest as much as possible

bet got it ill try it out

[young umbra]

Try this

Pick a free day

Go to sleep as soon as you feel tired enough

Turn everything off and go to sleep

And turn off your alarms

Clock the time it takes for you to lie down (not sleep) and get up (after waking up and maybe staying in bed for 5 to 10 min waking up for good)

[lean quarry]

what p said, youre going to study better in a shorter amount of time than a longer time with bad sleep

[young umbra]

That amount of time is what you will need to sleep well, without stress and without having to wake up like the world is ending

From then on, dedicate that amount of time to sleep

[crimson dew]

ah yes definitley have had that feeling plently of times

[amber sandal]

i find that i don't usually need more sleep than like 7 hours, but my challenge is falling asleep at the right time. so, for me, devoting time before bed to get tired is something important that i need to prioritize better

[crimson dew]

thanks i appreciate this alot

[young umbra]

Dude

Every time I tried what I said, I average 6h57min of sleep

[crimson dew]

I do alot of physical activity, so I can practically fall asleep on command XD

[young umbra]

And I wake up feeling amazing

[amber sandal]

maybe that's something i should be doing. there's days i think i just don't do enough to feel tired at the right time

[young umbra]

Its so much better to follow your biological clock as much as possible

[amber sandal]

yeah, oversleeping makes me feel worse usually

[crimson dew]

school makes that hard 💀

[young umbra]

School sucks

[lean quarry]

it takes me roughly 30 minutes to fall asleep on a good night so i need to be in bed for around 9-10 hours

[young umbra]

But go to sleep earlier so that you have more time to sleep

Dude honestly

For a while in my life I was very sleep deprived

I started losing the will to live

Every free minute was a napping minute

After that, sleeping well is better than any leisure and any pleasure

[lean quarry]

highschool fr

[young umbra]

Being deprived of sleep will kill your drive to live your day

Couple that with shit that happens in life

And you can have some serious issues in no time

[crimson dew]

nah im geniunely so grateful that you brought this up bc i realize that now

[lean quarry]

i only have 3-4 hours after school to eat, study, workout, do all my hobbies and then have time to go to bed at 8:30 and get at least 9 hours. school really sucks

[crimson dew]

thats the same with me

[young umbra]

It gets better dw

High school is the worst part

College is way easier

Especially if you master time management

[lean quarry]

yeah

[crimson dew]

I almost feel bad because i want to chase my goals but i also have to allocate time for family

[young umbra]

Thats a choice

[crimson dew]

damn

[lean quarry]

i just have a lot of hobbies and not a lot of time to master them outside of the weekend

[crimson dew]

i mean ur right but thats deep

[young umbra]

Honestly I allocate about 80-90 to work and goals

10-20 to family

Because in 10 to 20 years, God willing there will be other family members

My kids and my wife

And theyll need me too playa

Gotta work

[lean quarry]

id say i have a balance of my goals and my family

[young umbra]

Aint easy feeding 15 kids

[lean quarry]

both are equally necessary to me lersonally

[crimson dew]

oh gosh

[young umbra]

Balance is for schmucks

[crimson dew]

bro 💀

[young umbra]

No one became great being balanced

[lean quarry]

i work better if im happy

[young umbra]

Balance things after getting where you want to be

[lean quarry]

and im happy if im socialising

[young umbra]

Until then, focus

[lean quarry]

2 + 2 for me

[crimson dew]

gotta agree with ethan on this one

[lean quarry]

it works differently for different people genuinely

[crimson dew]

yeah thats true

[young umbra]

It does but like

[lean quarry]

if i worked 90% of the time it would be bad work

for others its not like that

[young umbra]

Caesar, Napoleon, Alexander

They werent balanced lmao

[crimson dew]

okay king

[young umbra]

Thats what made them great

[lean quarry]

i work more efficiently and effectively in a smaller span of time if im filling important cups elsewhere too

[young umbra]

Again its a choice

Choose wisely

[crimson dew]

yeah

okay gotta get back to studying

[lean quarry]

this is why sleep is important

[crimson dew]

cya guys thanks for all the advice

[lean quarry]

yeah same adios

[summer compass]

Does anyone know a software which keeps track of the minutes you studied in a github heatmaps type of way? It would be nice if it was open-source too, but that's not a requirement

[gaunt laurel]

does anyone have knowledge about classification of waters using their dominant ions (geochemistry), piper diagram? i have a doubt 😔

[undone ice]

Hello
I'm Maryam in grade 11
I want to ask how can i join the rooms and if james still do streams bec I'm new here in discord

[dawn pecan]

Heyy Maryam! If you scroll down on the left there are rooms labeled by numbers and you can just click any study room and you'll be able to join

and as for james streaming, i remember someone mentioning he has multiple youtube accounts so he might stream on one of those occasionally

[young umbra]

he is active on this one ig
https://www.youtube.com/@jvscholz/videos

[harsh flint]

uploaded yesteday too on the Jay Skullz one

[woven sail]

Is there anyone who have to work full time and then come home later and study?

[merry bluff]

hey, so i have this small store management project that works using a cursor "-->" that points at an item, by pressing "enter" i'll be able to see the item description. when i run it on my pc it works fine by displaying the chosen item description
however when i run it on my 2nd pc it shows a different item description, the files on the 2nd pc are located in onedrive
is it the problem or is there something else?
i really need help with this, ik it's not even logical and it's driving me insane

[fierce bloom]

hey I have a problem: My friends love playing games, especialy when nothing special is going on. And they want to play with me too. Im sort of in a dilema. I want to keep on working and learning, but my friends want to play with me. Any help?

[young umbra]

Set your priorities
Its ok to say no , nothing wrong with saying no especially when ur priority to keep learning , and dont feel like u r losing ur friends if u kept saying no , its ok to value ur own time and u could say yes when u want to give ur self a break but dont ever say yes when your priority is working .

[sullen flame]

Hey guys my nikon coolpix s6300 literally stopped working and I tried to shut down but still didn't work.what should I do.?

I need help asap.

[gaunt laurel]

does anyone have knowledge about classification of waters using their dominant ions (geochemistry), piper diagram? i have a doubt 😔

[nocturne sage]

📣 HELP NURSING STUDENTS GRADUATE! 📣

Are you 18 years or older, living outside the Philippines, and a member of a specific cultural group or race? We invite you to participate in our transcultural nursing interview!

Interview details:
Purpose: To explore diverse health practices, beliefs, and experiences across cultures.
Format: Via Google Meet, Approximately 30 mins (depends on the run of the interview)

Your participation will surely contribute to our future. We will not be able to graduate without you! So (pls help us haha). 🥹🙏

[wild ridge]

I want to pirate it
Where do I find

[small pewter]

propose a social media campaign that is relevant to University students. Campaigns must be:

• For a good cause or to achieve a positive objective. This means something that can encourage positive action, behaviour or thinking;
• Related to university or campus lifestyle or issues, or issues related to concerns of university students, etc.

does anyone has any suggestion on some possible campaign? ive thought on anti bullying, and self care, but i think these are too basics.. so some suggestions would be helpful!

[young umbra]

Mental Health Awareness

Or u could make it about social media addiction like this one

[small pewter]

wait this is interesting, ill add this to my idea list and discuss with my teammates, thank u for this suggestion!

[young umbra]

Yw !

[mental sonnet]

does anyone know a good studocu pdf downloader?

mine just allows 1 download per lifetime

[amber merlin]

could someone recommend me a note taking app on pc? ive tried about 3 and just don't know where to find the good ones.

[young umbra]

a lot of people recommend notion (i dont really love it tho haha)

or there was sth named obsidian

[amber merlin]

i have notion, im still trying to figure it out for that since i just got it yesterday

might check out obsidian

[young umbra]

i find notion way too complicated hahah

[fluid rock]

ah its easier for me than other apps

[remote idol]

Me and my team are conducting a study for our Real Estate StartUp targeting college students.
Do you know if it’s possible to share 2 surveys here that would help us on finding the perfect solution?

[fading burrow]

I’ve been through a couple of different ones and all of them have pros and cons. You’ll find a note-taking app works for you if it fits your style of organising, tracking and linking information.

It may also depend your objective. e.g tracking books using tags is arguably easier on notion vs obsidian. but linking information and forming connections lends itself to obsidian’s system. So you may choose to own both/multiple apps and use them in different situations

[amber merlin]

tysm this helped me narrow it down a lot, didn't think about it that way!

[civic folio]

https://fmhy.pages.dev

[civic folio]

get a big notebook

[amber merlin]

waste of paper

i literally have an ipad/pc setup for that

[civic folio]

just use a old one

[amber merlin]

i don't really just keep old notebooks like that- everything's been recycled for years atp

[nocturne sage]

📣 HELP NURSING STUDENTS GRADUATE! 📣

Are you 18 years or older, living outside the Philippines, and a member of a specific cultural group or race? We invite you to participate in our transcultural nursing interview!

Interview details:
Purpose: To explore diverse health practices, beliefs, and experiences across cultures.
Format: Via Google Meet, Approximately 30 mins (depends on the run of the interview)

Your participation will surely contribute to our future. We will not be able to graduate without you! So (pls help us haha). 🥹🙏

[young umbra]

Hi
Was gonna ask when y'all do a long to do list or when u have a schedule for the day , how do y'all finish it or finish at least most of it ?
I know i have to be self disciplined but i usually face problems like if i had to wake up at 6am and do a task from 7 to 9
And i woke up at 8:30 am idk what to do , i just keep rescheduling and trying to find a good schedule that envolves the task that i didnt do while iam sleep , and even when i start to do the tasks for the day i may take much unexpected time for a task that interrupts another task so i have to reschedule again which leads usually to facing the reality that the first schedule of doing 6 tasks for the day ends by doing 3 and despite the guilt that will be in my mind along the day that there is tasks that cant be done

So lets say my question is how do y'all a proper schedule for a day ?

[nocturne sage]

📣 HELP NURSING STUDENTS GRADUATE! 📣

Are you 18 years or older, living outside the Philippines, and a member of a specific cultural group or race? We invite you to participate in our transcultural nursing interview!

Interview details:
Purpose: To explore diverse health practices, beliefs, and experiences across cultures.
Format: Via Google Meet, Approximately 30 mins (depends on the run of the interview)

Your participation will surely contribute to our future. We will not be able to graduate without you! So (pls help us haha). 🥹🙏

@everyone

[desert pine]

classes till 6 every day and home at 8, maybe i can help?

[desert pine]

i use excel

[desert pine]

proper schedule not really
if i have finals i devide the amount of days between the amount of finals
during the year i try to keep up with my coursework so i know what takes time and what not
i have now 5 finals and 2 weeks of study time so 2,8 days per course, i usually do p sets since the theory is included in that
if i have derivations or abstract theory i have to study, for example proofs and theorem, i use excel to keep track
its good to see what you are doing and what you still have to do

for example this:
left colomn is if i noted it down and i understand it
the right colomn is if i fully studied it and i am ready for the final

the more red i see the better, it keeps you going

[desert pine]

the most important thing is, dont overestimate yourself, be honest to yourself

[young umbra]

Appreciated bro , ty fr🤝🏻

[desert pine]

Got you man!

[young umbra]

guys

do you have tips on how to overcome procastination

its so bad i literally cant bring myself to do anything

and i watched so many yt videos about it but they dont help 😦

[crimson estuary]

hello beautiful ppl. I have a serious problem : I can not wake up in the morning, when it's school day i can manage (with difficulty), but for weekends and vacation where i can be a lot more productive i just can not wake up. I'm a high school student so my parents try to wake me up at 1 pm or so and I just don't i don't have control over my body also when i hear their voices i start imagining maths and what i just learned the other night for exemple im learning limits and today i was imagining how to get rid of the indertemination and all the Xs. when i wake up at like 3pm i feel very tired and don't do much . HELP i would love your advice if you ever faced similar issue and thank uuu.

[young umbra]

at what time do you go to sleep

[crimson estuary]

I work better at night so like 2 am

ps : when i say morning i mean 8 am 9..

[young umbra]

i would try to go to sleep earlier and build a sleep schedule

maybe try to wake up at the same time as you do when u have school

maybe its easier

[crimson estuary]

i always try but fail my body just doesn t respond

[young umbra]

try to eat healthy

maybe its your diet

if its so hard to wake up then maybe visit a doc

[crimson estuary]

thanks for responding

for your procrastination try to start watching something for example i watch shonen or sport anime, when i see someone weak with such perseverance it pushes me to have similar mood and mindset. at night write what you did and what that character did it'll help you to stay in track.

[young umbra]

thank you for your tip 🙂

[tawdry saddle]

Hello

How can I study better? I procrastinate so much.

Then when my grades come back I feel like I am losing myself.

I was a 4.0 student like a year ago and now I am just a below average guy with mediocre grades. It’s so bad.

[young umbra]

I would actually say remembering the consequences and the result of not doing what u r supposed to do.

And i watched a yt video that said that procrastination is just ur brain trying to save u from doing something that would harm u , so ig the brain always thinks when u have a task and it causes a great stress , ur brain find million of thing to do the moment u want to start to do the task , so ig procrastination just happens when there is a task u want to do it but it has to take much energy .

That yt video suggested 2 solutions
Wether u do a harder task so u can like convince ur self its easier now to do anytask
Or
To start to do easier tasks so u r doing a step by step until u reach ur goal , or u can like divide the task into multiple smaller tasks and start doing each one step by step.

And he related that procrastination is related to dopamine, and he suggested to have cold showers as it Increases dopamine receptors .

[young umbra]

Dont compare ur grades , start comparing youself with a year ago , ofc you would've done some mistakes , its okay everyone does , but it will be a great step to just know whats the mistakes u have done to lead u to get less grades , and try to find a solution for every mistake u have done

[young umbra]

thank you for your really good answer. youre right i think its linked to the fact that wheneveri study i get stressed/anxious

i think starting with the hard task will help me

[young umbra]

Yw ! , and yeah same here , but i just started to do something that helped me , that whenever iam going to do a hard task i would shut down my mobile and that like if i started studying and i felt being stressed i would still stay at my place bec as i knew myself i would do anything to escape doing a hard task , so i just feel that being with zero distraction ( and if there was any i would ignore them) and being fully focused on any task would fully lead to it being done.

[young umbra]

I DID THIS SO MANY TIMES BUT it still doesnt work for me hahhhahah 😭 i just start sitting there for an hour daydreaming...

but ofcourse its better than studying with a mobile, as you said less distractions

[young umbra]

Being totally focused will help u alot tbh , i could relate but not daydreaming tbh but i could have less distractions and still sleep on bed or even walk in my room .
So being totally focused is like when u have one task just keep your focus on it , open its material keep it ready , dont think of other tasks while u r doing one

[young umbra]

thank you

youre right

we can do this 💪

[young umbra]

Yw!

[tawdry saddle]

Thank you

[young umbra]

Yw ! , just keep in mind that getting low grades isnt a big deal , failure is a part of success .

and since u have noticed that u had problem and trying to find a solution for it , thats the real success tbh , even if u didnt get the highest grades but the consistent of improving ur self and try to find the best of what u can be thats the real success

[tawdry saddle]

Would you mind giving some tips on focusing better ? I like to study in quiet but my mind is so clutter I don’t know how to fix it

[desert pine]

stop thinking

just do

aint gonna glamorize anything, if you want to reach something, you go for it

its okay to have a bad day, but make sure that its more good then bad days

[young umbra]

yeah youre right

[desert pine]

and try to give yourself a pat on the shoulder

self love is the best love

[young umbra]

thank you😭

[desert pine]

done with pleasure!

[young umbra]

everyone is so kind here

not like other dc servers😭

[young umbra]

Remove any distraction u can remove by yourself ; social media , your phone
And dont try to think of multiple task while doing one
Focusing on one and finishing it in a great way is better than being distracted by multiple task and not doing any or doing all of em but not in the best way possible

And ofc the place where u r gonna study will help u focus

And read what Gilles has just wrote it will be helpful too

[nimble otter]

Have to present all by myself tomorrow, as an introvert it would be keyed up for me. would you mind giving me some tips?

[young umbra]

As introvert
Didnt do much presentations tbh but when i did , i did know some basic tips like choosing some ppl ( friends or random ppl ) and keep eye contact with em bec the eye contact is so important while presentating
And the clear loud voice ofc

And for me the most important thing was to be ready for questions, as when iam preparing my presentation i would know what would be the questions bec its normal that someone could ask , so i would love to be ready

It was a nightmare for me to not be able to answer a question, but tbh its normal , its just a presentation i wouldnt be killed if i didnt know answer for a one

this was from a course i've studied , hope it helps

[nimble otter]

the last time I presented was in highschool, I even prepared script to read but still spluttered because of nervousness, I wish I knew these sooner.

I am reading ur presentation file and it literally answered all my questions. Thank you sir, the nameless monster.

[crimson estuary]

love the reference (was stopping myself from doing the remark )

[young umbra]

Idk why in highschool they never taught anything about how to present , they made it like it would be a skill that u have or u dont
So ig most of us we werent that good at presenting .

[young umbra]

Yw !

[amber merlin]

almost cried one time, teacher let me present the project to ONLY him when lunch started because the room would be empty and did okay

[upper delta]

stare at a blank wall for 5-10 minutes doing nothing without distractions if u are struggling to start ur work

[soft flicker]

Anyone able to answer a quick question?:

Say the concentration of an enzyme is 0.005 mg/ml and the reaction rate is 0.0054, what is the unit for the reaction rate measured in seconds? Is it mg/ml/s?

[subtle oriole]

does anyone have any advice on how to build a personal website? any course recs or vids, languages etc? ❤️ im a complete beginner 🙂

[soft flicker]

Adobe has a great software, but it requires that you spend a lot of time on it - it’s not friendly if you’re new, but it can be learned

[tight garnet]

yea it will be mol/L/s

[subtle oriole]

Yes im down to learn idc if it’s hard

Ok I’ll check it out 🙂

[celest chasm]

If you wear Specs, Remove them 👍

[tight garnet]

Lmfao

[vital patrol]

Bro how do i lock in

Im so cooked

Fuck

I dont even got the belief in myself

I sound like a bitch tbh

[dawn pecan]

@young umbra you're summoned once again to give wisdom maan

spit it out big man

[young umbra]

Nah bro u r good , f the negative talk bro

U either work hard or give ur self some postivity
but criticizing urself wont achieve u anything except being punishing urself for struggling

Having a struggle isnt the end of the world bro , it happens to most of us so don't underestimate yourself

Keep pushing urself bro , losing believe in yourself is like giving up everything literally everything

As a person who used to self criticism alot , it wont end well , u will fell a lil satisfaction that u r being fair with ur self by saying
ur not that good , ur lazy person , etc

It will end by u being what u r calling urself by that criticism because ur not just criticizing, ur convincing ur brain in every possible way that u r not that one to do the job , so even after a while of that criticism u wont be able to do anything bec u already gave up by convincing urself all that time

So cheer up bro its just a struggle

And as i've read today
"It’s important to recognize the impact our emotions have on our productivity. When we’re unhappy, stressed, or fearful, our productivity suffers. We feel disengaged from our work, regardless of its role in achieving our goals. We’re also less creative and have more difficulty making decisions. Moreover, we lose focus and become more easily distracted."

[young umbra]

Remove any possible distractions
: ur phone shut it down ( ppl could wait for several hours , the social media can wait several hours)

• idk if u play any games on ur pc but since u will be going through some pressure
  Delete em bec probably the first thing u r gonna escape to is the game .
• as a person who did waste his time on yt on his pc , try unhook extension ( keep the home yt page blank so u wont be distracted by anything if u used yt )

And find a good place to study , thats all

And yeah dont use ur phone by useless scrolling as a break , it wont be a break

[young umbra]

Laughted fr

[young umbra]

Felt like a bat signal

[dawn pecan]

you're batman carrying the whole server

i was legit gonna reply but then i was like naah i know someone who gives better advice💀

[young umbra]

Naaaah , there is alot tbh , iam the just the active one rn ☠️

[young umbra]

Tbh for self criticizing iam an expert ☠️
But do it tho u r good at advising too

[dawn pecan]

me tooo, im only active here when im tryna avoid studying which is ironic considering this is a study server lmaoo

[young umbra]

Johan is goated tbf

God bless you, brother

[young umbra]

Ty bro appreciated fr

[young umbra]

U 2 bro

Johan is the best💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

[young umbra]

Ty appreciated fr

[onyx ocean]

Am i going crazy or did james upload a stream to yt 3 days ago or something but now i cant find it

[young umbra]

It's on his second channel

Jay skullz

[crimson dew]

anyone have trouble with testing anxiety

[young umbra]

Testing anxiety as in like exams?

[crimson dew]

yeah freezin up during

[young umbra]

That happens sometimes to me

Like a blackout

[crimson dew]

yeah

[young umbra]

It sucks

[crimson dew]

feeling that you didn't study enough to deserve a good grade

[young umbra]

Yeah

The way I avoid is that I make sure to study EVERYTHING so I make sure that I can't feel "unsure". But its kind of hard, bc most of the time I can't study that much or no matter how much I study I still feel unsure lol

[crimson dew]

yeah

[young umbra]

Is it really bad?

[crimson dew]

not really, im only in highschool and im respectively smart

things come easy to me

[young umbra]

Alright then

I mean if it gets bad maybe you can talk to a doctor or anything idk

[crimson dew]

but when im tested in class then i tend to like tense up and forget/overthink things during exam

yeah idk

thanks tho

[desert pine]

how would you define smart?

[crimson dew]

things come easier to me

[desert pine]

because i feel you on this one

can i give you a tip?

[crimson dew]

yes please

[desert pine]

i had the same problem witch resulted in making bad exames

i would go to my place, sit down and breath, 5 times, deeply in and out
i would look at the clock, look at my paper and read the questions carfully
jot down what comes to mind immediatly
when done?
lay your head on your desk and breath deeply in and out for 5min
your mind is at rest

and ready to rumble

[crimson dew]

like during the exam

or before

[desert pine]

before

[crimson dew]

okay ill try that, thank you so much

[cursive helm]

binod

[short linden]

Everytime i go through my phone to procrastinate i just feel like shit yet I still tend to procrastinate even with that feeling inside.
I literally have like tons of revision to do and yet I'm procadtinating like i don't know what to do. Maybe I have undiagnosed ADHD yet I just wanna focus on my work.
When i go to tution that stress gets me working yet when I'm home I'm just chilling without working.
Even if i make a schedule I'll wake up late and mess everything up.

[young umbra]

Thats normal

Thats quintessential procrastination

Fight it, do your best in everything needed to defeat it

And if you procrastinate, stop and go back to working - and simply dont care about what you did

Thinking that you lost several hours will only make working whats left harder

As i have read
Procrastinating and even feeling bad after procrastinating , any brain prefers that over the pain of hard working , cuz who would hate resting and getting dopamine from using social media and scrolling

So dw ur procrastination is just normal bec of that much pressure on u , having alot to study is just a hell for any brain , and not taking any step and not doing anywork will just get u in a worse situation

So just try to know what do u need to , write on a paper and try to put on schedule with due dates

And try to remove any distraction bec u will escape for it the moment u r stressed

And dw , that aint u r first struggle and wont be ur last so dont be hard on urself and keep pushing ur self

And as for the schedule

[young umbra]

Read it will help @short linden

[young umbra]

Fr , and u wont be able to focus

Delete all social media apps

So you dont have anything to scroll

Agreed

Also these short videos just make your attentiin span shorter

It just fills your brain with junk

You dint need all that stupid info

I felt so much better going weeks without tiktok/insta

[desert pine]

best thing to keep in mind is that your brain also needs rest

if you cant focus, dont push it, go outside for 5min, stare at something for 5min and get back

drink a glass of milk, water, talk to yourself

everything but study

and you will get slowly into it, trust me!

[young umbra]

Bro fr everytime i forgot abt it and u remind , and its the most important tbh

[desert pine]

fr fr
have been studying non stop in my easter break and yesterday my brain said no
so didnt do anything for a whole day

worst thing to do: Panic
best thing to do: enjoy your day and take time off

your brain will thank you xp

[short linden]

Thank you for responding to my issue.
This was really helpful

[short linden]

This explains half of my situation.
Thank you for the helpful information

[young umbra]

Yw !

[young umbra]

bro literally explained me

I didnt relax a single day in this break

@desert pine any advice bro? I been grinding for this physics exam and its clappin me mentally

[desert pine]

you might not want to hear this one

go outside

[young umbra]

you might be surprised

I did that

[desert pine]

what are you covering?

iv noticed that the quesitons you asked me before are not rather the physics problem but more of the math problem

[young umbra]

national 5 physics, equivalent to GSCE physics

[desert pine]

understanding a concept of physics is not hard, in some kind of way ofc

[young umbra]

I been doin past papers

as much as I can

[desert pine]

but adapting it to situations is the hardest part

so i sometimes go outside and ask myself where i see the stuff i just covered and try to explain it to my imaginery friend who is 5yo

use baby language, really

talk to someone as they are not known with the subject AT ALL

thats where you see the holes in your knowledge

and most and furmost, be HONEST

what do i know, what do i not know?

[young umbra]

sir yes sir

what abt breaks?

I aint taken one in a while

hopefully this explains my insanity

[desert pine]

im not a big fan of the amount of hours

as i told before, your brain needs rest

give it

and i dont mean sleep

let it relax

make sure, after studying (rather subjective) to take an hour break

eat something chill and then go to bed

dont toggle on your phone though

[young umbra]

HOW DO YOU DO THIS

my God

i know its not the best

but i want to be like you.

[desert pine]

????

[young umbra]

no like as in having that attention and concentration span😭

[desert pine]

quality > amount

i know people who study 4-5h a day and are top in the class

rather work on quality of your study then amount

[short linden]

fr 😭

[young umbra]

youre right

my quality isnt the best either tho🤣

[young umbra]

watch a jvscholz video
become motivated
run a lot
become insane

[young umbra]

this is my goal

to become insane

trust me its not fun

now Im binge watching anime as a so called 'break'

[young umbra]

i didnt watch anime for such a long time

is it good?

depends what one you're watching,

Im watchin the slice of life animes aka
animes that break your heart but also mend it

i should check it out then hahah

[vital patrol]

@young umbra i love you bro

I will do what u said

Thanks ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[young umbra]

Yw!

[dire prairie]

What do yall think is the ideal time to go to bed?

[young umbra]

9-11pm
depending on when you wake up

[dire prairie]

What if its like 4:30AM?

[young umbra]

4:30am thennnn

Ideally

8pm is when u sleep

that'll be 8h and 30m of sleep in total

or 8:30pm if u want just 8

[dire prairie]

well then i'm off to bed thanks

[young umbra]

goodnight brudda

[pseudo warren]

Can someone help me in #science-help

Ping me if u can

[civic wraith]

Hi y’all, I’m currently gonna go abroad to Perth to further my studies an was wondering are there any budget friendly accommodations near the area for a student ( I’m Malaysian, and is finding a place to stay ) ( open for DMs )

[civic wraith]

Yes indeed

[slender crane]

seeing this makes me question my sanity

[rich wigeon]

Heyy, i do a similar thing!

[somber gust]

How do you keep yourself so motivated? What makes you push so far ?

[dire prairie]

Is watching Youtube a good thing to do after a study session and if not, whats the ideal thing to do after a study session?

[young umbra]

i dont see why it could be a bad thing. definitely better than watching reels/tiktoks. just dont watch yt shorts

[dire prairie]

Ok but does it have to be educational?

[young umbra]

however you want. personally i wouldnt have the energy to watch productive/educational videos lol. just watch sth u enjoy, can be educational or not (my own opinion ofc)

[dire prairie]

thanks 🙂

[still stone]

if i send a youtube video i made and asked you guys for criticism would that go against the advertising rule

[young umbra]

i dont think so

[still stone]

https://youtu.be/Vvqs1iuPTCk?si=M0rG1HKaXh174qh6
I know I need better editing but I'm at a loss on what to actually change about my editing

[young umbra]

first off all: very good video and topic :) ive also noticed some problems in this selfimprovement movement. Also i am not a profesional or anything, just my opinion. I liked the length of the video, no useless points or anything and pretty straight forward. Everything was understandable and one could follow your points well. I saw this new trend with putting subtitles on the videos (Hamza for example), maybe you could also do that, but thats optional. Capcut makes automatic ones I think. I dont know about the music. I personally didnt really like the background music lol. Maybe I would also change the camera perspective, maybe a bit higher. Tbh I dont know how i would change the thumbnail, but i woudnt really click on it if I see it on my feed. 😅 Look how your fav youtubers do their thumbnails and take some inspo. Overall a good video! Keep it up! Im sure you will get a lot of followers, if you dont give up!

but like these are minor improvements

[still stone]

Thank you so much I really appreciate your feedback

[young umbra]

ofc! :)

[still stone]

i need all the help i can get early on so I dont pointlessly make bad videos lol

[young umbra]

but remember just post! so many famous youtubers posted thousand of videos even tho they didnt get any views

it will take time, but you will get there!

[young umbra]

aggred tbh
, but ig some youtubers just target younger generation to just make em think , gym + meditation + stopping short videos = succesful person , i did watch one video but i dont remember his name tbh , he was just along the video talking like stopping things and u will become a succesful person , he was just relating failure to not being disciplined only , being discplined will for sure make u succesful but that needs hard work too and choosing a path in life , he didnt mention that .

anyways , great video tbh , ur points were delivered
idk about editing but ig if it was like the productivity videos i have watched so far , u could have put some random man working out , but i dont think its neccessary as it wont change anything except like keeping the attention of the viewer ( but i cant relate tbh bec i play videos and hear em )

[still stone]

Ooh good idea I definitely could add in some extra footage to keep attention. Thank you! About the topic, I just see so many "self-improvement" youtubers leave out critical information, probably to get people to keep watching their videos.

[dire prairie]

noice

needed this

[young umbra]

i will always be silly

[young umbra]

Your cuts feel off

It looks like you recorded each part separately and then glued it all together

So whenever it cuts theres this small time frame that cuts the flow, which is when you start the next cut

Idk if you did that, but Id recommend you recording everything on a single big take

And then cut it at will during editing, so it feels more like a single flow, instead of a collage

Also if you want to pass a serious message, you need to pass a serious impression

Playing with a cat right out of the bat kills that vibe

[young umbra]

anyone good at digital design ?
i have upcoming project and iam trying to catch up , so gonna need help

[still stone]

thank you for feedback @young umbra

[eternal jewel]

Hello everyone,

I hope you're all doing well! I've been running a YouTube livestream where I study for long hours, but unfortunately, I haven't been getting many views. I was hoping to seek some advice and suggestions from this wonderful community.

If any of you could spare a moment to check out my channel and offer some constructive feedback, I'd greatly appreciate it. Here's the link to my channel:www.youtube.com/@yt.effectivestudy

I currently have access to one mobile device and one laptop for streaming. I'm trying to figure out which one would be better suited for my streams. Additionally, I'm curious about what angles or setups might make the stream more engaging for viewers.

Thank you all in advance for any insights or advice you can provide. I'm eager to learn and improve!

Best regards,
effective study

[still stone]

@eternal jewel If you can, I would ditch streamyard and use obs instead because the watermark gets in the way. Also add some graphics like the current time and how long you have studied for. keep it up though!

[eternal jewel]

thank you very much for advice now i am using obs as main streaming service and also added time countdown

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ8AR-uBAro

[sharp holly]

Anyone know to open a room?

[stuck echo]

No personally i like the impression the cat gives. it's less informal, more cozy and personal, it would be weirder if this was a guy with an iPhone camera setup in his living room trying to act all serious

[stuck echo]

i liked it! the editing does need work but theres def potential :) imho people don't like being condescended to especially when it's a message of self-improvement so i like that its not super serious and is in a more casual format. I'd lean more into that. there's already such a high saturation of people trying to be serious like that, you stand out more when you're just being yourself

imo it turns me off more when it's a new youtuber trying to mask their vulnerabilities and in the process just end up acting like everyone else. humility and self awareness is really charming, if you can find a way to make the audience relate to you
part of what made james' channel so appealing was the fact that he was also documenting his own self growth

tldr, be yourself :)

[upper delta]

How to finish 20 assignments in 1 day

anyone?

[young umbra]

Whole 24 hours ?

[young umbra]

If it is 24 hours
Try to finish 1 per hour
Perfectly u will have 4 hours to sleep
Thats the perfect situation
But normally u would have to eat and do anything so it will take some times of the 4 hours
So ig u will be left with 1 or 2 hours

[versed peak]

maybe reduce meal time to 20 mins so you get an extra hr (and if you got meals prepped already)

good luck my dude

[upper delta]

alright

[upper delta]

yep

[upper delta]

thx

[still stone]

thank you! this is super helpful and I am beyond grateful

[still stone]

this is a great improvement

[silver umbra]

Hey, just a quick ques. Do people who monkey branch to other people ever feel bad or realise their mistake?

[unborn laurel]

do you perfer studying during the day or at night before school

i have a month left before my ap exams and i wanna get as much review in as possible

im taking calculus AB, biology and world history

[young umbra]

normally i can study nights better but since it messes up my sleep schedule and since i feel too tired to study the next day i just study during day

but you should just find whats best for you

the important thing is that you still get your sleep

[amber sandal]

i have some bad habits with studying too late, but i can stay more productive when i study before doing anything else (like playing games or using youtube). so, for me, if i start studying in the morning, it feels easier

what's got you down, man?

all good. do you have strategies to pick yourself back up?

jounaling/writing my thoughts out helps me a lot

i also find that going for a walk outside can be helpful

if it's something that's been going on for a long time, have you considered trying therapy?

i've never done it myself, but i hear that it can be very helpful

I find it helpful for me, but if it doesn't work for you then that's alright

[ionic crypt]

thank you for talking to me

[amber sandal]

do you have someone in your life that you can talk to about it more specifically?

[dense geyser]

Guys what did I do wrong

I'm tierd

I tried solving it like 8487873 times and I still get it wrong

[still stone]

Do you know what the answer should be

If no one gets it right before I get home I’ll give it a try.

[young umbra]

How is it wrong ?

[young umbra]

I mean , ur steps are right and i did solve it too

[still stone]

Yeah sometimes you just get really weird improper fractions like that in math

Especially in calculus I’ve learned that most of the time it’s a weird answer and not an integer

[young umbra]

Fr

[dry nymph]

hi guys its my first year and im starting to hate engineering, not cuz of the studies themselves but they force us to have internships for 2nd year of scholarship but nobody wanna hire us and all the open positions are for slave web dev interns (which isnt my goal at all i wanna work in IoT or systems), do you guys have any tips to have more chances to get noticed by recruiters?

[young umbra]

There are career fairs at universities. You can also start using LinkedIn and try to communicate with employees in companies.

[unborn laurel]

so i have this really nasty problem where i get to get myself overwhelmed, bouncing between different resources, textbooks, videos etc etc for a topic. idk if its adhd or something but its really getting annoying as i tend to waste like an hour or two with no progress., top on of that i have my aps next months so im working on crunch time. i plan on going to bed early and waking up at 3am to study. anyone got any tips on how to combat this?

[young umbra]

@unborn laurel Try to ask ur friends what do they recommend so u could at least know that someone have tried it and he did good , and what is happening for u is like bec there is alot of choices as Barry Schwartz called the “Paradox of Choice.” The more options we have, the less capable we are to decide between them and the more anxiety we experience as a result.

So as i said try to just stuck to one resourse , a one yt channel to watch ur video , one textbook ( but just ask ur friends )

[young umbra]

Does anyone know how I can write something with my pen in my PDF document in opera

[cursive helm]

doesn't work here. you gotta join existing ones

[bold plover]

need a study buddy smh

nothing specific

at me when and if anybody replies

[naive nimbus]

why is my word lagging so much

[unborn laurel]

what timezone u in

[bold plover]

gmt +5

[short linden]

Today I couldn't be productive.
I just feel so useless rn. Idk I was doing pretty well last 2 days.
I got up late (although i got 3.5h work done even waking up late)
Yet i didn't feel like studying tday? Ik this is the most basic kind of excuse anyone can hear rn. Yet i hate this side myself too.
Idk it's just that idk maybe I'm too lazy bring up myself to do the studying or even cooking myself a meal just feels sooo hard to do. I don't think I'm burnt out. Coz I'm on my school vacation and I'm tryna get some studying done for my OL exam.

Yesterday I was rather anxious about how i wrote my math paper in school. Because i didn't do some problems coz it was hard. (Coz i was not practiced enough)
Yesterday i got myself to do a physics paper regarding one of my lessons and i was continuing it until this one hard problem comes and i was done with it. Ik we need to do hard stuff to become good yet how can i not do it???? Im just so done with this cycle of mine.

[unborn laurel]

wait where are u from if u dont mean me asking

im in EST if u free on the weekend like on a friday night i'd be down

[young umbra]

So u r gonna be trash for urself for being unproductive (despite stuyidng 3.5 hours) for one day in ur school vacation and there is still 263 days left for ur exam ?
Be easy on youself , ur brain needs a break from ur body when ur exhausted
As @desert pine said before
Having a panic after not studying for a day is just a crisis
That one day rest without doing anything without thinking abt anything related to school and without doing any bad habits will help ur brain to get some rest.

And for the maths paper
Its done already dont think of what grades u have lost but think of how to be better , feeling bad for getting some mistakes in ur exam despite ur hardwork even tho if it was ur mistake to not well practiced with the type of problems
Is just like u didnt appreciate the hardwork u have done already

Always be easy on yourself for making mistakes bec u r human after all u r not supposed to get everything perfectly , just do u r hard work , appreciate ur self and learn from ur mistakes

[young umbra]

@desert pine still think u got more than me to say here

[lost dagger]

does anyone know a good note taking app?

[dawn pecan]

for ipad or?

@lost dagger

[lost dagger]

nio

no&

laptop

/ pc

macbook and windows preferably

[dawn pecan]

https://obsidian.md/

^^i heard a lot ab this app but never used it personally so can't say much tbh

[lost dagger]

preciate it

i like it

it looks nice

but i dont think it syncable

between mac and windows

[dawn pecan]

yeahh i think that's one of its' downside

[lost dagger]

do you know any other note apps

i am trying evernote now

but idk

doesnt looks that nice imo

it looks like notion

i dont really like that design

i just want like a basic stuff

like im writing on paper

but then on my pc

very basic

[green fern]

Best app you'll ever use

In obsidian you can even pass an AI your folder with notes and ask questions about it

[still stone]

thats super cool but im always hesitant to give anything to an AI lol my future job is in jeopardy

[green fern]

xd

I swear there's nothing obsidian cannot do

[still stone]

4 dollars a month to sync notes

the pricing on this really isnt bad at all

[green fern]

or just sync your folder to onedrive

[still stone]

cheat code

[green fern]

but it could be inefficient some times

[unborn laurel]

either that or notion

[vivid summit]

it is normal to not have a consistent supply of motivation. the improvement comes in how you react to it. at the very least, if you have a mild studying day by choice, you at least had a say in the matter and are preparing yourself for a motivated tomorrow. take it easy, and think about the last time you were stressed? usually it blows over quicker than you think. take care of yourself

[short linden]

Thanks @young umbra reading ur comment somehow made me feel better! Thank You

[short linden]

Thank you for the piece of advice @vivid summit really appreciate it!

[young umbra]

Yw ! Keep it up

[mystic bone]

I have test tmrw and i revised for everything but i keep thinking that im missing a key component what should i do?

[vital sail]

ask other people what they know for upcoming test? or maybe ask them if there are problems or things that needs to be done beside that test.

[unborn laurel]

u have a guide on how to use it?

[green fern]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYoHKy72Qy0

you can even run code and pop up a terminal in obsidian and im not joking

[unborn laurel]

would u still perfer notion?

[green fern]

notion is for planning, obsidian is for note taking

[still stone]

I agree with that I wouldn't really say notion is great for taking notes

its more a planner than anything else

i suppose its good for organizing project ideas like you would on a whiteboard but obsidian does that too

[unborn laurel]

@green fern whats the ai u used in the video u posted

[green fern]

It's the copilot plugin, using an openai proxy to use groq api (groq is free and super fast)

With that plugin you can use any ai, from GPT, Claude or even a local llm

Groq uses mixtral 8x7b (it's the same lvl as gpt 3.5)

But with groq you can reach up to 500 tokens/second of speed generation

[green fern]

Seems complicated but it's literally 2 steps

[unborn laurel]

i go tto the copoilot part and got lost lol

ill figure it out

[green fern]

DM me I'll help you

[polar kelp]

Does anyone here want to just chat in English?

I have an interview tomorrow and I really have no idea what and how to say, I'm not native, I just would like to feel more comfortable.

[strong saddle]

what's up

[hollow garnet]

Hey does anyone have any tips on becoming a study with me streamer? Would be appreciated!! Keep working hard!

[wide briar]

guys i rlly want to be a better person so bad 😭 like ive been reading james clear and watching videos and doing the small stuff - i just want to be someone people are exited to be around yk?

But i keep making mistakes and becoming unaware of whta im doing and falling back and its so disheartening it makes me want to isolate my self until i get better even though i know that doesnt help 😔 (sorry this is more venting then general help)

[hollow garnet]

Just keep going, keep applying what you’ve learnt, thoughts become things. Just make sure you are taking action. One step at a time and we can all get closer to our goals

[wide briar]

thanks man 🙏 i will try to keep my head up

[hollow garnet]

Just keep going!

[young umbra]

isolating ur self wont change anything , accept ur failures and try to know what is ur mistakes and correct em next time , and even tho if u kept repeating the same mistake over and over again , the process of u trying to be in the right path will indeed make u on the right path even if it took much time

[young umbra]

anyone familiar with digital design ?

[still stone]

I'm not a study-with-me streamer but if I were to watch one I would want them to have a nice timer set-up like James did. And also be an interesting person. Make sure the audio bit rate is good if youre going to be playing music while you study too

[young umbra]

is there anyone in CNED?

[young umbra]

Literally chill out, have a bit of patience

Change takes time

Especially deep change

Be patient and dont stop trying

[latent dirge]

hi, does anyone know the translation of "matricula" in english?

[soft bone]

how do i study as someone who cant remember anything 😭 my world history ap exam is coming up and i average abt 50% on all the tests 😬

[young umbra]

Registration, signing up?

[latent dirge]

yeah, it could be

thanks, mate

[green summit]

Does anyone know anythng about c++?

I'm writing what SHOULD BE really simple code but its just.. no?

[ocean marsh]

question to all the fellas who followed james' advice n started with just one or two pomodoro sessions each day to emphasize focus instead of time spent studying

how long did it take you to build up to eventually studying for what one would consider as a "long period"

so like 6 to 8 ish hours

a day

and by which frequency did you increase your session count

so like maybe 2 30-45 mins sessions a day for two weeks

then add 1 or two sessions after that

etc etc

differs for each person so i figured asking around would be interesting

[ocean marsh]

^^ (not personally interested in the answer as im not using c++ atm just dont want my "survey" to overshadow someone else's question)

[young umbra]

It depends how u want to memorize it like sometimes when i want to remember historical dates , i did try to memorize the sequence of the numbers , and
I kinda link it with the events with a Rhyming sentence so i could remeber it easily and i do understand what happened in that event so i wont like memorize every specific detail but at least to know 80% was enough for me to at least sum up what happened
So that was my way for memorizing
U should know how u prefer to memorize and whats suitable for u , like some ppl memorize by saying everything outloud multiple times , or writing it over and over again .
So find a way and be sure it works like try to ask urself randomly after u have memorized something and see how much u remember

[rare agate]

hello, i just wanna know if jamees is still active on patreon?

[quartz fox]

I don't think so...he's now doing other things in life too yk!

[rare agate]

Thanks, good for him ! I was about to pay the subscription that's why i was wondering...

[rich wigeon]

~2 years. I also switched to home education, so it's really freed up a lot of time

[ocean marsh]

2 years is nuts

but it checks out

would love to hear about your journey

i personally experimented w pomodoro but never consistently stuck with it

decided now's the time

can only do 2 45 min a day atm

spread apart w a somewhat mid length break

[dawn oar]

what video was that

[ocean marsh]

think it was tips from a study tryhard where he mentions tracking your sessions

and not worrying about time spent studying but focusing on getting into the flow

[sterile rivet]

Has anyone read/studied lectures of physics by Feynman

[young umbra]

Even if we had measured it, it varies so much from person to person and from situation to situation than it would be useless info to you

However, its probably something that will generally be measured in months, not days, nor years

[ocean marsh]

6 months was the average i had in mind

prolly due to thinking in terms of the time it takes to build a proper physique which goes back to the studying is like training a muscle metaphor

[young umbra]

Studying is really not at all like training a muscle tho

Developing your body takes a few years

Getting a grip on studying is different because it requires a dif kind of effort

Dif energy expenditure

And dif overall challenges

Its a whole new world

[ocean marsh]

course its not, but the habit building is

thats the point of the metaphor

that the more you study the easier it gets to study

its not a literal comparison

[young umbra]

i'm actually pretty scared rn i bought an ipad 10th gen on this website called ourfriday for 318 pounds bc this person told me it's not a scam but now i think it is im pretty scared

they didnt even snd a confirmation email but the money went through

[half hamlet]

Have a nice day jvscholz people. I have some speaking problems. While speaking with somebody i sometimes forget the word i am going to say or i cant say the thing that is on my mind. I cant combine the words on my mind. How can i overcome this? Do you have any idea?

[mortal timber]

Hey, anyone have solution manual for this book : physics for scientists and engineers serway jewett tenth edition ? Thanks a lot

I'm having trouble with this book rn.

[lyric finch]

if you're not native of english and this is the problem, then this is completely normal build a practise of talking to yourself and an imaginary opponent while being alone and try to use lots of vocabulary...this will not only build up confidence but also increase chances of you becoming better at expressing yourself...if not an imaginary opponent there are many ppl on this server who you can approach and talk to!!
just don't give up and try your best!
HOPE THIS HELPS
BEST OF LUCK FOR YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVOURS!

[half hamlet]

Thanks for the answer but i am having problem with my native language

[lyric finch]

what language d o you speak??

[half hamlet]

Turkish

[lyric finch]

gosh! thats hard

i mean try speaking as much as possible and thats the most effective way

[half hamlet]

Okey i will try

Thanks

[green fern]

It's over for you ☠️

[young umbra]

noonjdajnasksakjdshjhdsa

[young umbra]

That seems like a mental issue more than a language one

Id say consult a doctor

Some people have a hard time executing some mental tasks, like forming phrases or doing calculations

I myself have a really, really hard time creating images of things in my mind

Everything is blurry and I need a lot of effort to imagine details and I can only focus on one detail at once

[half hamlet]

Thanks for the answer and i hope you get well soon.

[young umbra]

Lmao no I was born with that

Didnt even know people were able to form images easily in their heads until a while ago

There is no cure but I live a normal life dw about it

[half hamlet]

Oh that is good to hear 😅

I mean your living a normal life

[tacit escarp]

does anyone have a forest referral code i can use?

[upbeat charm]

i do

btw you can use multiple

ask anyone that uses forest to send lol

i dmed u

[wide briar]

Yo guys what’s the name of the website/app that James uses that helps you track habits? I’m trying to find a vid where he mentions it but no luck so far 🙏🙏

[young umbra]

Boys I need help

I like to study by doing exercises

But Im currently studying stuff that has very little practice questions because it is very niche

Is there any website or app or something where I can find exercises on any (or almost any) subject?

[wide briar]

dont have any sources but you can always ask AI to formulate questions on a topic for you? if you have rubric/outcomes list you can always use that to extrapolate questions from too

[young umbra]

Ive tried it but I always get silly questions like "who said this"

[feral trail]

Anyone has bought the ZEN PLANNER 2024 pdf ????

[wide briar]

nah i want to so bad but theres no preveiw and im scared its not gonna help

[desert pine]

and what are you studying?

[young umbra]

When I wrote the question, I was studying Immanuel Wallerstein's approach to a marxist theory of international relations

[desert pine]

try to find people who are familiar with the concept and strike up a conversation

[mild summit]

Hey I’m kinda new here
Only found out abt James two days ago
I found his advice in “how I quit my YouTube adduction” very helpful
But on the subject of reworking your brain to think of YouTube/porn as unappealing, does anyone have any advice for that

[terse locust]

how to get rid of the habit of shallow work and start doing deep work

[plush cloak]

Hello

[young umbra]

Read the book about it

[blazing dune]

how can I set my screen like that?

[ancient copper]

Sadly this isn't possible on your normal computer (I think?)

The one he uses is from the company: onyxboox
He has the Boox Mira Pro, but ehh its expensive asfuck

like 1800 us dollars

[dapper stratus]

hey, i am from taiwan and i work for taiwanese cuisine, we want to open at an exhibition and trying to translate our menu to english

do you guys know what is conpoy or dried scallops?

[ancient copper]

I did some research and they both have the same name. ''Conpoy is a type of mussel, a dehydrated food product also called dried scallop''

[young umbra]

Honestly

Is it really necessary?

Id say just write the names in the latin alphabet, maybe translate one or two that are hard to pronounce and add descriptions

Translating everything will kill the foreign vibe of the food

[dapper stratus]

our restaurant is trying to get micheline star so my boss really want to give the best at anything

[dapper stratus]

it is scallop that cutted into small pieces and fried

[dapper stratus]

this is a very good opinion though

[ancient copper]

I agree with P

[young umbra]

If you really want to translate it tho, chatgpt makes it way quicker

Ask it to translate and see if you like it

If not, ask for a different translation

[dapper stratus]

i already did conpoy fritter is what chatgpt came up with but i am affraid that foreigners couldn't understand it because this food is rare to find outside taiwan

but yeah i really like your idea

[young umbra]

Well the point of a foreign restaurant is to have food that is usually not found anywhere else

Leave the original name and explain with a description

[dapper stratus]

got it. thank you very much for your advice

[surreal spade]

Has anyone in here become good at both hands by training your non dominant one? I really wanna be ambidextrous so I could use some tips

[surreal spade]

I think you can buy a monitor filter, that's the closet thing to an e ink screen you can get without buying one

[young umbra]

8 days left and I'm cramming lol 😔

[surreal spade]

There are probably blue light filters for different monitor sizes out there, you just hang them on the monitor and u got blue light protection, and I'm also sure you can set your monitor to gray-scale in some way, maybe via operative system or monitor options

That's the closest way to getting an e ink monitor on an LCD screen lol

[ancient copper]

Literally brushing my teeth with my not dominant hand helped me

[fleet meteor]

Hi guyz, hope u doing fine, i need help about a table detailing the concentration limits of heavy metals in purified water used for pharmaceutical manufacturing, according to their classification in the ICH Q3D guideline

[young umbra]

When I was younger, for some reasons I had to start using my left hand (my dominant is the right one) to pick up stuff, do simple movements and such

Overall, I became so comfortable with it that even nowadays, when theres no need to keep doing that, I prefer to use that hand to do simple stuff

So I can use both of my hands for simple stuff, and sometimes feel more comfortable using my non-dominant one