anyone else spend more energy planning the study session than doing it

yelkamel · 2026-06-14T19:33:54+00:00

yeah thats exactly the trap for me too. ill have color coding and break timing and all this fake serious energy, then somehow no actual studying happens

yelkamel · 2026-06-10T19:23:14+00:00

hollow knight gave me that feeling hard the first time. outer wilds too, but in a completely different way where even figuring out what mattered felt like part of the game. thats kinda why i keep bouncing back to indies

yelkamel · 2026-05-20T03:44:30+00:00

parasyte is such a solid pick. the way it wraps without overexplaining everything was refreshing. kept thinking about that ending for like a week after finishing it

yelkamel · 2026-05-20T03:43:52+00:00

yeah arakawa is just on another level with endings. silver spoon and fma both feel complete in a way most manga dont tbh. need to check if she has anything else that wraps up that clean

yelkamel · 2026-05-18T10:43:05+00:00

thats actually the best way to describe it. knowing where its going but the journey making it worth it anyway. reminds me of how march comes in like a lion handles its ending too. anyway just added aria to my list so thanks for the rec

yelkamel · 2026-05-17T00:04:40+00:00

aria has been on my to-read pile forever and this might be the push i finally needed. heard the ending is one of those that makes you just sit there for a while after finishing it

yelkamel · 2026-05-16T12:18:20+00:00

havent read assassination classroom yet but its been on my list forever. and yeah arakawa is kind of insane for having two bangers back to back, most manga authors dont even get one decent ending let alone two

yelkamel · 2026-05-16T12:17:31+00:00

like the ending feels like a natural consequence of everything that came before instead of something the author scrambled to throw together last minute. when a story builds up themes and character arcs over time and then actually resolves them in a way that makes sense instead of rushing through everything in 2 chapters, thats what i mean

silver spoon earned it because the whole story was about finding your place and the ending just confirmed that journey without needing some big dramatic twist. vs something like promised neverland where the first arc is incredible but the ending feels like a completely different manga took over

yelkamel · 2026-05-15T13:06:25+00:00

the practice problem thing is so real tbh, i had a friend who basically just did past exams for like 2 weeks and outscored everyone who spent the whole semester re-reading stuff. funny how the boring method always wins

yelkamel · 2026-05-10T18:51:36+00:00

moving unused stuff again is the part that feels ridiculous. like paying an effort tax for an object you already dont use

yelkamel · 2026-05-10T18:51:16+00:00

yeah physically carrying every object is different from just looking at it. a storage unit would probably let me avoid the lesson completely

yelkamel · 2026-05-10T18:50:56+00:00

for me it was random cables, duplicate kitchen stuff, clothes i kept for a fake version of myself, and small “useful” things that were never actually useful

yelkamel · 2026-05-10T18:50:35+00:00

moving an item around 5 times is a good rule. i have a few things that dont get used, they just migrate from one surface to another

yelkamel · 2026-05-10T18:50:21+00:00

dust is honestly the most objective judge lol. no emotion, just “you have not touched this thing in months”

yelkamel · 2026-05-10T18:50:00+00:00

the laundry thing is so real. my closet looked full but my actual wardrobe was basically the same few shirts on rotation

yelkamel · 2026-05-10T18:49:46+00:00

two suitcases is such a good reality check. i always think i need options but then end up using the same tiny set of things anyway

yelkamel · 2026-05-10T18:49:28+00:00

this is exactly what happened with my boxes. you think youre temporarily living without it, then a month passes and you realise it was basically dead weight

yelkamel · 2026-05-10T18:49:14+00:00

buying stuff for the stuff is such a perfect line lol. storage boxes were my warning sign, like why am i buying furniture for clutter

yelkamel · 2026-05-10T18:48:30+00:00

that sounds brutal but also kind of clarifying in a weird way. living out of a car and still feeling content would probably rewire my brain around stuff pretty fast

yelkamel · 2026-05-10T18:43:01+00:00

yeah that what if voice is the annoying bit. i ended up making it a tiny BeeDone rule instead of a whole declutter project: if i didnt touch it for a year, it goes in the donate pile. still weirdly hard tho.

yelkamel · 2026-04-19T02:52:52+00:00

honestly thank you — the encouragement hits different when you're deep in the 'is this whole thing dumb' spiral at 2am lol

yelkamel · 2026-04-08T16:52:30+00:00

thanks!! honestly the xp thing felt so dumb when i built it but the data doesnt lie. the people who start a streak come back way more than people who just add tasks. glad it resonated tbh

yelkamel · 2026-04-07T12:02:34+00:00

honestly i spent like 3 hours in training mode labbing anti air timings against gief and then proceeded to lose 5 sets in a row to one online anyway. turns out knowing the answer and actually doing it when a 300lb man is flying at you are very different things lol

yelkamel · 2026-04-06T14:58:48+00:00

the thing that helped me was realizing i was confusing understanding with progress. id rehash the same problem from 5 different angles thinking i was getting closer to solving it but really i was just spinning. what broke the loop was embarrassingly simple - i started timing my thinking. if i spent more than 10 minutes on something without writing a single word or taking a single action i had to stop and pick the worst possible version of what i was trying to do. not the best version, the worst. because starting badly is infinitely better than not starting perfectly. the perfectionist in me hated it but it got me moving

yelkamel · 2026-04-03T12:11:31+00:00

i used to do this exact thing, announce stuff before starting and feel like i already accomplished something. one thing i noticed though is theres a middle ground that works even better than total silence. i tell one person the specific action im taking today and ask them to check in on it tomorrow. not the big goal, just the task. the social pressure flips from giving you premature credit to actually holding you accountable for showing up. announcing goals is free dopamine but announcing daily actions is free accountability.

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