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| Avoid washing cups at all costs. Paper cups from the machine are your best friends. Sustainable? | Avoid washing cups at all costs. Paper cups from the machine are your best friends. Sustainable? | ||
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| - | **📍2nd floor. Near to elevator** | ||
| ===== 🪅 Short Breaks ===== | ===== 🪅 Short Breaks ===== | ||
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| - | The secret to keeping (some) sanity | + | The secret to keeping (some) sanity. |
| Studies (that we totally made up) show that frequent, short breaks are crucial to avoiding a full mental breakdown. Even if it’s just a lap around the building. | Studies (that we totally made up) show that frequent, short breaks are crucial to avoiding a full mental breakdown. Even if it’s just a lap around the building. | ||
| ===== 📜 Use Trash Paper ===== | ===== 📜 Use Trash Paper ===== | ||
| - | Reduce, | + | Reduce, |
| - | Need paper? | + | [{{ :wiki:paper.jpg?nolink& |
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| - | *** 📍EKA GD MA/BA studios.** | ||
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| - | (Because | + | Because |
| - | If in doubt, just make everything larger. Is the work better? Who knows? But it sure looks more impressive. | + | |
| ===== 🔈 Listen to Audiobooks You’ve Already Read ===== | ===== 🔈 Listen to Audiobooks You’ve Already Read ===== | ||
| - | (Because | + | Because |
| Repetition is the key to success, right? Revisit audiobooks you already know inside out and bask in the comfort of predictability.\\ {{: | Repetition is the key to success, right? Revisit audiobooks you already know inside out and bask in the comfort of predictability.\\ {{: | ||
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| ===== 🗺️ Change Locations ===== | ===== 🗺️ Change Locations ===== | ||
| - | to ‘Concentrate’ | + | To concentrate. Feel unproductive? |
| - | Feel unproductive? | + | ===== 🥷 “Borrow” Paper from EKA ===== |
| - | + | Because the budget isn’t your problem. | |
| - | ===== 🥷 ‘Borrow’ Paper from EKA ===== | + | |
| - | (Because the Budget Isn’t Your Problem) | + | |
| The university probably has plenty of paper. Go ahead and “acquire” some for your personal use. What’s a few sheets between friends? | The university probably has plenty of paper. Go ahead and “acquire” some for your personal use. What’s a few sheets between friends? | ||
| ===== 🪔 Ceramics Has Free Clay ===== | ===== 🪔 Ceramics Has Free Clay ===== | ||
| - | (Use It for Therapy, Not Art) | + | Use it for therapy, not art. |
| Need to relieve some stress? Skip the professional therapist and head to the ceramics studio. Smash the clay, mold the clay—it’s all therapeutic. | Need to relieve some stress? Skip the professional therapist and head to the ceramics studio. Smash the clay, mold the clay—it’s all therapeutic. | ||
| - | ===== 🗓️ Develop a ‘Good’ Schedule ===== | + | ===== 🗓️ Develop a “Good” Schedule ===== |
| - | (Whatever | + | Whatever |
| Start with a detailed plan that you’ll likely abandon within 48 hours. However, creating one gives you the illusion of control, which is comforting. | Start with a detailed plan that you’ll likely abandon within 48 hours. However, creating one gives you the illusion of control, which is comforting. | ||
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| ===== 😴 Bring Your Own Pillowcase ===== | ===== 😴 Bring Your Own Pillowcase ===== | ||
| - | (If You Want to Nap, Not Sleep) | + | If you want to nap, not sleep. |
| - | Who needs a full eight hours when you can sneak in a power nap? Just bring a pillowcase, find a cozy corner, and recharge for round two. Keep your face clean with a new pillowcase, because the couches are dirty. Remember,Sleep: Not a Privilege, But a Basic Human Right. Sleep isn’t something you should “earn.” It’s medically required (surprisingly). Don’t let all-nighters trick you into thinking otherwise. | + | Who needs a full eight hours when you can sneak in a power nap? Just bring a pillowcase, find a cozy corner, and recharge for round two. Keep your face clean with a new pillowcase, because the couches are dirty. Remember: |
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| - | **📍EKA BA studio.** | + | |
| ===== 👊🏼 Find a Work Buddy ===== | ===== 👊🏼 Find a Work Buddy ===== | ||
| - | Misery | + | Misery |
| Pairing up with someone else ensures you’ll either stay productive or collectively spiral into existential despair. Either way, you’re not alone. | Pairing up with someone else ensures you’ll either stay productive or collectively spiral into existential despair. Either way, you’re not alone. | ||
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| ===== 🫶🏽 Ask for Help and Feedback ===== | ===== 🫶🏽 Ask for Help and Feedback ===== | ||
| - | (Even If You Don’t Want It) | + | Even if you don’t want it.. |
| Feedback is a gift, or at least that’s what people say. Request it frequently so you can either improve your work or perfect your “thanks for that” face. | Feedback is a gift, or at least that’s what people say. Request it frequently so you can either improve your work or perfect your “thanks for that” face. | ||
| ===== 🍌 Snack Breaks ===== | ===== 🍌 Snack Breaks ===== | ||
| - | The Real MVP | + | The real MVP. |
| You can’t work on an empty stomach. Or rather, you won’t want to. Snack breaks provide both sustenance and a valid excuse to procrastinate. | You can’t work on an empty stomach. Or rather, you won’t want to. Snack breaks provide both sustenance and a valid excuse to procrastinate. | ||
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| - | 📍1st floor, try to find.** | + | |
| ===== 😿 Crying Is Productive Too ===== | ===== 😿 Crying Is Productive Too ===== | ||
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| ===== 🍲 Eat the Soup ===== | ===== 🍲 Eat the Soup ===== | ||
| - | It’s | + | It’s |
| Sustenance matters. When you’ve skipped 14 meals and are surviving on coffee fumes, remember: soup is easy to make and harder to ignore. | Sustenance matters. When you’ve skipped 14 meals and are surviving on coffee fumes, remember: soup is easy to make and harder to ignore. | ||
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| - | **📍 1st floor, soup is properly hidden from you to force you to buy expensive food. Thx Albert. | + | |
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| ===== 💣 The Ultimate Solution: Leave ===== | ===== 💣 The Ultimate Solution: Leave ===== | ||
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| ===== ☎️ Phone a Friend ===== | ===== ☎️ Phone a Friend ===== | ||
| - | Because | + | Because |
| - | When the going gets tough, call your friends and vent for hours. Is this procrastination? | + | |
| ===== 😙 Take Nothing Personally ===== | ===== 😙 Take Nothing Personally ===== | ||
| - | Especially | + | Especially |
| Remember, most feedback isn’t a personal attack. Unless it is. But let’s assume it’s not and smile through the pain. | Remember, most feedback isn’t a personal attack. Unless it is. But let’s assume it’s not and smile through the pain. | ||
| ===== 🪟 Open the Windows ===== | ===== 🪟 Open the Windows ===== | ||
| - | Literally and Metaphorically | + | Literally and metaphorically. |
| Ventilation is crucial for creative clarity. Also, a literal breath of fresh air might just keep you from a caffeine-induced breakdown. | Ventilation is crucial for creative clarity. Also, a literal breath of fresh air might just keep you from a caffeine-induced breakdown. | ||
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| - | **📍every window you see in EKA** | ||
| ===== 🎉Ott' | ===== 🎉Ott' | ||
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| == 📤 Share Your Work == | == 📤 Share Your Work == | ||
| - | (Even If It’s Terrible) | + | Even if it’s terrible, showing |
| - | Showing | + | |
| == 🖼️ Submit Whatever You’ve Got == | == 🖼️ Submit Whatever You’ve Got == | ||
| - | Even If It’s a Hot Mess | + | Even if it’s a hot mess. |
| When it’s time to submit, just hand in everything you’ve done. Quantity over quality! More work means more feedback, and probably more crying. | When it’s time to submit, just hand in everything you’ve done. Quantity over quality! More work means more feedback, and probably more crying. | ||
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| == 🤝 Remember: Critics Are Friends == | == 🤝 Remember: Critics Are Friends == | ||
| - | (That You Secretly Hate) | + | That you secretly hate. Feedback isn’t personal. Critics just want to help… right? Smile and nod while you add them to your mental “people to avoid” list. |
| - | Feedback isn’t personal. Critics just want to help… right? Smile and nod while you add them to your mental “people to avoid” list. | + | |
| == 💭 Think Through Your Display == | == 💭 Think Through Your Display == | ||
| - | Or Just Wing It | + | Or just wing it. Presentation matters. Whether it’s a gallery or an Instagram post, put some thought into how your work is seen. Or just go with your gut—no one really knows what they’re doing anyway. |
| - | Presentation matters. Whether it’s a gallery or an Instagram post, put some thought into how your work is seen. Or just go with your gut—no one really knows what they’re doing anyway. | + | |
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