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Отдыхаю, придумывая, как может выглядеть мой 𝚍𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚕 дневник.

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"defend your thesis" why are you attacking my thesis

How to search text in unsearchable pdfs

introduction: do you lose all motivation to complete your assignments when you're faced with a pdf that you can't search? would you like a rather simple and 100% free solution to make the text in any pdf searchable? well read on :)

step 1: download onenote. did you know onenote is 100% free for everyone? yes even mac users! just go to https://www.onenote.com/downloadand click download

step 2: open your pdf. (sometimes when i try to do step 3 using my pdf reader or the firefox browser it crashes but it never fails with microsoft edge this might be the only issue with this procedure.) in the image below i've demonstrated that the pdf is open in microsoft edge and i've used the search feature to search a word that is visible in the pdf but the search doesn't return any results

step 3: click the print button/icon and select onenote (desktop) n.b. the max. file size you can print is 100 mb my file here has 35 pages and is bigger than 100 mb so i printed 6 - 20 first then 21 - 35 and that worked so for larger documents you'll have to split the pages which might be a bit inconvenient and admittedly lengthen the process but in the name of academia sacrifices must be made

step 4: once the pages are ready which will take a while depending on how many pages you're printing this dialogue box will appear in onenote. just select wherever you want the file to be printed and click ok

step 5: the file will appear and now it's searchable. below i demonstrated searching a word in the pdf and the search results do find it this time!

bonus tip: you can also copy the text from the document by right clicking and selecting copy text from the page / all pages of the printout. the results aren't always accurate and for larger images and pdfs i find it easier to screenshot the a smaller area and extract the text from that rather than the entire document or page

conclusion: onenote has a searchable text option that makes the text in images, file inserts and handwritten notes searchable so yeah you can also do the same thing with pictures. when you download onenote it comes with a few pages outlining what you can use it to do so it's helpful to familiarize yourself with its abilities. i'm only familiar with doing this on a laptop so i can't say for sure if it's possible on the android or apple app but i presume if your device can print it would probably also work.

― Akwaeke Emezi, The Death of Vivek Oji

[ text ID: I'm not what anyone thinks I am. I never was. I didn't have the mouth to put it into words, to say what was wrong, to change the things I felt I needed to change. And every day it was difficult, walking around and knowing that people saw me one way, knowing that they were wrong, so completely wrong, that the real me was invisible to them. It didn't even exist to them. So: If nobody sees you, are you still there? ]

Hello there! Hope you are well. I needed to ask you something. There is this exam i have and i haven't prepared well. I wasn't doing mentally well and had a really hard time studying. I have been a top student all my life and i think when i won't do well in this exam, i will disappoint everyone. I feel better now and would 100 percent work on my grade. Is it fine to face failure? How should I console myself? I get panic attacks about me being a loser.

Hello 👋🏻 I think we’re in similar boats right now, anon. I’m only three weeks into this semester so I’m not nearing exams yet, but I’m feeling overwhelmed too. I’m having a hard time with executive dysfunction, so it’s been tough staying on top of my homework. I know how it can effect your mental health and your perception of yourself.

You said you get panic attacks about being a loser, but it’s not “being a loser” you’re worried about. What you’re worried about is being perceived as a loser, because being a “loser” is subjective, and everyone’s definition of “loser” is dependent on the people who taught them what it means (aka, the people in their life). Your panic and worry stem from your fear of what others will think if you don’t perform as well as you have in the past. That’s an understandable fear, especially considering it seems that being a “top student” has become part of your identity. If you aren’t a top student, it’s like a part of yourself is missing, or defective. Am I right?

You ask, “is it fine to face failure?” which makes me think, you probably know it’s fine to fail, but your fear of disappointing others may be clouding that. I think the best way you can console yourself is to stop looking outward for validation and look inward instead. Your opinion is the one that matters.

You know that the reason you didn’t perform as well as you used to this time is because you weren’t feeling your best mentally. You know you’re capable of performing well. You know that failing is okay. I think you need to trust yourself, and be less dependent on others for your sense of self-worth. It sounds like you have a lot of strengths worth being proud of, and that’s just from reading this one message. You have many other strengths, I’m sure. Lean on those, and remember that your grades are not all of you. In fact, they’re a very small part of you. What’s part of you are the skills (like resilience, perseverance and courage) that give you the ability to get those grades.

Take good care of yourself so that you have the energy and motivation to do your best (and be okay with whatever your best looks like that day). And maybe you could even focus less on your grades, but that’s a personal preference, and maybe it works for you, in which case that’s fine. As long as you know your grades don’t define your worth. And if anyone in your life thinks less of you for not getting straight A’s and B’s, you might consider that they aren’t the best person to look to for feedback, let alone validation.

Hope that helps! Take care! 💙

~ Bella ✨

Почему преподаватели и ученые не рассказывают о том, как они в молодости боялись совершить ошибку? Это бы очень помогло многим людям, таким, как я.

Из бумажной книги, которую я сейчас читаю:

喪失はつらい。しかし、失うつらさのなかから未来の光を生みださればと思う。 過去から我々が生きるための光をみいだしたい。 クローチェのように。

Потери болезненны. Однако из боли от потерь рождается свет. Мы черпаем свет для того, чтобы не заблудиться на тропе жизни из нашего прошлого.