100 Days Of Productivity - Day 3

100 Days of Productivity - Day 3

Productivity:

• studied history of theatre for 30min

• did speech therapy exercises twice

Self-care:

• drank >3lt of water

• managed to read for a little bit

Today was not a good day. I had one of those excruciating headaches that just won't go away and it hurt so bad I couldn't even read for pleasure. Eventually I fell asleep and woke up (thankfully pain-free) at 8pm so not a lot of time to be productive but I tried.

Looking back at the day my first instinct is to just feel really bad about it. I have to make a conscious effort to remind myself that not being "productive enough" doesn't make me a bad person. Hopefully the more I practice being kind and compassionate to myself the easier this will be but it's still astonishing how deep-rooted those toxic beliefs we grew up with are.

Anyway, today I did my best, and I took care of myself the best I knew how and that's enough.

7/100 days of productivity megumi joins a book club <3

I didn't follow my existing "productivity schedule" today either. Instead I took a step and put myself into yet another new and unfamiliar situation xD

There is a book club that meets up every last Sunday of the month and today was the first time I attended. I'd been interested to join for a really long time now but the idea of interacting with people was really really daunting; this time I decided to give it a go anyway. And I'm so happy I did because I had the best time ever. Everyone was really nice and friendly and we spent over three hours sitting in a circle at the park and talking about books and writing and literature and several other things. I made many friends and a few of us went to a bookstore together right after the event where we recommended each other some books and got ourselves a couple books as well. It was incredible and I just. yeah.

Checklist

🌱 3 hours of sunlight

👟 20 min of walking

🇩🇪 20 min of German on Duolingo

Other little things

sketched out a proper plan for upcoming GRE prep

When you get this you have to list 5 books/book series you love 📚♥️. Then send this ask to last 5 persons from you notification. Spread love. 💌

I love this concept so much, thanks for asking me!

(sorry it took so long but I had to think about it)

1) His Dark Materials (series) by Philip Pullman (there's a tv series adaptation and it's really good too)

2) Crier's War (series) by Nina Varela

3) The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

4) The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

5) A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll

I just signed from Greece, so yeah, they do work! It's also super quick, so if you can, go sign this. It is so important!

just in case anyone missed this in the news or maybe not in the loop, Disney is currently refusing to meet with or acknowledge the newly formed animation production workers union that just voted to join IASTE and become an official part of TAG, the animators and animation artists guild

production workers across all studios are currently voting to be recognized for their hard work and invaluable skill at keeping these productions running, but studios are refusing to meet with them to let them negotiate deals or even exist

as someone who works in animation as a designer i know i wouldn't be able to do my job at all without any of my production workers. they are the incredibly hard working people who oversee pretty much everything in animation. they make sure everything is running on time, that schedules are being followed, they have to know pretty much every single word of the scripts and beats from the storyboards to make sure nothing is missed, and most importantly, they make sure artists are being taken care of and not overworked. they really are the unsung heroes of the animation world

production workers are also by far the most exploited workers in animation currently. they make about a fraction of what artists make for just as much work put in, and currently have no agreement for health coverage or other benefits that artists protected by the union are guaranteed

BUT! there is some good news. right now there's a petition on IATSE's website that has over 80,000 signatures currently addressed to disney leadership to do the right thing and meet with this new union and recognized their vote to form. it still needs roughly 21,000 signatures and only takes a minute to sign! anyone with a zip or postal code can sign, meaning both US and Canadian residents can sign and help this union get the deal it deserves!!

IATSE

PETITION: Demand Disney recognizes Animation Production Workers' Union!

When you really boil it down, joy (to me) is about good food, good people to share it with, and the beauty of the world around us. Also art

✨ 100 Days of Productivity - Day 5 ✨

From today on, I'm responsible for managing one of the social media pages of the organisation I'm in and it's mostly just reposting stuff from their other page but I'm still excited to do it.

In case you missed my other post there was a worm situation in my room which had the positive consequence of motivating me enough to *finally* clean my room. Mostly. Kinda. For someone who claims they want to live in a village forever it's ridiculous how much I hate bugs.

🏔️ Productivity 🏔️

• studying history of theater for 25 min

• cleaned my room

• managed insta page

• completed and sent an important form

• watched La Casa De Papel (mostly without subtitles)

🌸 Self-care 🌸

• drank >3lt of water

• read a book (99% sure, I forgot to track)