a colorful, caffeinated, calm fall weekend spent in the company of research papers and friends 😌 🍂

june 8

you know you're finally getting more comfortable in your field when reading literature doesn't feel so daunting and you're not looking up techniques/concepts that used to stump you. such a confidence boost

9:49am / enjoying some gentle morning sun while working on writing this morning. i hope everybody has a productive and peaceful day!

Day 44 // studying ortho at my bfs house..sometimes I just need a different study environment to get going again! ✨🌹

🌧️ day 12: do you have any studying methods you use? if so, share them with us (please *sobs*)!

i'm the kind of person who studies sitting down for hours with little breaks, so idk how useful my advice will be. the main points of my study system are:

stay at the library if you are desperate/need to finish quickly

forest app in intervals of at least one hour and a half.

lots of coffee/energy drinks

headphones off but covering your ears

go through your class notes, do every exercise/annotate in the material given by the professor the things you wrote down in class. this is the most important thing but it requires that you really pay attention in class everyday.

extra exercises after, for as long as you can.

failing an exam is not a big deal, focus in doing as much as you can without worrying if it will be enough, if it isn't the knowledge you gained will make it easier to pass the class later.

December 11th, 2023

These photos are from a couple of days ago, at the company party. Oh, just 9 more days of work and I'm going to have a holiday break, can't wait!

I'm applying to Erasmus mundus again this year. Of the required documents, I still have to adjust my CV and motivation letter. There'll be 3 programmes and I wrote a motivation letter for each one. I can only say that I have my favorite and this one goes to my choice number 1! The preliminary results come out on 02/15, I hope I pass this stage, fingers crossed! 🤞🏼✨

Advice that I have learned over the past 8 years in three different colleges: 1. You don't need to take perfect aesthetic notes. You do need to do your homework, skim your textbooks, pay attention in class though. These notes are for you. Who cares what the internet thinks? 2. If you can get a job in your field. A job. Not an internship. You will discover that getting paid is nice, and that maybe the job aspect of your major sucks more than your love for the major does. 3. No one cares that you are the smartest in class. In college there should (and usually is) someone smarter than you in your class. Showing off and sucking up in class won't make people impressed. It will make them avoid you. 4. No one cares what you wear. That being said, use some common sense. 5. Learn to say 'no.' I mean it. Set boundaries. 6. Don't pay for things that you don't need. If you spend a lot of time at the library, see if they have your text books online. Don't buy a digital and a hard copy. 7. IF YOU NEED ACCOMIDATIONS FOR SOMETHING JUST AS SIMPLE AS TEST ANXIETY, GO TO YOUR DISABILITY CENTER. 8. Utilize your free resources. Every college I have been to has a counseling center. 9. Your professors and TAs are there to help you, and are people too. Talk to them. 10. Show up on the first day of class, even if waitlisted. Some departments let teachers over ride their wait list and will get you in if you show up and talk to them.

28.2.2023

Back to campus for the second day of semester 1. I spent so long on Bio today and still feel like I haven’t achieved anything because it was all textbook readings and mindless notes.

Hoping tomorrow feels more productive, I’m putting the textbook away for a bit because it’s bothering me now.

Attended the Student Association’s club awards tonight, and my club got the award for Most Active in 2022! Keen to take on some more responsibility as secretary this year and organise some fun and engaging events <3

🎶 Fake It - Seether

Well it’s definitely been some time since I’ve made a post, and so much has changed!

I had my daughter, got married, moved, changed programs and schools and may still even change again!

I’m now in second semester of Business Marketing ! It’s all online and asynchronous so last semester was a bit hard to get my footing but I think this semester with adequate planning (and trust me I have it all mapped out) I should be more successful than before!

Important news ⚠️

In less than a month I will graduate from college so there will be fewer posts next year. I'm thinking of doing a master's degree but nothing is settled.

I started this blog in 2015 as a 14 year old and it has consistently been school/study related content for the past 9 years. Now, as a 22 yeard old, I can finally say that there will be no more studying! (At least as far as I am aware of)

So I can officially announce that the blog will migrate to stuff related to work in the field of language and literature.

Thank you all of you who have been here since the beginning and all of you who tagged along the way. 🤗

some physics work 😊

09/09/2023

I have been enjoying the reading part of working on my assignment so far, but I’ll have to shift to writing soon…👀

jul 12

worked on an application essay in the courtyard yesterday and listened to the torrential downpour, very peaceful

[brain dump/vent about 1st year below]

my first year of grad school will be challenging in more ways than one and a true test of my time management. i expressed this concern to my soon-to-be PI and they told me to remember "the time where your grades matter has passed. just do the bare minimum to get credit for the class" and thats honestly helpful. like i know how to direct my attention for my coursework, and they also gave me tips on time blocking for lab, etc etc.

it'll be an adjustment and there will definitely be a rough transition period the first couple months, but i know i've got this. do you all have any tips??

10:25am / studying with a view.

Day 40 // this weekend was super fun! mainly bc i didn’t study at all haha! but today i caught up in my plan, so i have no regrets! btw this is lilo, my bfs dog 🌸🌿

current read: speak your truth by fearne cotton

it's a bad week not a bad life just a bad week not a bad life just a bad week

🍁 day 11: which of your courses do you like the most? and the one you just can't like no matter what you do?

i might be in love with calculus... it's like magic. i feel smart. i leave class wondering what happens next. on the other hand, i can't stand physics. it's the kind of teacher who only solves the easy exercises in class at an insanely slow pace and then quizzes you in the hard stuff.

🍁 day 13: (day 12 will be its own post) digital devices and online platforms or notebooks and books?

i love notebooks but lately i've been wasting so much paper in practice exercises that i'm considering getting a tablet... also, online platforms and pdfs all the way for class stuff. i don't want it taking up space lol.