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rainy november mornings spent reading and working on the thesis ☁️☕️

• 11.4.2024 •

Is it weird that this is almost my favorite time of fall? The bare trees, the anticipation of the holidays, the crisp air. Idk I just love it 🤍

maybe tomorrow will be better

Hope you had a great Halloween. So sad I didn’t know how to boop people.

turned my desk-turned-kitchen-table back into a desk this weekend and the sun decided that was a cause for celebration

perfect light in my apartment after a big storm

Thursday, the 10th of October 2024

Now that I am in this new city with so many uncertainties, I feel quite stressed out. I've not acknowledged how at home I feel after all this time at my first university and while I remain there, working and occasionally sneaking into lectures, most of my time is spent here in this new place (or rather public transport to and fro). I've resolved to go at it with an ease and open-mind with which I will hopefully brave this uncertainty. It's quite an unusal feeling to learn only in my mid-twenties that being affected by big changes is just part of being human. I used to think my surroundings wouldn't affect me until I found a place that felt like home, which allowed me to breathe and rest.

13 October 2024

After a whole weekend of studying I can say this isn't going to be an easy semester. Instrumental analysis (a mandatory class) is pretty demanding itself and I also have these three physicochemical electives. I'm not exactly complaining - this intersection of chemistry and physics is an extremely interesting place to explore! - but boy is it hard. On top of that, I agreed to tutor my godmother's daughter (her math teacher is an asshole and the poor girl is Struggling™️) bc clearly I am insane like a good challenge. Where I am going to squeeze in thesis work is a mystery to me as well

New setup for a new academic challenge! (I'm starting a PhD)

9.23.24 | Making my desk more autumnal with a gourd from my garden bed and some flowers my mom and dad bought me :,)

I’ve been working SO HARD and it still feels like it’s not enough. I have a few bigger assignments this week, and then 3 exams next week.

The books I’m currently reading, trying to motivate myself to organise my study space, and admiring this curious French cat by Sylvia Plath 🖤

30|09|2024

This week started quite well, me and my parents went to ikea to get a couple of things, and other than having a lovely breakfast, I got this small shelf to add to my reading corner so I finally have a place to put my mugs and small things instead of placing them either on the floor or on my bed. My room feels super cozy, and as the leaves outside my window start changing colour it looks like autumn is actually here. My obsession with T. Kingfisher horrors continues as I am currently reading What Fiests At Night, and I am having a great time with it.

october 1st, 2024 || a little treat to get me through this 8am class with a side of jurisprudence

going minimal in 2020 ✨

So here’s the study plan today. I’m gonna have two study sessions of three hours each. The goal is to finish all the pending lectures. I’m gonna take a couple hours between the two sessions to either sleep or eat or both. If I finish the lectures today, that’s great! But if I don’t, I’m not gonna beat myself up over it. I tried my best and that’s what matters.