what i've been up to lately in the city (grabbing coffee, gallery hopping, exploring potential pottery studios) ! honestly, after the election, the future's been feeling bleak but i'm trying to be optimisitc and show up for my local community. if anyone wants to vent, my dms are always open for you 🫶
reflections on my two weeks living in nyc again, feat. 192 books, a really cool bookstore i found in chelsea 💗 i'm still figuring out the trajectory of this blog but once i start work (tomorrow, eep!), this may just turn into a workblr or nyc "travel" tumblr??
empties (bar prep edition) — i passed the bar exam!!! these are all the pens, highlighters, and white-out i used to study :D once i am fully registered, i will be tea-tuesday, esq.
i'm SO relieved. it's fun to go back and look back at my posts from this summer. although i wish i had posted more, i was so nervous about not passing that i didn't want to take too much time out of studying to take pictures and post them :((
currently doing peachtober for the first time in my hobonichi 5-year🍑 !! i've never been much of an artist but this is my best attempt.. i haven't done today's entry yet but yesterday, i went into the city to trim my bangs and explore union market 📚☕️
recently, i went to visit a friend in nevada and had a great time exploring cafés, bookstores, and vintage shops !! i fell in love with this portable royal typewriter with dark green keys but wasn't able to take it home with me :'((
04/11/15
lazy saturday afternoon: a.p. gov revisions, planning the weekend, and amazon packages
fun confession: this now-defunct/deleted tumblr (study-yrnotes) was my studyblr back in high school !! i don't really have any way to prove it but i will look for my old bullet journal since i'm at my parent's house :D i went a little "viral" with this specific post (this has over 14K notes atm) but back then, way more people were active on tumblr than they are now. also, the studyblr community was really big on consumerism (still is, tbh) but these mildliners had everyone in a chokehold so i "strategically" took a picture with the sets i bought hehe...
i'm really grateful that people reblogged my old posts so i can still find them floating around on the internet, despite me deleting the tumblr after like 5 posts. i got rid of my studyblr because i was self-conscious with the attention and because i started the blog right before i graduated high school, i had no content to post over the summer. i also only use planners for tasks so if i don't have anything to do, the planner will get abandoned. i sometimes think about how my life would've looked like if i maintained my old studyblr but a part of me thinks that i probably would've wasted too much time on it instead of studying (a pitfall with studyblrs, i think). hence, not starting my current studyblr until 3L fall when things became less busy for me :))
09/20/2024
i love autumn but it also makes me feel a little melancholy and wistful (ironic since it also marks the start of a new school year). this is my current read :))
(belated) new pen alert + updating my 5-year hobonichi ! a few months ago, i got a lamy safari in the piña colada colorway. unfortunately, the EF nib was SO scratchy and awful, but i got a replacement nib and switched to a different ink, and it flows much better! it is not my favorite fountain pen but i do love how colorful the body is. i'm also behind on my 5-year hobonichi so i have been filling in past missing entries, such as my trip to copenhagen and stockholm last month 💆♀️ although not being a student anymore feels strange, i have so much time to catch up on my previously neglected journals :))
07/01/2024
a month left and i'm not panicking (i am)...! sorry to juxtapose beautiful flowers with a cursed picture of memorizing crim at like 3 am lmao. hope everyone's having a lovely summer and good luck to those who are also studying over the summer ! summer study squad🌞📚, let's go!!! may we be blessed with good grades, passing scores, and a stress-free autumn🙏
06/18/2024
haven't journaled in a while and i was feeling a little burnt out/sick of desks so i decided to sit in a chair and journal on my laptop case/on my lap instead of at a table. please enjoy this very soothing green plant in natural sunlight🪴💚 i really took delight in resting my eyes on it hehe...
06/13/2024
i'm trying to strike a balance between complaining and uh... not complaining but it's so hard😭 civil procedure has come back to bite me in the ass. it was my lowest grade in law school and one of the densest/most abstract subjects i've encountered, so i am absolutely terrified and shaking in my boots. i'm staying positive, however, and will not let it crush my spirit !!!
06/09/2024
trying to memorize the law by writing the same things down over and over again 📝 i hate you, real easements and equitable servitudes !!!
from two months ago, when i was busy with my last ever finals (i meant to post this back then)!! my 3L hobonichi ended in march so i had to use the last few grid pages as a weekly schedule bc i wanted to keep the school year contained in one planner, which actually worked out great since i wasn't doing much everyday aside from studying....
06/06/2024
i was trying to stay optimistic yesterday about having to study for the bar but let's just say the optimism comes in waves and i'm much less optimistic today lol..... what's helping me get through it? cute stationery !!!
06/05/2024
i feel like i'm in a groundhog day-esque nightmare in which i wake up in panic, drag myself out of bed, get an oat milk mocha, do bar prep all day, come home, and sleep, just do it all over again the next day..... trying to stay optimistic 😃 when i was in college, all i wanted was to get into a good law school—and now i've graduated from a great law school and i'm studying for the bar!!! past me would be so THRILLED!
05/30/2024
where have i been, you ask? bar prep 24/7, baby!! well more like 24/7 dread about bar prep and only several hours of studying after calming myself down....... the only thing getting me through this tumultuous time is wearing cute shoes, drinking coffee, and using my cute new planner🌼
05/14/2024
i'm back home !! sorry for the radio silence again.... i had to write 5 papers and take an exam for finals and it was emotionally turbulent, to say the least lolol i also graduated! goodbye law school :) i'm going to make a separate post dedicated to it once my pics come in. right now i'm journaling and decompressing after a visit to the national gallery of art (trying not to think about bar prep)....
