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wednesday, 09/05/18 — 19:45 (19/26)

☕️ breakfast & hazelnut milk coffee 🚲 cognitive level of analysis: psych revision

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Alhambra, Granada, Spain (by Jorge Salas)

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2/1/18 | 9:15 am- Woke up at 6 am, missed my 7 am kickboxing class, headed to the gym instead and grabbed breakfast. Now I need to write my daily to-do list. I have one class today at 12:30 and after, I’m spending the entire day at the library. (That was just so all over the place my b)

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History student falls in love with astrophysics student by Keaton St. James

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[poem text: listen, nine hundred and fifty years before jesus was a child shaking willow leaves out of his tangled curls, the author of the song of solomon wrote: behold, you are beautiful; your eyes are doves.

what i’m trying to say is that, in this universe which sculpted itself from a baptism of fire, i am the moon swept up by your tenderness. you’ve got me dreaming foreign words: gravity, ellipsis, perigee, until all i can think about is becoming anchored into orbit around the saltwater-green landscape of your laughter.

listen, plato of ancient greece wrote that the souls we each have now are only halves. that in a frenzy of blood zeus severed us from each other, so we rely on the blind tugging of our hearts. you say my name and i want to knit my bones into your bones, smooth away the boundaries of our heartbeats.

what i’m trying to say is that if the temperature inside those wild pockets of interstellar dust hits right near absolute zero, carbon monoxide and dihydrogen molecules condense together in the dark nebula to form stars. if you’re ready, i want to make you shiver like that. /end poem text.]

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monday, july 20th 🦋

tomorrow is my last exam ever!!!! i have to hold a history presentation, after that i’m freeee!!! 

wish me luck cause i need at least 6 points (out of 15) for my 1,0

it’s finally getting warmer, i can’t wait to enjoy summer (best as possible..)

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11.11

My kitten keeps me company during the long hours of studying.

How do you cope with the stress of school?

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good emotional skills to know 4 college but also in general

this is stuff that i’ve found helpful and am in the process of working on. they may not be achievable for you without help and may not work for your specific circumstance, but this is a list of suggestions that you might be able to think about. i am also not a mental health professional so please do feel free to contradict me!!

self soothing.  having a toolbox to take care of yourself by yourself. bc sometimes nobody else is available and you just gotta put some lotion on, listen to a tune, and go to bed early. 

checking in. checking in with yourself to see if you’re okay. knowing how to alter your strategies when your strategies aren’t working. knowing when your strategies aren’t working. this is just taking some time every day to reflect on what goals you didn’t meet and why and what you can do to fix that.

there’s nothing you “should” be doing. if you get caught up thinking “i should be doing x” that’s false! stop that! “should” be doing better implies that you have some obligation to do whatever it is that you “should” be doing. you don’t owe anybody except yourself. analyze why you think you should be doing that thing and change that into…. “i want to be doing x because…” or “doing x will make me happier, because…”. overall, more productive and less self-shamey. 

disconnecting from the crowd. eating in a crowded dining hall can be stressful! knowing how to be alone in a crowd and stay calm is helpful

being okay with being alone.  tbh college is kind of… being alone a lot, in my experience. even though you’re surrounded by people, a lot of time is spent alone. making friends is hard. your friends have different schedules. you’re busy. shit sucks. we make the best of it.

knowing yourself. this relates to a lot of what i’ve already said but like. knowing your emotional state and knowing what helps trick the monkey brain is helpful. stop repressing your feelings, friends.

talking to strangers. ordering from a menu! paying library fines. going to office hours. asking for a cashier at the register if there isn’t one. ya this is hard. ya you gotta expose yourself. sometimes i just try playing a persona. like this isn’t me ordering a sandwich. this is a cool me who knows how to talk to people who is ordering a sandwich.

you don’t have to be friends with your roommates. you just have to live together in a way that doesn’t make you two hate each other. ideally, you two will coexist in a way that doesn’t interfere with the other’s daily life.

give and taking. on the topic of roommates, sometimes your roommate can be a shitty person, but sometimes you are the shitty person! give a little but if they’re negatively impacting your life, communicate.

communicating during disagreements. explain what your emotions are instead of blaming them. “i feel hurt when you…” or “i feel frustrated when” or “i feel unappreciated when.” if things get heated, ask if you both can take a ten minute break and then come back. and don’t bring up disagreements when the other party is preoccupied or going somewhere. you can legitimately schedule a discussion.

it’s okay to apologize. learning to swallow your pride gets easier each time.

knowing that people work differently than you. some people are not gonna click with you and it’s gonna seem like they have this whole brain process up there that is totally unlike yours. and yeah! that’s how it is. and that’s chill if they aren’t hurting anyone else. work with them and be flexible!! 

comforting people. you will probably/definitely see someone cry! hell if i know how to comfort people. someone please help. but some things i’ve learned are: 1) different people need different things. different people need different things! 2) people need different things at different times. 3) you can ask them what they want and it won’t be weird. 4) apparently a lot of people like hugs? but ask. and it’s okay to not want a hug. 5) just show that you care in some way if you don’t know what they need. i used to think that if somebody needed to tell me what they needed it was a sign that i just didn’t know them well enough and we weren’t compatible or i wasn’t being a good friend. that’s fake! friendship isn’t based off of fitting naturally in every way and making an effort to be good for them is important.

knowing it’s okay to not be liked by everyone. it’s okay if strangers think you’re dumb because you said something dumb in public. you know you’re not dumb. it’s okay if not everybody you meet likes you. it’s okay if you do something cringey. everybody has their own shit to deal with and you will not shatter their world.  grow and move on!

forgiving yourself. i’m trying this new thing where when i feel embarrassed about something i say. out loud. “i forgive myself.” and then i just try to grow from that and move on without getting caught in a spiral of shame.

knowing what you need vs what you want and what is better at the time. what you need: a shower. what you want: to not do that. solution: take a shower! or maybe what you actually need is to go to sleep? but guess what. you probably know what is good for you. the hard part is actually doing it.

realize that building habits is less work than discipline. emotional effort is expended every time you have to make yourself do something. just make it part of your routine and you’ll just think it’s normal to do all the good things! like, for example, i’m trying to make it a habit to eat structured meals instead of a “eat when i’m hungry” thing because i know that makes me skip meals, which is bad!

you won’t be able to do everything. forgive yourself for that. write down  things that are top priority and focus on them. everything else is not important right now and you shouldn’t beat yourself up for not being able to do them.

your health is important. i’m not saying health will solve all your problems. it won’t! but health will cause a lot of your problems to go away. because let’s face it. not sleeping causes a lot of problems. 

it’s okay to ask for help. we say this a lot but it’s hard to internalize it. here’s a thought: there’s so much shame and hesitation about asking for help so by doing that you’re actually being proactive (which is respectable) and mature, and therefore… not weak or stupid. ask for help even before you need it! most people love to help others. and especially take advantage of people who are OFFERING help. for example: counselors at school or TAs. it’s literally their job. they want to do it. and if you don’t want to talk to anybody in real life, my inbox is always open.

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the only things keeping me sane are books, drawing, online lectures and ghibli movies

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Editing my thesis at the library café ☕

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bullet journal and paintings // coldbujo @ ig

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01.09.2020

“Wishes, dear friend, for confidence and joy.” -Rainer Maria Rilke

Just a few snapshots of some moments in the last few weeks. Autumn is finally upon us and the semester begins soon. I have a practical course next week so I’m studying and preparing for it rn with the help of hot chocolate and my plant friends lol next semester is going to be really demanding especially since (if everything goes right) my second state exam is coming up! I’m going to start preparing for it now so let’s see if I’ll be able to fight my procrastination habits :)

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a few people have asked for a post on how i use onenote, so here’s a quick guide! also obviously not sponsored lol

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8.24.20  ♡  92/100 days of productivity 

First day of pharmacy school! I already feel so overwhelmed with everything we have to do 😥 Our classes were also back to back to back and it was just so long and tiring. Having a group chat with all the students in my class makes it better though. We got ipads for school and I’m still trying to get used to taking notes with it and how to study for all my classes in general. Do you guys have any tips for pharmacy school?

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✨ 🌸 mildliner inspired study playlists🌸 ✨

blue pack (cool)

mostly instrumental music for improved concentration

best for “chill” study sessions i.e. re-reading lessons, rewriting notes, making annotations, flashcards etc

of cool breeze floating gently into the room, causing the edges of curtains to flutter. you look up from your notebook and notice how quiet the world is, how clean your desk is. books are neatly stacked in a corner; the vase has fresh daisies in it. you can hear your soft breathing in the silence.

everything is so calm, and yet you’re crying.

pink pack (neon)

for when you have something due at 7am and it’s already 4am but you’re just 50% done RIP

no really why did you procrastinate???!

YA SO TIRED BUT YA GOTTA GET THAT A

gotta have some power POP instead of power NAP

“I swear I will never do this again!!!”

yellow (warm)

nothing really matters in life anymore; you’re just numb™

but you still have to study because people expect so much of you; you expect so much of you

this is sitting in a room feeling tired and lonely, pale sunset light surrounding you. this is thinking you’re too old for your body; that everything good has already happened.

this is flipping absentmindedly through textbook pages, re-reading every sentence twice because your mind is elsewhere.

and maybe this is about remembering something to live for, even if it’s that one friend, that one tv show

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18/100 days of productivity - july 7, 2018

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Full Moon, August 3rd 2020 ✨

Taken from my telescope 🔭 ✨🌙

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