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Pride and Prejudice (2005) + tumblr posts (part 1)

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My life has felt so stagnant and some days I just want to skip ahead to living my dreams but for now I'm trying to make myself enjoy February bc it always used to be my favourite month.

I'm rereading Percy Jackson after being inspired by enjoying the show. I want to spend more time outside and at coffee shops and enjoying my days but I can't find the willpower to force myself out of the house sometimes. I keep rewriting the beginning chapters of my book even though my goal is to draft the second half of it this month and I don't think I'm going to make it. I want to write a hundred essays and read every book on my shelf but shrouded in isolation it feels pointless to even get started anymore.

#2024 bullet journal #my bujo #bujo #bullet journal #bujoinspo #my bullet journal #bullet journal 2024 #bujo 2024 #bujo inspo #bujo spread #february #writing #creative writing #writeblr #writerscommunity #percy jackson #pjo #pjo series

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Still working on setting up my 2024 bullet journal (whoops)

I've been having trouble figuring out how I want to write my goals down, but I'm very excited about it all--I'm trying something new bc I liked my 23 23s from last year but didn't actually do most of them 23 times so I'm going more advent calendar-style this year. And I'm going to try a little 2024 memory page, too.

I don't know why I can't get my pictures to rotate the way I took them??? But they're there anyway bc I am very proud of them.

Here's to 2024--I hope it's good to you, and to me.

#my bullet journal #bullet journal #bullet journal setup #bujo #bujoinspo #my bujo #2024 bullet journal #bullet journal 2024 #bujo 2024 #goal setting #season bucket lists #memories #memory keeping #2024

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April book: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck by Mark Manson, another recommendation from my sibling (a favorite of theirs, which I've heard a lot about, but admittedly am not particularly excited about)

I really enjoyed March's Red Queen--it reminded me of Kiera Cass' The Selection? But I think it's a series (?) and I'm not sure I'll read the rest (at least right now). I have a lot going on in my life right now, so I haven't done much reading really I guess, and I've been pretty stressed I don't know. I'm working on it. Just scheduled a doctor's appointment so maybe I'll ask about all my anxiety who knows.

Still have to answer my grad school offer too, anyone have any advice on whether a master's is worth it these days? (I'm probably going to say yes either way I guess but I'd love to hear about it)

#books #reading #tbr #to be read #red queen #the selection #the subtle art of not giving a f*ck #mark manson #april #productivity #grad school applications #graduate school #grad school #any advice?

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March has been a long month for me, and I've got a lot on my mind that I have to figure out in the coming days and weeks. But here's my March theme, I've really enjoyed drawing a little something each week and keeping it low pressure and I loved my February flowers but the March monstera leaf has brought me happiness too.

It took me ages to finish Aristotle and Dante (and I'm not sure I liked it very much) and I put off opening my March book until I finished it and like yeah I could maybe finish it before the end of the month in like three days but I'm not pressuring myself to or anything. The book is Victoria Aveyard's Red Queen, which I've thought about starting a few times and never made it more than a dozen pages in so here goes kids.

#productivity #books #my bujo #bujo #bullet journal #reading #bujo inspo #red queen #victoria aveyard #aristole and dante discover the secrets of the universe #monstera #doodle #march

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My February book! Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

I've started it, but idk there's something I'm not loving about it, at least right now. It's a recommendation from my younger sibling, and we do have different tastes so maybe it's just not my style, but I'm going to give it a shot and maybe I'll like it more by the end.

It maybe doesn't help that I'm also currently reading The Priory of the Orange Tree and I'm loving it, I was worried about it's size but it's been a really quick read for me because I've had a lot of trouble putting it down! I'm maybe 2/3 or 3/4 of the way through, and I was expecting it to take like two months but I'm just loving it--I am starting to worry I'll be disappointed it's over when I finish it though!

#productivity #studyblr #books #reading #wrapped bookshelf #aristotele and dante #aristotle and dante discover the universe #aristole and dante discover the secrets of the universe #aristotle #dante #aristotle and dante #benjamin alire sáenz #the priory of the orange tree #samantha shannon #lgbtq #lgbt fiction

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The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath from ml.books

#I've never read the bell jar #BUT I have that mug #the first lines of literature mug #on the top with all the words #and I love it #it's one of my favorite mugs #10/10 purchase and value

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Happy February! I finished The Lost Apothecary last night (maybe 3-4/5, and I don't think the author has ever applied to grad school), and I'm excited for February. And very proud of my bullet journal spreads for it so you get to see lots of them.

I drew little flowers. I don't know how much I'll keep up with it because it might be a little intensive when I get busier later in the month but I hope I do because they make me happy. February is usually pink or purple for me but I couldn't decide... So I did both. I like the flowers at the top a lot more than the ones at the bottom (I'm sorry they're sideways I'm too lazy to figure out how to fix it).

And here's my weekly--a mix of January and February this week, but I think I will be sticking with basically the same format. Haven't decided which color to use on my daily lists yet but I suppose I'll have to soon.

Here's to a productive month!

#productivity #my bujo #bujo #bullet journal #books #bujo inspo #reading #the lost apothecary #February #january #monthly #monthly spread #weekly #weekly spread #my bullet journal #bullet journal 2023 #flowers

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my pressed flower collection. some are from over 12 years ago!

#a little summer project #i used to press flowers as a little little kid at my granny's house #between pages of the biggest books we could find on her shelf #we'd pick them on country walks #I've tried a few times since #but I want the magic of being five again #also maybe I'm nostalgic becuase when I woke up today it was negative eleven degrees Fahrenheit #and the high is exactly one (1) #I just want to go outside and have it not hurt

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Okay I saw someone on Instagram do a wrapped bookshelf where they wrapped 12 books they owned and hadn't read and I wanted to try it (except I'm usually so busy over the summer I don't have time to read so I'm only doing 10). I enlisted my younger sibling that likes to read to do it with me so we each picked out books (I actually had a hard time so I've got a few surprise recommendations coming to me too) and had the other wrap them so we didn't know which book was which month and since I finally finished Jane Eyre it's time to open my January book!

Also for suspense here's a picture of my reading journal spread too I'm very excited about this.

So January is Sarah Penner's The Lost Apothecary! This is actually a book I received for Christmas and I'm very excited to read it! There's just under a week left in the month but I've been reading a lot since my girlfriend is in Europe until February 1st so I've had a lot of time to myself when she's busy or asleep, so I think I can do it.

#productivity #my reading journal #reading #jane eyre #the lost apothecary #sarah penner #wrapped bookshelf #reading challenge #read #book #books

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Happy January!

I'm trying new things in my bullet journal, but I do always like January to be minimal and usually light blue I think? After my December spreads which are usually busier and bolder it's nice for January to feel calm I guess.

One of the new things I'm trying is tracking my anxiety--I don't have any like formal diagnosis or anything but some days are really hard because of anxiety, from getting dressed to worrying about my girlfriend and my future to inexplicable I-just-feel-really-anxious days. I figured tracking where I'm at would be good to try at least, and that's the little chart you see on the side of the calendar. I've been pretty good about it so far but I'm not counting my chickens yet!

I also do weeklies but I don't have a clean picture of my January set up--it hasn't really changed for the last few months though, since I settled on a post-school format that's been working for me. I don't have a whole lot going on these days so it's mostly for daily to do lists and keeping track of what day it is!

#bujo #my bujo #bullet journal #bujo inspo #productivity #studyblr #anxiety #tracking #january #monthly #calendar #planner #planning

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My 2023 Bullet Journal Set Up

I've had this finished for a couple days but I can't stop wanting to share it so... Here goes:

My future log is split over three pages. I've done the little leaf dividers in all four of my previous bujos, and I really like them bc otherwise I feel like it's very utilitarian. I am trying to decide if I should decorate the months like I usually do (on/around the text I usually do a little doodle--January is snowflakes, May is roses, December is holly, etc) so idk let me know what you think I guess?

Trying a few new things this year: I watched like a million 2023 set up videos on YouTube and saw a couple 23 23s in 2023 spreads, and while I've done level 10 life the last couple years I didn't feel like it's really working for me so I decided to try 23 23s instead. (If you want to know what my 23 things are, I have them figured out now but it took me ages.) I've also included a 2023 cover page, which is a piece of cardstock I taped in. Not pictured are the back of it and the page underneath; taped to the back of the cover page is a letter to myself for 2024, and opposite is my word of the year: assured.

The next two pages are my period tracker (a new inclusion in the start of year set up, as I usually leave it to later in the year, as a collection between January or February weeks. I also set up a wishlist and gift list, which I usually leave to sometime in October-December but figured I'd go ahead and include it up front this year. My last page is a budget spread, which I've never used before but I'd really like to get into budgeting as I like become more of an adult, so my first step is going to be tracking my monthly income and expenses here. I also have a monthly envelope for monthly expense tracking and like receipts and things, but I don't really know how it's going to work for me because I've never used anything before.

And that's my start of year set up! I'm using a leuchtturm 1917 with 120 gsm paper, which is new bc normally I just use a normal 1917. I wanted thicker paper this year but I love the features of the leuchtturm so this was a good compromise for me. I also got some new pens for Christmas, which I used lots in my set up too. And I'm loving using my journal already, so hopefully that keeps up too. Here's to a great 2023!

#my bujo #bujo #bullet journal #bujo inspo #bullet journal 2023 #bullet journal setup #productivity #my bullet journal #happy 2023 #new year #new journal

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Okay it's been forever since I posted but I graduated so that's like okay I guess.

Happy December! I'm very into the season this year bc my life has been not very exciting since the summer and I'm trying to distract myself from being overwhelmed about grad school applications so here's day one of my bullet journal advent calendar!

I have so many extra pages this year bc I've been using it differently since I finished school that I ended up cutting the boxes out and attaching the cut-out-page to the one beneath it on either side so I'm using up 4 whole pages which still leaves me with tons of extras which is why I'm using dutch doors for my dailies and also made a cover page for December which I usually don't do. But I'm figuring out what works and very excited to celebrate the holidays this year!

#bullet journal #bujo inspo #bujo #my bujo #studyblr #productivity #grad school applications #grad school #not studying #lol #december #christmas #advent calendar #happy holidays!

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Hi yes it's been just over one full week since my college graduation and I don't know what to do with myself??? I'm just sitting around waiting for my summer camp training, another week and a half away, and then I have to figure out what to do in the fall too??? 0/10 I want to go back to college already

#studyblr #studyspo #studying #study #help #graduation #graduate #i want to go to grad school #too bad they didn't accept me #guess I'll just have to reapply in the fall #summer camp #camp #summer job #I'm not ready to be a real adult yet #candle

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Sat outside to do some work yesterday because it's finally nice here! Today's the last day of classes for the semester (though I have a dress rehearsal tomorrow and no classes today) and it feels like there's a lot to get done

I've been putting things off because every time I turn something in it makes the fact that I'll be graduating in just over a week more real and that's very scary but everything's due so it's time to put in the work and get ready to be done!

#studyblr #studyspo #studying #study #productivity #help #spring #end of semester #senior year #god i wish i was going to grad school #but i didnt get in so I'll have to reapply #college #university #undergraduate #nearly done! #yikes #I'm so scared

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Weekend visit to my girlfriend to get my mind off the impending end of semester and thus my upcoming graduation. I have so much to do in the next week or two--but for now, rereading a good book on the bus trip.

#studyblr #studyspo #studying #study #productivity #books #help #public transportation #the hobbit #jrr tolkien #my girlfriend has a concert tomorrow #but I just can't wait to see her #senior #graduation #end of year #take care of yourselves!

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Trying to force myself to eat even though I'm already anxious about today because my senior thesis defense is this afternoon!!! I'm sure it'll be fine... But I'm still nervous!

#studyblr #studyspo #studying #study #productivity #books #help #senior thesis #essay #breakfast #coffee #not studying #anxious #yikes #my desk #also #my defense is 3:30-5:30 #and my girlfriend has a band recording starting at like 4 or 4:30 or something #so she can't have her phone until 6:30 and then they record again at 7:30 #so i won't be able to talk to her until pretty late #:( #I'm just hoping not to cry #theyre going to ask me about plans for my future #and i dont have any