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180424 • 2/100 days of productivity

I'm officially graduating next week!!!! I'm kinda nervous, but from then on I can focus on doing what I love doing best = tufting!!! (but also looking for a job bc economic stability).

I talked about opening my shop this month but unfortunately I had so much going on that I wasn't able to give it my full focus. I managed to make some new pieces for the various markets I attended, but now most of these works are in a small concept store in Belgrade!

Anyway, I will be opening commission slots in May for international orders, so if anyone is interested, my inbox is open!! I will be posting more info and making an official post later this week 🌷

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📚 10.05.2024 // I went back home at my parents' house as I'm working at the pharmacy tomorrow :))

Then I went on a short walk around my neighborhood to check some box libraries and get fresh air 🩷

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Thursday, May 9, 2024

Not like me at all to finish up my studying while eating lunch and in the car to and from ballet, right? Ha. That sounds exactly like me as of late. No wonder I've felt tired. I am not giving myself much of a break. But I tell myself that I only have a week left and Julien is going to be home soon, and it will be better to study extra now so I can spend more time with my brother when he gets back for the summer. It's only a few more days, and I'll get to see him again. I know I saw him over the winter holidays, but it was not long enough! Yet, I'm going to be gone for a lot of the summer too. It will be okay.

Mom is coming with us on one summer trip as a chaperone, partially because they needed more volunteers and we can afford to pay for a second trip (the cost for one person is pretty high). She wasn't going to at first, but I said it was okay and that it would give Dad and Julien time to be together and us time to be together, as long as she didn't umbrella (hover over) me during the trip, which she promised she wouldn't.

Tomorrow is my harmony exam! I can't believe it is here already! I've been studying during my piano practice times, but this exam is so difficult! Then again I didn't think I would score a distinction in my Advanced Foundation exam so maybe I'll get a higher mark on this than I'm expecting. Then again, I am more serious about ballet than I am piano, though I am still fairly serious about piano too. As long as I pass, that is all that matters. All I need is a 60, and I am good. Albeit, that is only a pass with no honors, but I am praying for a 60 minimum. Although, if I don't overthink like I sometimes do, I could manage at least a 70 I think.

All that being said, I may not get the chance to post tomorrow since my exam is at 9:30 and will take about 3 hours. I will be doing all of my school work of the afternoon before ballet and anything I don't finish on Saturday morning after breakfast if I need to.

I can do this! I am an amazing and awesome human being! I will not doubt myself. I will trust in my abilities because I have worked hard this entire year and I am as ready as I can be. I've got this!

Tasks Completed:

Geometry - 3rd and 4th quarter quarter review

Lit and Comp II - Reviewed Units 10-11 vocabulary + read the news + worked on non-fiction writing assignment (due next Thursday) + CLEP Test practice question + copied/reviewed final study sheet 2

Spanish 2 - Reviewed Los Deportes y El Cuerpo vocabularios + reviewed hacer + que

Bible I - Read Matthew 22

World History - Read about Al-Qaeda + read about ISIS + read about HAMAS + watched a 20-minute video on the origins of HAMAS and its connection to Hitler + watched video on why Al-Qaeda and ISIS hate each other + answered questions on terrorism

Biology with Lab - Learned about worms + filled in graphic organizer chart (next three sections) + continued germination lab

Foundations - Read the definition of wisdom + read another article displaying media bias + read about bias in elections with changing legislation + started writing my argumentative speech

Piano - Practiced for two hours in one hour split sessions

Khan Academy - Completed High School Geometry daily mastery challenge + completed High School biology daily mastery challenge + completed World History Unit 2 test (71% - apparently I need to study this area bit more :|)

CLEP - Completed Sample CLEP Test Questions 76-90

Streaming - Watched The Cuba Libre Story Episode 9

Duolingo - Studied for approximately 30 minutes (Spanish, French, Chinese) + completed daily quests

Reading - Read pages 1-34 of The Weight of Our Sky by Hanna Alkaf

Chores - Put away the dishes + took the trash out

Activities of the Day:

Personal Bible Study (Ecclesiastes 7)

Ballet

Pointe

Journal/Mindfulness

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☀️ 13.02.2024 // still really really tired but I somehow managed to go through it and study (with coffee!). I reviewed the treatment of heart failure, which wasn't an easy thing as the potassium-sparing diuretic were reaaaally difficult for me to understand. But I got it!!

Anyway, I hope I'll get some (better) sleep tonight and some rest tomorrow 💛

🧾 logs

glasses of water : 💧💧💧💧

hours of study : 3h (+ 4h of lectures)

hours of sleep : 8h30

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12.05.2024 [😊]

🎻: 이모 공연 보러 간 날/ The day I went to see my aunt’s performance

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Won't stop until i get what i deserve

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So many idiots have masters degrees maybe I could be the next

#studyspo #studywithsamsa #how I feel going forward even though I also know I'm smart in my field XD

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5/8/2024

Sunny mornings 🌤️ vs rainy afternoons ☔️

Taking a break at my local cafe, we’re moving next week so I’m trying to psych myself up for a cross-country UHaul trip. Lots of little things to do and I’ve been feeling overwhelmed even though I have no more med school stuff to do until graduation day.

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day 3/62 of The Tatami Galaxy Challenge🌊

🕕 act 1 🕧

🌙 woke up at 6:00 💻 alignment against node-set 1/2 complete 📚 finished reading Piranesi by Susana Clarke on my commute to work and. yeah. wow. nothing i say would do justice to the experience that was this book 10/10 no notes 💻 finalized node-set 2/2

🕐 act 2 🕕

🥘 made myself lunch 📬 got provisional authorization for internship documents 📬 set up a meeting with my guide on Monday 📚 reread (bits and pieces) of Piranesi + completed annotation of hardback

🕕 act 3 🕛

🩰 learnt the chorus of LALALI by SVT (the mv came out recently im obsessed… 🤌) 💻 running alignment for node-set 2/2 🧹 kitchen cleaning + the dishes 📰 10/10 new words for vocab 💌 spoke to my best friend for a while 📺 Welcome to Samdalri

🔄 before the loop ends 🔄

💧 ~6 glasses 🔋 i woke up tired :/ at first i worried that the past two days already tired me out but then i got the worst cramps ever and realized it isn't that T-T i'm relieved but also frustrated bc that means I have to deal with atleast a week of exhaustion and pain :(( 📴 2hrs phone + ~2hrs tv shows etc 🌷 it was a messy day, I was expecting to get some documents authorized by my guide and she didn't show up although she said she would... and now deadline quite near... i spent a lot of my evening frustrated and irritable... 🌷 in addition to this, I'm home alone (my family is away for my aunt's wedding) and alongside the irritation and fatigue I just feel... kinda lonely at home rn :" 🌙 went to bed at 12am... couldn't really sleep bc of cramps so I put on netflix as background noise but then I got too engrossed and only ended up sleeping at around 1:30am....

fin. ⌛

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Software Engineer Project Diaries 👩‍💻 A Week In The Life 💻📂🏢

i mentioned towards the end of my last challenge that i've been assigned my third project to lead! i've been so excited to give more updates but my last few days have been PACKED with supporting other ongoing initiatives in addition to planning this project.

if you haven't read my SWE diaries before/aren't familiar with software engineering practices, here's a super quick summary of everything that goes into project planning:

meetings and scope negotiation with product team

research

architecture design

engineering review meetings

breaking everything down into tickets

this week — meeting with design team

it's a lot, but this week we're scheduled to finally start actual execution! let's gooo~

Monday

🌊 the calm before the storm. technically not the official start just yet since we have other work that needs closing out first.

👀 peer-review code

🤝 help an over-capacity colleague

🐞 bug fix

Tuesday

❗ it's starting!!! and i'm determined not to burn out this time 😤 so instead of a crazy sprint of multi-tasking, i'm going to try to focus more, delegate better, and take breaks when i need them!

⏪ previous sprint retrospective

⏰ the last big planning meeting

📑 project admin duties

🐞 bug investigations

Wednesday

🥲 today i heard that some good colleagues are leaving the company. i'm cheering for them of course, but also sad that i won't get to work with them anymore 😔

🎮 team social

🔪 kill old code

🤝 meeting with colleague

🎨 meeting with design team

🐞 bug fix

Thursday

🎧 i rarely get true focus time, so i found a cute coding lo-fi playlist to set the mood and fully intended on romanticizing the heck out of it... that lasted at most 16 minutes at a time 🤡 there's just too much going on today 😵‍💫

🏢 department meeting

🖥️ focus time for coding, yay!

🤝 meeting with my manager

🖥️ focus time for coding, yay! (pt. 2)

Friday

🥰 i didn't get to start on the project as soon as i thought i would this week, but the important thing is that i feel like i have a good relationship with my colleagues and my work, so i feel motivated to and capable of continuing next week!

🏢 company-wide meeting

⏰ set up meetings for next week

☎️ making some calls~

👀 peer-review code

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sunday, 28 april ❀

exams are getting closer and im getting more nervous…but im also getting confident by going over my anki fcds quicker and quicker when reviewing, although i was learning new cards today ﾟ𐦍༘⋆

5hrs 4 mins on forest timer ♡ 359 anki reviews

♪ of the day | lay all your love on me — ABBA 🎧

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🤍 04.05.2024 🍙

woke up early to go to the farmer's market w friends 🧺🧺

had these little grilled onigiri – kimchi, salmon, tuna

bought some persimmons and kiwis 🥝

ready to submit 1/4 assignments 🤧🤧

diary entry from last night (i love u food stickers)

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Wednesday, 8th May 2024

I’ll be focussing on Hamiltonian & fluids for the next few days since the exam is on Monday… not feeling very prepared yet but hopefully I’ll get there over that time.

🎵The Garroter - Opeth

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Saturday 6th | 15/100 days of productivity ₊ ⊹

Revise Japanese flashcards

Revise French flashcards

Read in French [30m]

Stretch whole body deeply [20m]

Journal in Japanese [10m]

Print exams from past years [20m]

Continue learning about suspension systems

Plan outfits & study sessions for upcoming week

Enjoy your weekend

Keeping myself busy is the only good coping mechanism for my self-doubt. Like, bro, I know what I'm doing trust me pls don't go into existential crisis at 10:00 AM, here *finds another thing to do* ₊꙳⋆ ⊹

🎧♫ ode to vivian - patrick watson

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100/100 Days of Productivity 10 May 2024

This is the last day of this challenge. I have a new one lined up after I take some time off to rest and recover. I'm almost 100% certain that I have academic, and possibly autistic, burnout. Even looking at my study guide book makes me nervous, and cleaning my room today was daunting to the point that it made me want to just go back to bed before I even started. It definitely took a lot of effort to get myself motivated to do much of anything. I need to do some reading (light reading) and maybe watch a few videos on how to get better from burnout, but I think it might be a bit of time spent on my own, trying to work it out.

Other Goals

Cleaned room

Installed walking apps

I let my room kind of fall into a state of mess during my final stretch to get my last paper done, so I spent the time today getting it cleaned up and back to normal. My dad also took some of the heavier trash down to the street since it's almost spring cleaning time when the city I live in allows us residents to bring out larger trash like appliances and furniture and get it hauled away, though most of the time scrappers from around the neighborhood get to it first. I also installed a couple of apps to encourage myself to walk around, since I do not have access to my campus gym anymore and just to the classes that do not require me to be a student to attend. I'll also find some at-home routines to keep exercising. I hope eventually to go to the actual studio of my yoga instructor, because she's so sweet I would be so upset to not have her as my instructor for as long as I can.

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99/100 Days of Productivity 9 May 2024

I graduated! My whole family was very emotional about the event, and I honestly can't help but feel both very proud and also a little in shock. It feels strange to just be done. I did a straight shot through all of school to this point, no break between high school and college, and no break during the pandemic. I both feel like I should perhaps have a break, work for a time rather than go straight to graduate school, but also like I should just keep going. What is definitely the deciding factor is my funds. I don't really have much in the way of money, and I need funds to get myself through a PhD program, so I'll do a part-time job while I apply for other work in my field of interest, and hopefully eventually to a PhD program. I also will spend my new large amount of free time studying for the GRE and FSOT.

Academics

Commencement

Despite planning for the future, today was a celebration of what I've completed! I was pretty exhausted by the end of the ceremony, but before then I went and got breakfast with my dad and grandparents, and I spent to ceremony sitting next to a classmate and friend, chatting about things throughout the ceremony. We talked about what we plan to do after, how we'll keep in touch, and how we're so proud of one another for getting through it. I really wanted to cry by the end but I was wearing makeup and my contacts so I didn't. I might still cry a bit later since I feel so many feelings about having reached the end of my bachelor's degree, and the much longer sprint that started when I first entered school and really picked up when I realized I wanted to go to college and be super successful.

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98/100 Days of Productivity 5 May 2024

I finished my paper and got it submitted a few days ago, but then slept for so long that I couldn't update until now! I hope that others do not mind the backlog of posts I am about to upload.

Academics

Finished study paper

Finishing this paper was so difficult, my editing process is not the best, as I have not had the best time in getting feedback from my professors. They usually say "It's good for this class", even when I know I could improve it to be better. It made going through the edits both this semester and last semester rather difficult since it was the first times I received proper feedback on my work. This means that I'm done! I just have to wait for final grades to come in.

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