#and then uni was ruined by Covid

[an-internet-introvert]

Shout out to Dan for interrupting me while I am watching Dan

#watching this video is making me realise how much of this took on at uni #I left my door open and I got to know a lot of people and made a few friends because of it #I remember someone asking me why I left my door open and it was because of this video #I also joined clubs #to bad COVID ruined my first year #dan and phil #mine

[supercantaloupe]

ughh listening to victoria always makes me wish i was in a chamber choir again

#i mean i AM in a chamber choir technically #but it's on hiatus rn for the summer i think we're starting up again with the fall semester #and it's like. small informal amateur group #and we're not bad dgmw but. maaan what i wouldn't give to go back to the blessed one and a half semesters in freshman year #when we still had a proper chamber choir at my uni and i was in it. before covid ruined everything #easily the best choir i've ever been in and the most fun i've had singing in a choral setting i think #i think it beats out my allstate years too. cause as fun as allstate was it was also like 120 people #chamber choir was like. 35. and i loooooove love love chamber music #anyway. i like the group i'm in now and i think it's cool that we focus on early and renaissance music #like i don't think we even ventured into the baroque era at all last concert #and there really is some fantastic early choir music that survives #but i do miss being in a slightly more. idk. formal? official(tm)? chamber choir #with the early music yes but also more recent stuff. poulenc. rutter. whitaker. shaw... #oughh. to sing the kind of stuff that roomful of teeth does. that would be MAGICAL #sasha speaks

[agnesmontague]

This is very random but I thought you should know that I saw a streetlight flick on behind a lilac bush earlier and immediately thought of your jmart story ♡

not me actually tearing up for real.... it's the season of the lilacs again and i will personally wreathe jmart in flowers

[the fic in question]

#tma #i conceived of that fic while walking down a lilac-filled street near my uni and 4 years later... we're back down memory lane #rambles #thank you cir <333333 #eta: it's been 3 years not 4 but covid has ruined my sense of time #jonmartin

[adore-gregor]

rant

#being sick sucks #just like why?? did this need to happen?? #😑 #it's not even so much being sick itself which sucks but all the things it ruins for you 😭😭 #altough yesterday i felt quite rough really bad headache which makes you feel like run over and bad sore throat #but i can ignore these things quite well if i distract myself yeah so it's alright #i do feel a lot better today after i ate a whole lot because yesterday i didn't eat anything besides lunch bc my sore throat hurt sm #it still hurts but the headache is gone and the groggy feeling mostly #but i had a date today with this guy from uni or i'm fairly sure it would have been one bc i do think he likes me like he texts me everyday #well i couldn't go 😭😭 i had to reject him we would have gone to the gym and then to watch a tv series he would have cooked for me... #gym even if i'm better now is not a good idea with a bad cold and i wouldn't like to pass it on to him whatever i have #but i feel so bad now 😭🥺 and he saw my message but hasn't responded yet :( i'm so afraid he now thinks i'm not interested 😓 #because we tried so long to meet again by now but i had exams and had to study #i told him in two weeks if we can reaarrange but maybe that was not well worded because it's so long but my uni scedule 🥲 #and i was really looking forward to it #anyways i also had to skip a class yesterday with attendance and now i can only miss it one more time 🥲 #what if i get covid again and would be positive so long that i miss two classes should i just go to class with covid wtf #otherwise failing this class #i so hope nothing will happen again and i just went to class today and tomorrow i will too because i can't risk missing more classes #and i do feel better so it's alright i think it's hardly covid more like a bad cold #and everyone in my classes was sick my friend who sits next to me maybe i got it from her 😅 #also i was so motivated for studying this week now all my plans fell apart 😪 #and i still can't do sports hopefully tomorrow or friday at the very least hopefully on the weekend because i have tennis practice then #i wanted to play tennis with a guy this week even twice but no #today would have been my workout day but ig if i do it by friday i can still finish the schedule until sunday #basically all my plans for this week were useless i feel so behind on so many things how am i ever gonna catch up again #i wanted to do 3-4.5 hours of studying every day but all i did is my homework :(( #i might study a bit for the medicine entrance exam now i guess it's better than nothing #how being sick can mess up your whole schedule and progress it sucks sm :(( #you see i'm feeling very sorry for myself 😅 ignore

[fearthecoldblood]

i need to stop sleeping in til basically 12pm but i also don’t want to..........

#( 𝖆𝖉𝖒𝖎𝖓 𝖕𝖔𝖘𝖙 . ) #covid ruined my sleep schedule #i used to be a 8-9am er #up for work at 4am #then i had to give up my job and uni started #and everything went to shit #cw negativity #just jokes but tagging just incase #i rly need to stop the 3am bedtimes but my bf is basically nocturnal at this point

[n4b3]

I have officially lost 10kg from the 20 i gained in the pandemic 🥹🥹🥹

#MY HARD WORK PAYED OFF!!! #but also im sad bc i got covid three weeks ago couldn't do any exercise and now i have covid rebound and ruined everything from me 💀 #txt #i had like this three months lose weight regime but covid ruined everything from me #but also in a way its good bc once i enter uni i have to change my whole exercise schedule bc y'know university lol

[pixiestudiesstuff]

I haven’t done anything for uni since february and all I wanna do is just drop out but I can’t do that to my family

like they can’t have one daughter to have never had her a levels and one daughter, me, who started uni, dropped out, started studying something else, took a year longer and then decided to drop out again.

I feel like such a failure but covid hitting right when I started my second semester ruined everything. I love uni, i love studying but I’ll never get those 2 years back and I’ve just lost all motivation

#mine #education student #motivation #psychology student #psychology studyblr #study hard #studyblr #study space #study blog #study notes #dropping out #disappointment #university

[wewontdieunbloomed]

this is part two of unlearning the bad things i unconsciously learnt from last year.

part one was the negative default pessimism i fall in to, which i keep calling it me being emo which means i dwell in my “misery” for far too long, instead of trying to think of something positive to get myself moving out of the bad zone i am in. as we are often told, sadness and negativity gets comforting, it feels like you are protecting yourself. but one cannot see beauty in life and find joy for oneself if one does not make oneself vulnerable.

and so making myself vulnerable is what ive been doing. trying to romanticise this state that im in, a liminal space, at crossroads. its not the most ideal, too many things are unknown and for the first time in my life im dealing with having barely any structure to my days, with nothing to do yet so much i should do.

it took me quite a while to stop lamenting this unknown and start returning to the foundations i built this blog and my entire philosophy off, the whole concept of “lest we die unbloomed” of making sure i dont realise one day ive wasted my time. and in small parts i like to think ive made progress on that

the focus now is the second part. i lost a lot of my attention span and impulse control, and today i reached a horrible point where i am sitting on the kitchen floor at 9 with no dinner, having ruined my microwave dinner out of a lack of common sense. i am not sure if all this recent muddling is because of covid brain fog or the horrifying amount of screen time i have had recently, but i was so sick of it. i have done a lot of things on impulse recently, and though today i had a really fulfilling day spending time with people i havent in a long time, when i got home and im back to reality of the things i havent done and been procrastinating for too long on, i felt horrible. this need to change, i realised.

so this is part two. it calls back to one of the values i set as something important to myself, being honest with myself. i know what im doing now is not working. i know that even though i use my planner im not sticking to it. i know my todo lists are not helping me. then why do i stubbornly stick to methods i know dont work? i told myself a year ago i would not change my system if it doesnt need to be changed. i have forgotten that i need to change it when it does. how silly! so im changing.

so in the last 2 hours in order to get myself up ive written todo lists on paper instead of in my journal. used a timer for every single step from shower to sweeping the floor to brushing my teeth. enough lazing around and letting simple things occupy too much time. its a parkinsons law thing.

enough doomscrolling and opening instagram when i have nothing to do. im setting a limit for a block of time in the day where i am not allowed to use social media, pwrhaps not any internet at all. i need to make drastic change, even if it seems inconsequential. it might not be academic but its personal. and my personal life and what i want to do with my time is worth taking big measures for, because it should be more important than all that revision for exams i used to do.

so the point f this ramble is to clear things out with myself. make some sense of whats goijg on. have a direction. tomorrow i have an interview. ill come home and do the chores i have to. prepare for my afternoon activity. go for lunch and my afternoon appointment. go for a run. buy dinner. write my applications. research on uni stuff. read a book. and all the other tint things i need to give more importance to even though they seem inconsequential. it sa new mantra ive gotten into ever since part one of this. that “this is the way” this is the new way. enough lazing. its time to go hard and be rurhless. take things up a notch because when else can i do it? go big from experiences to measures i have to take to discipline myself. this is the way.

04.04.2023

#productivity #motivation #100 days of productivity #self improvement #student #lifestyle

[ochipi]

Hey, I'm a high school student in Australia. I love history but honestly cannot stand the though of being in school any longer once I graduate. What can I do that will just allow me to get out on sites and have experience?

Hm tough question.

I’m very unfamiliar with how heritage is organized in Australia, but for the longest time loads of people could end up in archaeology. Lots of them are farmers or gardeners. Or just crane diggers.

I absolutely had to drag myself though high school, and COVID ruined my last two years at uni heavily, but I’m still glad I did it.

You can try to volunteer at a site or for a company. Washing finds, helping in the field. Maybe even as a student job. See what it feels like. Maybe if you enjoy it very much, you will find enough motivation to try uni. Uni is completely different than high school. There may be classes you wouldn’t enjoy as much as others, but it’s liberating to be among people with the same interests as you, yet also so different to each other as well. And you do learn loads of cool things. We once spend half an hour discussing the invention of wheelbarrows in class. It’s just fun. And having any type of diploma, no matter which one is a bonus, you’ll get better payment because you have it.

My honest advise, offer your services to a company (always helps), if you’re lucky you can find a way to stick around, but I would most love it for you to spark the motivation to continue education, in the end increasing your chances to actually work in the field anyway.

Good luck!

#archaeology #anon #field archaeology

[novellagg]

NOVELLA's Most Recent Relationships

Characters: All of NOVELLA ft. Kim Do-Hyun(OC), Ahn Min-Seok(OC), Bae Ji-Woo(OC), and other (unnamed) characters

POV: Omniscient Author (me)

Warnings: Ae-Cha was in an emotionally abusive/toxic relationship, homophobia is also mentioned

───

♡ Min Su-Jin + Kim Do-Hyun (2021 - present)

Kim Do-Hyun (’97) was a friend Sujin made while she was still attending university. They met through mutual friends while out drinking (before she was scouted), but back then, they both had zero feelings for each other (Sujin was happily single, and Do-Hyun already had a girlfriend) and they weren't very close friends either.

However, they remained in contact until Sujin dropped out in 2018 to focus on her upcoming debut, and Do-Hyun joined the military that same year. He had no idea where she disappeared to because he, along with most of her other uni friends, never knew she was a trainee. Eventually, a little while after her debut, he started to see her face on social media. He's not into Kpop at all, but once he noticed Sujin, he began watching NOVELLA's performances out of curiosity.

They finally reunited in 2020 (pre-lockdown) during a military dischargement party with some of their mutual friends. After their reunion, they became a lot closer, and Do-Hyun even started developing a little crush. This time around, Sujin was dating someone else (an idol), but they quickly broke up due to covid. It definitely took Sujin a lot longer to fall for Do-Hyun after breaking up with her boyfriend. Dating as an idol, especially with a non-celeb, is extremely hard, and she didn't want to ruin the friendship they had.

In September 2021, when covid restrictions 'started lifting' and idol life was beginning to go back to ‘normal’, Do-Hyun just decided to bite the bullet and ask her out. (The exact scenario was something like; Sujin said she would probably be going on tour in January, and Do-Hyun couldn't wait any longer to ask her out). Sujin initially protested, saying that it wouldn't work and yada yada yada, but it just went in one ear and out the other. They have now been dating for over two years and have even met eachothers families.

THEY'RE END GAME YOUR HONOUR!! (ノД｀)ノ

♡ Kim Haeun + ? (2022 - 2022)

Haeun has had a couple of boyfriends, but none of them were really memorable. Her most recent boyfriend was also an idol, as are most of her exes, and they had a very quiet relationship that eventually ended due to conflicting schedules and dying feelings.

The relationship lasted, maybe 9 months or so? And I think after this, Haeun decided that dating is kind of a waste of time for her since she feels like it won't lead to anything, at least not for the next 5 years.

Since her breakup, she has yet to engage in anything 'serious ' or 'exclusive '.

♡ Choi Aecha + ? (2020 - 2023)

OK, so... Aecha's love life is kinda messy.

She has/has had some major co-dependency issues which attracted some questionable men.

The current man in question was OK at first. They originally broke up mid covid because they never got to see each other, but afterwards, they began a weird 'on and off' situation. Between 2021-2022, they had broken up at least 5 times, and it was mostly because our 'king' got caught cheating on her with multiple different girls.

But Aecha, being stupidly gullible and emotionally dependent, would take him back. every. time.

The man would go from 'I'm so sorry baby I didn't mean to, I was just drunk and lonely when you were out of town', to, 'well maybe I wouldn't be seeing other girls if you payed more attention to me', to, 'do you even still love me?! In fact, I should be breaking up with you!'

In early 2023, after a particularly rough fight, members Haeun, Sujin, and Dambi staged an intervention where they finally convinced Aecha to break it off for good. Since then, she has not been in contact with her ex at all, and is taking an overall break from dating.

♡ Yoon Eunjeong + Ahn Min-Seok (2023 - present)

Ahn Min-Seok (’96 ) is a famous Korean actor (oc) who mainly stars in romance Kdramas. Eun-Jeong is friends with a lot of actors, so they met for the first time during a mutual friends’ birthday party (April). They've only been dating for like a month or two (Oct), but started ‘talking’ back in April.

♡ Kim Dambi + Bae Ji-Woo (2019 - 2020)

NOOO, THEY SHOULD'VE BEEN END GAME (　ＴДＴ)

So basically, Dambi is a lesbian. Her and Ji-Woo dated for about 9 months (Sept - May) and they were literally in love, in fact, Dambi is definitely still in love with her and has made multiple songs for/about her (e.g. Oh My God).

Unfortunately, homophobia is real 💔, and they both knew that they'd likely never be able to freely be a couple, which wasn't fair on either of them. So, they mutually decided to break it off on good terms, but it hurt too much to remain as friends so they decided to cut contact.

♡ Kang Nari + ? (2023 - 2023)

Another typical relationship with another random idol.

Yada yada yada, conflicting schedules, blah blah blah, mutual break up.

Nari has had a few other relationships that have ended similarly, but unlike Haeun, she's still striving to find her dream SuHyun relationship.

♡ Hiramatsu Aina + Not Applicable (∞)

＿|￣|○ she's actually a loser.

She has 0 idol friends outside her group, and I mean literally 0.

It's not like she doesn't want friends, she just genuinely can't make any (anxiety is a disease). Also she's very busy, like she probably spends 90% of her free time producing music or something, she is ADDICTED.

She wants to be in a relationship and doesn't at the same time. On one hand, she's envious of Sujin and all of the couples minus Aecha's situation surrounding her, but at the same time, she doesn't want a partner taking up her already nonexistent free time.

#fake kpop group #fictional idol community #fictional idol group #kpop oc #kpop female oc #fictional kpop idol #idol oc #fictional idol oc #fake kpop girl group #fictional kpop community #fanfic #NovellaGG #.𖥔 ݁ ˖.𖥔 ݁ ˖ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ . ── (ᴡʀɪᴛɪɴɢꜱ)

[cowardstiel]

i've lasted until NOW to get covid. literally two weeks back into uni is all it took to ruin my perfect run

#absolutely devo abt this #covid free until 2023 :( very sad #my post

[chaotic-language-journey]

Welp, Uni started this week…..guess who got covid?

Covid ruining my plans to be a good productive student like:

#don’t fucking get covid it sucks mega donkey balls #langblr #studyblr #japanese #language learning #japan #my study blog #my studyblr #日本語 #adhd #adult adhd #uni #university #uni life #help me #covid #covid sucks

[petittfleurr]

i HAVEEE to remind myself of fuckjng course im not “far” in life because im TWENTY ONE aaand i literally had to use all my savings for top surgery, my uni experience was completely ruined by covid and constant family trauma, my parents Should divorce; like cmon now bro im being set up the mere fact im alive is literally enough

#bye #talks

[writingmochi]

omg i can't wait for it already just from the little backstory! it's giving me slice of life and coming of age i can't wait bc i love those types of genres!! honestly, it's so annoying that covid ruined your senior year but at least we can read about what it would have been like!!

are you doing anything this summer? any plans at all?

-🐯

lissie: aww thank you! it definitely has them + more about teens in existential crisis. like, it is one of the biggest changes in one's life and it might relate to everyone. i've had imagines of what could be if i have a regular senior year, especially since i got my driver's licence around that time too. i could still imagine me and my friends driving away from school to then hang out at the mall still in our uniforms on

what i'll be doing in the break (cause there is no summer in the equator)... probably finishing as many wips as i can. i have this schedule for my wips that i hope i can meet each month. other than that, i'm going on vacation at the end of july for a week and I'll be going to txt's concert in august. more random shenanigans might happen irl but i want to not think much about uni and in a way, do some healing too...

#message to the moon #messenger: boba-beom

[vgilantee]

that sounds so interesting to study!!!

covid ruined a lot of things tbh

it's definitely been really interesting!

because it's a BA and not a bachelor of psych, i haven't had to do a lot of the research requirements, and instead it's been more stats based and also choosing things, which is good because i'm more interested in social psychology. (the only reason i'm doing econ is because i stared my degree as a double major in psych and econ, but decided i hated econ and wanted to drop it. but i was a year in and didn't want to waste the time and effort i'd put in)

i started my ancient history minor a year and a half in, and i am so glad i did. i missed doing history so much :(. the electives i've done were really all over the place; a good freedom with doing a BA lmao

oh definitely! i struggle so much with online learning. with my uni, grades are on a scale of 1-7, 7 being the highest, and 4 being the minimum required to pass. the first covid semester i got two 2's (big big fails). i retook one of those classes and got a 5. which... really shows that if i'm in person i can do so much better (also my gpa got FUCKED. it took my nearly 2 years to bring it back above a 4.0, which is the minimum to pass)

#˚:✧｡• paper bin #˚:✧｡• anon #i can rant about how fucked i got by covid with my grades for ages #but it does require explaining australian unis specifically qld unis #which... lot of effort lmao

[seoafin]

So sorry if this is considered invasive to you, what year are you to study abroad? is this your last year in uni?

hahahaa yes I'm a senior graduating this may I was supposed to go to france in my sophomore year but as we all know covid ruined those plans lmfao so I decided to just go my first sem of senior year which a lot of seniors don't do. but surprisingly there were a lot of seniors at my study abroad location!

#i think Covid messed up plans for a lot of ppl there were a lot more seniors abroad than I would've thought #i am also planning to go abroad after grad for most likely grad school so 😫 #ask