it's friday and things are supposed to be lighter because it's the end of the week. you spend your morning journaling, reflecting on how you did this week. you have been so, so busy, with a lot of overtime. but it's alright, you thought. this will make me better in the long run.

you meet up with your friends for brunch before doing some school works in the afternoon. and then, your routine afternoon walk. you have known for a long time now that balance between appreciating the environment, where you are now - the present, is just as important as what you are pursuing. it is self-love, it is self-care. to cap off the night, you watch a movie until you are on a sweet, sweet slumber.

From George Williams College's 1956 yearbook.

My collection of rats and mice, some giant, some playing while the cat's away.

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25|09|2021

20/100 days of productivity

Today really felt like a proper autumn day. It was quite gloomy all day, which felt really cozy. I am still not a hundred percent feeling good, but I am doing my best. I am very proud of myself for still having this habit of reading as the first thing in the morning, as I drink my tea. It feels like the best way to start my morning and I hope I can keep this up in the future. Today I:

Read in the morning

Journaled

Watched and annotated a whole lesson of my prehistory and protohistory class

Read and annotated the additional material related to that

Continued my puzzle while listening to the audiobook of a short story from the Necronomicon by H.P. Lovecraft

Continued reading both Defenceless by @occhicerchiati, and Psychic Witch by Mat Auryn

Started to set up a double spread in my bullet journal to organize what I have to study and what I want to read in October

Now I plan on having a writing session to keep working on the short story I wanted to write for this month. At the beginning of the year I set a goal to write a short story each month. I haven't been super good with it lately but overall it's been mostly a success, and even if I don't finish this story for the very end of September, I will consider myself happy. Because I've had this idea in my brain for so long, so I feel like it's fine if I take a bit longer to get it done.

Saturday morning organization ft. Ipso’s bunny rabbit legs

When rooms must be shared, dividing the territory can help reduce friction. A curtain provides demarcation and neutral walls give both occupants a chance to enjoy their own decoration.

Terence Conran’s New House Book, 1985

to absolutely nobody’s surprise, i’ve procrastinated too much and now i have to work my ass off at an ungodly pace to get my undergrad thesis done in roughly three weeks time. wish me luck

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Late night dissertation writing sessions.

a night-time view of my messy desk as I work through drawing commissions.

studying without the struggle to feel good enough. studying with interest and people to talk to when you don’t understand something. people who get lost in those topics with you over a drink or dinner in the evening, in a cozy bar after a day full of productive hours. walks and bycicle rides in the nights and in the early mornings because you spent the night in some shady apartment or club. motivation because you’re all in this together. happiness because it’s worth it. because you’re not alone.

another view of my desk at 6 am :-)

09.24.21 | it’s friday!! I’m so happy 😭 it has been a tough week because our “break” is going through lectures, attending SGDs, and fulfilling requirements 🥲 we just have no break we are literally burned out. good thing though, it’s med week next week and I bought a karaoke video 😆 happy weekend! 💜

04.07.21// today's the day friends. My last full day of editing my thesis before sending it off to my supervisor tomorrow for first edits (from him). I'll be in this chair for the foreseeable future, wish me luck! ✨📝 IG: flatneedledistillery

Rainy day, messy desk and some books I am currently reading.

26|09|2021

21/100 days of productivity

Today I:

Read for a good half an hour as the first thing in the morning

Watched and annotated a whole lesson of my prehistory and protohistory class

Continued my puzzle while listening to the audiobook of a couple of short stories from the Necronomicon by H.P. Lovecraft

Organized my week of studying (I have a goal of finishing the lessons and extra material by the end of next week)

🎵: Autumn Forest by Adrian von Ziegler

Rabbit rabbit! Happy September — isn’t it weird that September is actually the ninth month?

In 45 BCE, Emperor Julius Augustus Caesar inserted two extra months at the beginning of the Roman calendar to fix its drift from the sun. In 44 BCE, the 5th and 6th months (now the 7th and 8th) were renamed in his honor as July and August, but the rest of the calendar was left as it was. Nero once tried to rename September ‘Germanicus’ but it didn’t catch on, and I for one am glad.

Laura Ashley Style, 1987

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A messy desk with fresh flowers. Five days to submit this dissertation. Then a week until the essay portfolio.

ig: rhiharper

So I heard a clean workspace boosts productivity..

monday, 5th april

picked up some fresh tulips today, decided they deserved their own post + a few pics of my bedroom. i forgot how lovely it is to have flowers nearby :)