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Hey I found the #studychallengewithcleo by @that-premed-student and decided to go for it!

Today I’m continuing to work on my Thesis committee meeting presentation right now. Been at it since morning and I’m sure I crossed the 6 hour mark a while back haha

I’m definitely taking breaks in between, and eating food and drinking water/beverages (do be kind to yourself and take care of yourself even if you are stressed)

So currently my work for today is:

Finish analysing my final dataset

Include those graphs on my ppt

Finish including all the info from the tagged papers on my ppt

Make a script and read it 3-5 times before retiring for the night

And ofc overthinking and writing down any Qs I could be asked in that meeting tomorrow and looking up and keeping track of those answers separately.

I think my list is doable… I am hoping my presentation tomorrow goes amazingly well and my committee members greenlit me for my final semester without any issues.

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Day 12&13/100- Nov 26- Sat

Hmm I seemed to have forgotten to post yesterday..

Eh no one cares anyways.

Nothing noteworthy happened yesterday beyond going to lab, being a little sick, not being able to even take a single image on the scope despite spending 3 hours at the lab… but whatever, many days are like that, welcome to grad school and academia, stuff takes time!

Beyond that it’s been a quite weekend, but mentally I was annoyed and angry at humans and didn’t get much work done. Hopefully the next two weeks I keep my head down, self regulate and come out of it as a better human!!

My roommates and I went to see the Christmas tree at our downtown yesterday and it was a fun trip and a much needed break!

I got some of my assignments done for this week but need to get more done ASAP, so ciao.

Song of the day:

This is one of my fav anime openings everrr

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Day 17/100- Dec 2- Fri

Why is time moving this fast?

I didn’t get much done in terms of studying today but got much lab work done, setup for the genetic crosses for the week and made sure I did all I can so I can stay home guilt free tomorrow and go in on Sunday instead.

Even took time to go see my prof today and phew, I can see a tonne of work brewing up for this weekend!

The trick I need to master here is to hit the bed right now and make sure I wake up at a normal morning time tomo, eat healthy and NOT be intimidated by the lots of tasks… just gotta… bunch it all up into smaller tasks and get going and finish it!!

Just trying to get the courage to work smart and hard in the next few days, but I will be fine. I have to!!

Song of the Day:

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Day 17/100- Dec 1- Thurs

Y’all my friend/classmate told me that I have been doing so well this semester with academics since last year (our first) and she was apparently telling her labmate about my improvement and how I may have overcome a learning curve…

I just 🥹

Positive validation is so important!!!!!

I took time to recuperate after yesterday’s crazy… and ended up blacking out for 8 hours when I wanted to take a 30 mins nap lol.

But all said and done, I’m still on track which is great! I was even able to get in some studying done today at the library for my dev neuro final less than two weeks away… so that’s good!

I need to finish up a reflection paper draft by tonight so I can go meet my advisor tomorrow without to get some feedback.

I hope I continue to keep on track the next two weeks

Song of the day:

Heard this song after a long time!

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Day 10/100- Nov 23- Wed

Half the week is over and I feel lazy and useless… gosh damn it.

I didn’t feel like doing anything today but still made myself come to my lab for the microscopy time I booked since it’s super crowded and I can’t try to change timings or make it up later…

I’m hoping to go back home and just finish some of my tasks for my courses. Today. I have to work it.

My avengers travel mug is keeping me sane with caffeine for now….

Song of the day:

This song accurately describes how I’m not enough how much ever I keep trying to jump hoops for everyone’s expectations of me 😑

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Day 8/100- Nov 21- Mon

Yay it’s officially been a week!

Today was interesting to say the least…

I somehow got all three of my recommenders to revert back to me which is insanely awesome!

And I volunteered for a pilot study for my friend’s research and it was fun, like playing video games haha… being a neuroscience student is interesting no matter what angle you are looking into…

Also found out that my data is not bullshit and actually makes sense while returning from a Walmart run lol!!l I was procrastinating on showing this data to my prof when I actually should have made it my priority considering how good it is!!

I made pink sauce pasta for dinner, a labour of love and patience.

All in all, it’s been a day!!

Song of the day:

Been obsessed, this is an awesome ending song, from one of my absolute fav shows!

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Day 1/100- Nov 14- Mon

Trying to flesh out my SOP from the edits I got from my folks… it’s been daunting since I’m unable to find a good framework narrative without it sounding cliched…

Planning to put together a ppt and meet my advisor today, let’s see how that pans out. I have been anxious about it and have been procrastinating it for a while now.

Hopefully I make it through today and am productive.

Just reading a paper right now to finesse my question of purpose.

Song of the day:

On repeat 🔂

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Day 21/100- Dec 6- Tue

This sem moving too fast and it’s almost over now! Phew!

I managed to complete the final assignment for one of the 3 courses I took this sem.

Another two assignments for one of them are due on Monday (though I’ll try to finish it by Tom), and the final exam for dev neuro is on Tuesday (I’m anxious for this one)

Just trying to keep up with all the work that’s going on during finals week…

Song of the day:

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Day 20/100- Dec 5- Mon

I took this weekend off… mostly…

I did complete assignments that were due over the weekend…

I took time to organize my wardrobe and room. Went for a Christmas party on Saturday.

This morning the intrusive thoughts were too bad but somehow I survived and did what I needed to.

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Day 16/100- Nov 29- Wed

The dreaded thesis meeting is over and it was dreaded indeed.

I was always told not to register negative feedback as emotions and make myself feel double worse about it…

But right now I’m questioning my abilities as someone who thinks they can do science or be a researcher.

Or maybe it’s the current subject that I’m working on (that I have no reason to be interested in and that I don’t think I’m able to make myself interested in till now… this needs to change)

I need to be so on top of my stuff. I need to obsessively make myself become a machine and make myself an expert in this topic and prove my mastery.

Literature reading and background stuff separately vs. Writing separately then going back and verifying what I wrote will give make a comprehensive strategy as my thesis committee prof suggested.

I need to stop feeling sorry for myself and make myself become a scientist even if I find myself currently to be severely lacking in that sense.

God I hate myself right now but I need to not because I need to get myself on board and fulfil this agenda and get my degree.

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Day 15/100- Nov 29- Tue

I definitely got the dates mixed up yesterday lol

I just got all my committee members to confirm and I’m having my thesis meeting tomorrow! Wish me luck!

I’m super nervous but working on my presentation now and I was advised by my advisor to use a presentation template from a particular prof and it’s… arduous but looks awesome.

I’m really hoping this goes well cause after this I still have to complete the following stuff in the coming week before I can be at peace with myself:

Extra credit assignments for seminars I missed in dev neuro

My reflection paper draft for my ethics course

Needle (kinda, not really) my third prof to send their LOR

Finish a 3 minute ppt presentation for the Monday class

And ofc finish Ankifying and writing out my notes for the currently learning ppts and the old ones I missed

So yeah… fun stuff to complete this week! Believe it or not, I like these stuff cause I’m good at writing so those are a piece of cake. And the others are low stakes stuff that once completed make me feel like I have been extremely productive… so I am hoping my presentation tomorrow goes well and then I can go back to my low stakes day-to-day lifestyle leading up to my finals week!

On one hand I dread my mental health spirals during the Christmas hols, on the other hand I’m waiting to have more unlimited time on my hands to do as I please… (although I will absolutely miss having classes, I definitely need to jump start my thesis writing!)

Song of the day:

For hope💙❤️

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Day 12/100- Nov 25- Fri

I… cancelled my lab plans today, felt tired and exhausted with the weird emotional energy I am having right now esp with human beings…

We played Catan for 4 hours yesterday lol, reached home at 2 AM and slept around 3ish I think…. So wasn’t conducive going to work at the lab today…

I had played Catan once before but this game had been crazy!! We were all almost going to win and it was intense till the last second haha

And the food I cooked was good too, so I had fun spending quality time with good humans… my labmates, unlike some of the skivy people who take me for granted and remember me when they conveniently need something from me…

Sorry for that negative thought trail. I’m sure it’ll be fine over time!

We got this, we need to be productive and not loose sight of our goals

So I have my list of assignments and presentation goals to complete today…

Yeah.

Let’s go.

Song of the day:

Uh feelin these vibes for now?

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Day 11/100- Nov 24- Thurs

Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate it! And for those who don’t, happy Thursday!

I finally set up the genetic crosses for my experiments that’ll hopefully be EPIC when it happens, yesterday!

Today I’ll be cooking a meal for my friends, cause we are free and it’s a holiday (I’m still going to work 2 ish hours at the lab tho)… it’s going to be fun, we will have food and board games… I hope I cook well.

Yesterday’s sunset was breathtaking!

Sometimes we forget how much of a better place we are at, until we take a moment to introspect about it and count our blessings…

Song of the day:

Cause yesterday was Doctor who day!!

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Day 9/100- Nov 22- Tue

Gosh the days are flying and I’m not even halfway through my 20 step plan to have a productive yet massively satisfying thanksgiving non-holidays!! (This isn’t an exaggeration, I legit had/May still kinda have a plan for this week gosh darn it)

BUT

News flash: I got to finish the thing I was procrastinating on So damn hard these last few weeks and finally got a BETTER idea on what’s expected of me (cause apparently doing science means your eyes are blindfolded and you got to find… oh wait, you don’t know what exactly you want to find, but day by it feels like the blindfold becomes more see through thankfully). And now before the metaphor sours. HeheI met my advisor and showed her data! (And I even forgot my laptop at home today lol how even!)

Sobs😭

Progress 💪

Now I just hope to get some of my upcoming assignments done as well as finish studying for my Dev Neuro final.

My therapy session went well today! I hadn’t realised how much better things have been from a few months ago but taking it into perspective today made me realise that and it’s awesome!

And coming from someone who was struggling to get to lab from her bed this morning, this is good!

Groceries are so cheap in town right now, it’s epic! Stay in your own towns for thanksgiving y’all, it’s savings time!

Alright then. Back to my oranges and lab it is!

Song of the day:

This song is so fun!

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Day 7/100- Nov 20- Sun

I did it! I submitted my PhD application and holy molly I feel so much lighter..: the relief was immense!

I also was productive today by cleaning and Vaccuming my room today and planning for food and a grocery run tomorrow…

Saw Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, finally. A wonderful film!

All in all I’m rejuvenated and thankful to myself for taking today off, and ready to start the coming week energised!

Song of the day:

For the pure nostalgia from when I had this on loop when the first film released!

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Day 6/100- Nov 19- Sat

Going to work on a Saturday… as one usually does lmao.

Ready to scope, and submit my application today, just need to draft a brief research statement…

Was procrastinating sleeping yesterday which was a dumb move and I ended up waking late… super dumb… but I’m going to practice the Miracle Morning from tonight so I’ll just do better from now!

Everyday with the sun out is a good day❤️ I’m blessed!!

Hopefully I get my things for today done well and sleep at peace! That’s my goal!

Song of the day:

I love this song, it’s such a cool listen!

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