per aspera ad astra

rereading frankenstein as a real-life scientist instead of a high schooler is slightly alarming because victor and i have a similar approach to work-life balance in the chemistry lab.

visited the second mandatory tutorial session for my literature class, then sought shelter in the psych library as it has an ac, before returning to my beloved humanities library. read 30 pages for tomorrows seminar & wrote the first draft of a short story - still have to type it into an actual document.

one latte for my sweet coworker francesca and one midori frame journal for work in progress projects!

moon.

Last night's late inspiration. Started writing an article and hopefully I'll make the deadline to submit a first draft for a workshop

writing lists :v)

25.05.06. Ta da ! Completed April Habit Tracker ! I felt so grounded last month and I know it was thanks to the habits I implemented with this tool !

Coincidentally, today is another Friday off. I caught up on note taking for the specialization class this morning, went shopping (did not resist the bookstore), then came back home and now I'm working on another presentation. Pretty sure I said this before, but all I do this semester is make presentations, they just never end!

I needed to take the morning off so I spent it with the dog, and in the afternoon I decided to write down some very quick notes on the book i have read this week. Since I didn't want to break up the notes in my thesi commonplace book, I did something very out of character for me. I wrote down digital notes while I was fresh with the info of the last book, and I will write down actual handwritten notes in my journal as soon as I'll be done with the notes of the other book I have paused. Ngl the digital notewriting was way quicker than I expected, which is making me question my study method, but I know that I would be never able to actually study from them. The good thing is that I have learned a good tecnique to write down draft notes quickly when I need to. I might end up using this again in the future, who knows. I did write down notes for the whole book, so I am very proud of myself. Next week I'll get back to the other book and hopefully I'll finish at least reading it. I also have to email my supervisor, but I might do that tomorrow, because right now my brain is soup and I don't want to rush a bad email just to take the task off my to do list.

feeling like an academic victim at this point of the semester :’))

realised that i've been spending way too much time online, so decided to do a digital detox for a few hours (after taking aesthetic photos, of course). my friend and i, sitting beside each other in quiet intimacy at the community library—me, journalling and reading; her, translating from sinhala to english.

now reading: project hail mary and revisiting some old notes in my commonplace journal (feat. my cat Lucien) 🔭 reblog is ok, don’t repost / use

April will be our month! ♡

5.13.2026 — Last night’s class went well, but I seriously need to go back to studying daily.