Study Addicts with a Pen

Hi omg sorry we haven’t responded to this in so long! We’re on a hiatus and I’m not sure that we’re going to be able to come back and be very active. Speaking for myself alone, I’ve got 3 part-time jobs and I’m a full-time student so I pop in to tumblr like once every few months. So again, sorry for this hella late response!

I don’t know what it’s like over in Wisconsin, and I’ve never personally camped out, but I do know that there have been fans that have camped out before. Try stopping by the day before your concert and see if there are any people lining up early! That’s the best I can give you sorry! Does anyone else have any tips?

Due: Tue Dec 6, 2016 Posted: Mon Dec 5, 2016

Hey clique!

Here is my second STEPS entry! Like last time there isn’t a prompt, there’s just a theme, and Ate Ber wanted it to be relative to the holiday season. Also, we’re still on hiatus, sorry.

Honestly, these last few weeks have been absolutely rough. Before Thanksgiving break started, I started losing motivation, got a little hint of early senioritis. Then I went home for the weekend, and coming back has been even harder because I really just haven’t regained the motivation to do any of my school work. Don’t believe me? Check my to-do list:

10 500-word reading responses or 5 1,000-word reading responses for humanities

20+ readings I fell behind in for humanities

an outline and bibliography for comm

a short paper, also for comm

study for early humanities final

study for early cumulative nutrition final

COLLEGE TIP: Stay on top of your studies!!!

Truth be told, I only have myself to blame for so far falling behind. I can’t tell you how many times I put my assignments second to catching up on sleep, or attending an Akbayan* event, or going to work, or- or- or-

There have been too many excuses.

What is Akbayan? Recap in case you didn’t read my last STEPS entry: it’s the amazing Pilipinx organization that I joined last semester. This org is the reason that I’m in Internship, which is the reason that I’m writing this post.

I will not lie, my mental health has been deteriorating as of late. I still don’t have a sense of direction, which btw is perfectly okay, you don’t need to know what you’re doing with your life right away - but it kind of isn’t okay when you’re piling up an enormous amount of debt without knowing why you’re piling up an enormous amount of debt.

I remember at the beginning of this semester I promised myself, “This semester I’m really going to have my Sugar Honey Iced Tea together. I’m going to be on top of my studies and I’m going to get hella good grades.”

I’ve fallen short of that promise.

This STEPS entry is supposed to be a reflection on how the semester has gone and how I have progressed. I’ve learned two things so far:

Life is not easy.

Your degree won’t break your heart like a significant other can/will, so put your studies first.

I had my priorities all mixed up and lemme tell you, I am straight up suffering now because of it. If I had a goal for next semester, it would be to listen to my head, and not my heart. Because, it’s true, once feelings get in the way, things can get cloudy.

I still haven’t found my kitchen sink, but I hope I’m on the way.

Happy holidays

Due: Tue Oct 25, 2016 Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2016

Hey clique!

Not sure if ya’ll saw my last post, but here’s a quick recap: Delaney & I are still on hiatus as we’re in the middle of the semester and we don’t have a lot of time to be actively posting, but I will still be posting my STEPS journals every now and then. These journals are a little hard for me to explain because I don’t even fully understand them myself; I think They’re supposed to be journal entries made throughout the year to keep track of academic/personal progress.

Quick context that probably doesn’t matter to you guys: I joined an amazing Filipinx org on campus last semester, but only threw myself into it to be active this semester. Within that org are three programs, and the one I’m writing these STEPS journals for is Internship. I guess in a way it’s like another class, but it’s not as bad as that may sound. Plus, I’ve only heard good things about Internship, and a bunch of people in the org that I look up to were in it in the past, so I figured, why not?

LIFE TIP: Lots of great things can happen from last minute decisions, ya’ll. Don’t be afraid :)

A side note to Ate Ber: I’m sorry this is so long!!! I went back and shortened it but if they’re supposed to be shorter, I’ll make sure the next ones are!!!

ALRIGHT DOWN TO BUSINESS! So the “prompt” for STEPS Entry #1 is to evaluate my goals for: the end of this semester, one year from now, three years from now, and a lifetime from now. I put the word prompt in quotations because Ate Ber (the Internship coordinator) didn’t give us direct guidelines to follow, she just pointed us in a direction and we’re supposed to go off from there. LIKE LIFE WOWOW

Hey clique!

I know Delaney and I haven’t been posting very often. School really is just kicking our butts and although we had wanted to post here daily throughout the school year, it doesn’t really look like that’ll happen — as often. We’re still going to try to post! I’m going to set up a queue once midterm season is over.

With that in mind, we’re still on semi-hiatus. I say “semi” because I joined a club on my campus, and within that club I’m active in a program called Internship. It’s like another class, meant to emphasize leadership skills. I joined for that reason, and also to be more active in the club and on campus. It’s been really fun so far!

So within Internship, we get these little assignments called STEPS. I’m going to be posting my STEPS here. I’ll tag them as “STEPS mikki” so that you guys can blacklist them if you’re not interested in seeing the posts on your dash. I’ll put a read more on it, too.

My first STEPS entry is coming up this week. Hope it’s helpful to you guys, too! (Not sure how it can be yet but hey! That’s the goal.)