kai studies

Are you being productive?

I recently used up all the pages in my plotter notepad, and started using a new one! The novel I’m reading is about to reach the climax, too :)

self care isn't just face masks and bubble baths, it's also doing your assignment in advance so you won't pull an all nighter before the deadline, cooking at home instead of ordering out; discipline is an act of self love and care

9-6-25

📋: 밀린 서평 쓰는 날/ catching up on overdue book reviews

I have not been dealing very well with the heatwave, my energies and ability to focus are on a huge low at the moment. Sometimes I just need to lay on the floor to regain a human temperature. This week I would like to start the actual planning of my thesis chapters in order to be able to finally start writing, despite still having some stuff to read. But I really need a change in work and hopefully doing that will energize me a bit. Aside from the heat and the thesis plans, I have been reading graphic novels and doing sudokus in my free time, as well as some embroidery when I can. I do need to buy some new yarn, which I might do tomorrow if I can fit that in my to dos for the day.

june 01, '23: catharsis//

30.06.2026—literally so close to finishing this (hopefully final) draft 🥹

Somehow, after being out of med school for 6 years, I am still learning glycolysis and the kreb's cycle 😭

oh dear, how will survive a phd if this is my work ethic? right, there's the whole moving for the phd thing too. i have to study for the qual.

a friend told me that she's finally submitting her phd thesis next week and i actually gasped out loud. when i had first met her 2.5yrs ago, she had just come back from her fieldwork and was struggling to get back into writing. we will eventually get there.

🎧 brand new cadillac - the clash 🧊 diet dr pepper 🕙 10pm

2006'26: went for a morning run and workout, crashed to catch up on the z's, and the rest is just attempting to focus. can't wait for muscle soreness tomorrow ( who else likes that feeling? ) 👀

Cree; Saskatchewan, Canada, around 1930. Paul Coze