❧ 𝙱𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗. ☙

Wrote all my notes and digitalised them as well. I have decided to leave statistics for the second round of exams otherwise I won't make it past this week.

07.03.2026, Saturday. An older picture from when it was snowy. Now the light shines in on my study spot, warms me, and distracts me. Spending a lot of time with Shakespeare and Marlowe during this semester break - but also enjoyed a quick Austen detour. I read Northhanger Abbey, and am fixing to get my hands on the next book of hers (though I haven't decided between Emma or Sense and Sensibility. What do you think?) The work piles on, yet we remain hopeful.

my next exam is the last one finally !!!!!!

A realistic study post when you work full time 😅

my period always nerfs me during times of academic distress, i’m in pain, tired, and my body feels like blehhh.. my mind feels like blehh.. all i wanna do is sleep. but my exam is in two days and i literally have no option. i gotta make it out of here in one piece!

Strange how it is cold today despite the fact that summer is approaching. I had to move from the café to the library and complete the placement test there. I will get the results next week. Whatever level I am at should only matter if I tend to progress. αἰὲν ἀριστεύειν.

Trying out a new weekly spread 💐

writing has been equally frustrating and rewarding. thankfully, i am not the only one who feels that way; my officemates also seem to be on the same boat. work has picked up as it is the end of the semester. while teaching has been fun, i am looking forward to the break.

for the first time, what i want in my academic and personal lives doesn't align. it's hard to focus on the countdown to graduation when i'm counting down to a goodbye i desperately want to put off.

some days i feel so tired working on the same projects i’ve been working on this whole semester. and now that the deadlines are so close, i can’t even think about all the exciting plans i have for this summer. i don’t regret doing an art degree, but sometimes it feels so unnatural to have to force myself to work on my art. i’ve been avoiding actually painting for a while by focusing on my other classes, but now i have to finish a piece by the end of the week so tomorrow i’ll probably just be working on that, whether i want to or not.

Important presentation done ✓

also i'm now a 2nd year phd student! i do not envy the incoming first years in the slightest; this past academic year has genuinely been hell on earth

today was terribly messy. i was able to get my 6h exam over with in the first three hours, but i'm running the worst cold of the past few months. nevertheless we pulled through!!! i was still able to finish at least one of the things i promised myself to do so that's a win in my books

I'm very grateful to be in the world today.

finals (fml)

Really hammering in on the practice problems, can feel it all coming together.