Notes from My Desk #9 | 29/6/26

It was VERY hard to focus on my studies today. I think I'll need to somehow build my focus up to be able to focus for longer periods at a time. I work better under pressure, but I should build some healthier study habits as well.

Worked on my 7 current courses - I'm still in the beginning, so it's a lot of that intro info. Ended up with under 2 hours of active studying. Tomorrow I need to make the 1st entries to my mandatory learner diaries for all these courses, and I'm dreading that.

Because my focus was so scattered I walked to the library in the afternoon and picked up 6 reserved books (and maybe a couple of extra just for fun...). Still waiting on that one reservation. After that I updated my reading plan and book loan list. I also spent time moving more of my vocabulary to Anki.

Studies: 🟢 Chem. goals and contents + 1st ch. intro 🟡Soc. Stud. goals and contents + 1st ch. intro 🔴Lit. (1) goals and contents 🔴Lit. (2) goals and contents 🔴Lit. (3) goals and contents + course reading info 🟣 Math. goals and contents 🔵 Eng. goals and contents ⚪️ 123 flashcards reviewed (15min)

Highlights: ⭐️Had a very lovely walk, and I sure do love the library ⭐️Messaged a friend ⭐️Had the shortest call with my cousin, but hey, anything counts

Tomorrow: ➡️Start the learner diaries for my courses ➡️Vacuum ➡️Read! I started the Murakami, but I've barely had time to read it!

💭 The heat is almost comforting.

19-06-26

So my sister rescued me and let me use her house (and office) to study because my neighbours decided to start home renovations.

22.06.2026

I think there’s something wrong with me shgukbihtdjcjujcjfy. Got fairly nothing done this weekend. I don’t know what I have to do to make myself do stuff. Regardless, I went outside yesterday to read on the grass. Felt great

The little free library in the Student's Union had a big stack of books regarding the history of science, which is one of my main research interests. My bag was pretty full, so I just took these two, but I'll see what else is left when I go back on Monday.

27.06.2026 [😆]

[25.06.26, thursday]

Got some good news today, got the grade back from my degree's final project and I got full marks, a 10!! Super happy that all these months stressing over it were worth it.

Besides that, all my pics looking the same but all I'm doing lately is work in the mornings and some studying with the tablet in the afternoon. Such a stressing week at work I can't wait for it to be over.

Wanted to work on the vocab from my last lesson but for some reason couldn't find the shared document, had to ask for it so change of plans, resorted to the usual reading and youtube

-> 30 mins reading + vocab

finally reading this journal article that's been sitting on my desk for like a month. today i'm working on figuring out what my theoretical basis is for my dissertation and i feel like i'm making this too philosophical for a poli sci department lol

"Pharmacy" in Turkish is eczane /e(d͡ʒ).zɑːˈne/. Literally, the word means "drug house" but neither components are originally from Turkish:

=> ecza comes from Arabic أجزاء /ʔad͡ʒ.zaːʔ/ (plural of جزء /d͡ʒuzʔ/). It means "drugs, chemicals".

26.06.2026 [😄]

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prep comp today. hope we break. shit evening. oh well. turns out california isn't just a state of mind but it is everywhere I go. need to start grinding prep before the big one. going to sleep now.