stay cool and kind

McGill Univesity

wrote the first draft of my statement of purpose for graduate school this morning. meeting one of my professors today….I hope he agrees to be my recommender…he’s not been shy about implying that he would love for me to continue studying at my university. 💌

Some pictures from a very productive day today! How are you guys? I’m so excited to be back from my hiatus! 

Well, some things I have to say: I move into my dorm at the University of Texas in less than three weeks. My classes start in less than four. There is still so much I need to buy and pack I’m secretly very very stressed about getting everything together. My classes all seem sooo interesting and I’m excited about the classes that I’m not even a fan of?? My classes are: Korean 1, Korean Culture and History, Government 2, Physics 2, and the labs for Physics 1 and 2 I’m just so excited you guys, I’m so entirely ready to be at a school where I belong. This is the best thing that could have happened to me.

To all the girls with big dreams, who have been told that they are ‘too preoccupied with success’, or that they are ‘too selfish’ or ‘too ambitious’ - do not listen to the people who speak those words. If you love something that much, and will pursue it to the ends of the earth, do not give it up for anyone. Hold it close to your heart and understand that you are not obligated to dim your sparkle for anybody. In your life, there will always be people who tell you that you are too much or too little. They will say a woman is too assertive, or too reserved. They will say she feels too little or too much, that ambition is selfish. They may even be hurt or offended that you do not think the same. Yet at the end of the day, know in your heart that you are the only one who will ever know whether you are truly enough and that is what’s important. Go out there and smash the glass ceiling to pieces.

02.09.18 ~ doing some reading on mental illness - i can’t believe it’s already September and I’ll be starting 2nd year next month!

Cats make everything seem eazier or we just over-complicate things. 

Not Yelling At Children is Better Than Yelling At Children, More At 11

Sometimes studying is so difficult, but then I try to refocus on small pleasures like coffee and go from there.

Hi, it’s okay to study art and film. Thanks for listening to my TEDtalk.

because the moment you become consciously incompetent about something, your journey to improving has just begun. you’re never going to know what you’re good/bad at until you try, so don’t feel ashamed and embrace being bad at something, because you now have the power to take the steps to get better towards being consciously competent. and after that, unconsciously competent, where this once difficult task/action now comes easily to you without thinking about it.

having undiagnosed adhd 

I don’t think ‘cute’ is the right term to use here…

DO: Use online collaborative tools. As much as I love Word and Powerpoint, Google Docs and Google Slides are some of the best tools for group work. You can all work on something at the same time as well as see who did what and at what time.