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October 2nd, 2025

i had coffee and a pastry with my best friend in the morning, and then i got to pet her cats. a good start into the day <3 i also bought a used copy of Madame Bovary in french. it’s still too advanced for me, but i’m using it as study motivation.

today, i will:

check out a literary theory lecture about the fantastic and haunting

go to my evening class on information organization in libraries and archives. it’s four hours long, and it’s hard for me to concentrate so much in the evening. but i’m hopeful that i’ll get used to it over the course of the semester

finish reading "rubbish ecology"

make a few admin calls and reply to emails (the horrors)

pet sit for my parents

i ended up getting far more drawn into note taking (both analysis and creative) and so if you've been wondering where my normal journal posts have been... i haven't touched it in 2 weeks! i don't mind much, because all that has been on my mind is (special interest), and i don't want to force journal writing just for the sake of filling space.

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I use no Generative AI to create images for me.

I do not wish to write with people who actively use Generative AI.

If you write with me, you won't ever have to fear any AI being used to doing my replies for you. I will not feed your writing to ChatGPT and the like, and I would appreciate it if you don't feed my writing to any kind of Generative AI either. You do not have my consent to do so.

DIAGNOSTIC SCORE: 506

Goal #1: 510 Content Review

Topics covered: enzyme structure and function

Enzyme structure and function quiz: 80%

Created flashcards of missed questions

reviewed khan academy videos on 2x speed

did khan academy enzyme structure and function passage (100%)

Anki cards done: 214

Time Spent: 27 mins (anki), 20 mins (khan academy super quick review), 15 mins khan academy b/b passage

Planned for later: amino acids quiz for 20 mins

Can rest-first scheduling protect my physical and mental health and produce a 4.0 GPA?

(Learn more about experimental mindsets with Anne-Laure Le Cunff’s video, “A Neuroscientist’s Guide to Fixing Your Mind in 15 Mins,” here.)

Hypothesis

If I protect rest time as a non-negotiable requirement first and build my academic schedule around it, then I can achieve a 4.0 GPA without compromising my health.

Experimental Design

➼ By the first day of classes, I will have a weekly schedule for the rest of the semester that places non-negotiable rest blocks for disability management into each week before study time is scheduled.

➼ Every week, I’ll review how things went based on two metrics: (1) did I adhere to my scheduled rest breaks? and (2) how is my cumulative GPA doing?

Success Conditions

I have a final GPA of 4.0 at the end of the semester;

at least 80% of my rest blocks were honored across the semester, with no health crashes linked to overwork;

and I have a full retrospective of the experiment with actionable understanding of how it can be pulled off in the second semester.

Rushed Sunday reset 😬

Preparing for an important presentation tomorrow, feeling SO nervous I don't think I'll actually be "resetting" anything until it's over

finished 10 readings

finished the last module of this paper

last assignment is due next sunday

soooo ready for a uni break

📖 - To The Lighthouse