Natalia

15|04|2026

After a morning of studying I ran some errands in the afternoon and I of course was victim to the "I will just browse the book shop I won't buy anything". I came home with a graphic novel I have been eyeing since a friend recommended it to me and a non fiction book on cinema. I did end up reading the graphic novel in one sitting once I got home and I will never be emotionally okay ever again. I genuinely do not have the ability to explain the amount of emotions I have felt while reading this graphic novel. Which for context is set in a very real and very dramatic battle of the great war. So far this year it's the only five star I have given to a book.

Master thesis adventures #26

Reorganized and color coded all my notes

Updated the notes index I have been ignoring for two months

Downloaded a bunch of interesting articles to work on as secondary sources

Fully read and wrote notes for one of the articles

April days of productivity - day 15

Thesis work

✨Monday✨ reset this week after a much-needed Easter break

Tulips are dying but they still look pretty 🌷

16.04.2025 // a week's break after writing grind

i'm trying to take a break, but the truth is that it has become difficult for me to turn my brain off. submitting the thesis draft for my annual review made me realise that it's a complete mess and i need to do so much work on it. there's absolutely no cohesion or synthesis across the chapters. i am telling myself it's the 'ugly' phase.

15.03.2026 // time-slip weekend

as usual, i had plans for the weekend. as usual, i cancelled all of them and spent the time bed-rotting instead, which obviously made me feel only worse. thankfully, i've managed to get some writing done; the weekend isn't over yet.

The beauty of having the earthy feel when you study.

19/34

i forgot to post this yesterday but no matter!

i studied in this cafe until lunchtime, and then after lunchtime i had to go home because i got shat on by a bird. yes. very unfortunate. at home, post-shower, i wrote the intro for my essay and planned my first section.

wednesday 15/04/2026

signed up for modules and did some planning

Back to basics: french press to get through a long study session ☕, kitchen-timer pomodoros ⏳, sweet snack for the brain 🍰