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may 15, 2020 // this is my work from home set up. My frames came in this morning so I was finally able to set up my gallery wall. I have tagged all the artists on my studygram, click here to see them.

Did not sleep well and barely managed to wake up at a decent hour after snoozing all the alarms. Woke up with a headache, but it’s gone now. I always get affected by the weather and it’s so gloomy today… Checked how my ivy babies are doing (we are growing roots!). Surrounding my desk with plants was the best idea ever! Picked a green highlighter for this morning studying session. Let’s start the day! 

02.13.20 — home. playing catch up with much needed reading & assignments.

“You don’t have to be smart to get a PhD. There are plenty of smart people without them. An IQ score won’t get you a phd and it will take dedication, determination and preservance, not smarts. Brain power won’t help you. A lack there of won’t hurt you. Because, to get a PhD, become a doctor, a professor, or whatever else, you’ll spend the best years of your life in school. People like me, like us, didn’t get out first ‘real’ job till we were in our 30s. And it doesn’t matter what degree you are getting, music, medicine, biology…you’re in it for the long haul. So when it starts to feel like the long haul that it is, don’t wish for intelligence. Stop saying you aren’t smart enough. Don’t pray for a bigger brain or sell your soul to Satan in exchange for being a genius. But wish for patience and endurance instead. It takes courage, and strength to do what it is you all are trying do. Its the work that earns the degree, and work is done much better by determined idiots than by lazy smarty pants. There will be plenty of times you feel stupid and I’m not going to argue with that. But what I will say is don’t let stupidity stop you. We are all idiots but let’s be the idiots that thrive. ”

Savouring the quiet moments 🌱

So, I’m posting these pictures to celebrate the fact that I finally got a dining table and a bookshelf, after three years of living on my own. But I’d also like to talk about another thing that happened recently in my life. It’s been more than a month since I don’t post anything around here. I guess this happened because I couldn’t pass the test for the masters program I wanted to get into and it made me feel ashamed for it, wondering what people would think about me. Well, the true thing is, shit happens. And aside my worries about others’ judgement, I think I’m dealing pretty well with my frustration. Some months ago I’d probably have a breakdown, and that didn’t happen to me this time. I like to think about this as a progress on my recovery process. The past few years have been really tough for me, but I think not getting into this program was actually a really good thing to happen because it made me realise that I’m getting better. And I’m ready to start a new chapter of my life, even though I have no idea about what’s going to happen next.

I wish everyone a wonderful and productive week! :)

Lately I’ve been skipping lectures to study in the morning. I’m trying really hard to keep up with lectures and labs and seminars and find time to revise and maybe even have a social life now and then and it’s hard! And it’s only the second week of the semester!! 

sorry y’all i know i kinda just disappeared. i’ve been peeping on some amazing spreads and accounts though!! i don’t see myself coming back anytime soon, but you can find me on ig @ min_1m41

09.06.19 || it’s not a library but I love it anyways!

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today went like this - goes to the library, realises there are no seats, went shopping for shoes and bubble tea instead, went home, youtube, and then finally studying lol happy studying to all you yees and haws out there keep going y’all!

i also noticed i hit the 3k mark recently, which is insane. thank you! ✨

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Tell me the titles of your favourite books so I can add them to my already long list, hahaha… ;)