When I was first choosing what instrument I was going to learn in music class, we had to write down our top three, and then our teacher would sort people based on numbers of students and instruments. The alto saxophone was my #3! Any guess as to #1 and #2?

✍ Leuchtturm1917 Whitelines A5 Soft cover notebook, Uniball Signo RT1 UMN-155, Artist Loft Brush Pens

I’ve tried multiple times to start a bullet journal and it hasn’t stuck, but I’m thinking this time might be the one.

I’ve tried multiple times to start a bullet journal and it hasn’t stuck, but I’m thinking this time might be the one.

ig: @maryberrystudy

ig: @maryberrystudy

(in case you wanted to know because i fucking love this language) 

ad astra per aspera - to the stars through difficulties 

alis volat propriis - he flies by his own wings 

amantium irae amoris integratio est - the quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love 

ars longa, vita brevis - art is long, life is short 

aut insanity homo, aut versus facit - the fellow is either mad or he is composing verses 

dum spiro spero - while I breathe, I hope 

ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem - with the sword, she seeks peace under liberty 

exigo a me non ut optimus par sim sed ut malis melior - I require myself not to be equal to the best, but to be better than the bad

experiential docet - experience teaches 

helluo librorum - a glutton for books (bookworm) 

in libras libertas - in books, freedom 

littera scripta manet - the written letter lasts 

mens regnum bona possidet - an honest heart is a kingdom in itself 

mirabile dictu - wonderful to say 

nullus est liber tam malus ut non aliqua parte prosit - there is no book so bad that it is not profitable in some part 

omnia iam fient quae posse negabam - everything which I used to say could not happen, will happen now 

poeta nascitur, non fit - the poet is born, not made 

qui dedit benificium taceat; narrat qui accepit - let him who has done a good deed be silent; let him who has received it tell it 

saepe ne utile quidem est scire quid futurum sit - often, it is not advantageous to know what will be 

sedit qui timuit ne non succederet - he who feared he would not succeed sat still 

si vis pacem, para bellum - if you want peace, prepare for war 

struit insidias lacrimis cum feminia plorat - when a woman weeps, she is setting traps with her tears 

sub rosa - under the rose 

trahimir omnes laudis studio - we are led on by our eagerness for praise

urbem latericium invenit, marmoream reliquit - he found the city a city of bricks; he left it a city of marble 

1%: i’m the epitome of ‘strawberry generation’

So, I cried, I’d say, 10 minutes ago just because life was ‘being hard on me’. Honestly, I am never sure whether I should exclude the quotation marks because when life’s tough for you, there is always someone else having it worse than you elsewhere – that is what I try to think of to be more positive about the oh-so-terrible situation that I am in at that moment… and it’s tough. It really is.

Put…

All that’s stopping you from doing this is you. All you need is discipline. This took me ages of learning the hard way that that’s literally all it is. Discipline. It’s finding the root core of WHY you want to study WHY you want to eat healthier and it needs to be something strong that you can hold on to. Such as being top of your class, going to med school, practicing a good routine for after high school, wanting to feel better by eating better, want a longer life etc. etc.

You are worthy

You are smart

You are just as valuable of a student

You have the capacity to grow

Your worth is not encapsulated in a grade

You are allowed to love something and not be perfect at it

You have time

Take care to not compare yourself with those above and below you

Your future is not indicative of the place you’re in right now

You will end up at a college that is just right for you