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it’s nearly midnight and guess who is panicking because she didn’t finish her rough drafts… it’s okay, I’ll take you guys along with my journey to write 2 rough drafts of 500 words within the span of 5 hours (we will try to get one sleep cycle in at least).

⭐ day -/25 📖 none 🎞️ none

post all-nighter day, you know the drill, kinda just sleepy and emotional all day. I finally found a cozy desk tucked in the back of a classroom that I can work at after school. trying to work in my dorm room, except on the rare occasion that it’s 1am, has been miserable. a large factor may be that the shades are broken and I have no natural lighting lol. I feel like I’m just a bit miserable and unproductive when I’m not at home. I generally feel like a mouse struck by the winter cold, fending for itself. I am going to try a bit more natural light, meditation before working, and to accomplish more of my work at school. I also want to associate my desk with productivity and make a point to move somewhere else or stand up if I want to scroll.

what I did today:

♡ finished most of my art history homework

♡ half of my newspaper club google slides

♡ sent the email I drafted yesterday.

⭐ day 4/25 📖 heart of a dog 🎞️ "mindset of a marathon man" yt video

hello everyone, it's 11:15pm. today was okay, I tried to go to the library to study but ended up falling asleep at the library. I really wanted to buy either an energy drink, a hot coffee, diet coke, or a pastry, and I thought over my decision for a long time the night before. but my parents want me to stop spending so much money ;-; so that's why I fell asleep lol. it's okay, I didn't have much work anyways. I did see this one guy reading camus with wired earbuds so there's that...

I watched another vlog by perspective and also a video about a 70s marathon runner. it was incredibly inspiring and reminds me of a faint memory of being 13 and running at the park on a painfully hot day, no strava, no apple watch, just sweating profusely. I actually miss running so much. according to my doctor, I can start in the summer, but I'll have lost so much progress for my 10k ;-;

♡ at the library, all I could manage to do was my heart of a dog reading, which I'm proud to say I've progressed to page 55/74

♡ 1h research (I made a mind map for capitol project and it helped get me out of the research rut)

I also did some little tasks:

♥︎ watched 20mins of the art of documentary filmmaking (2008)

♥︎ recieved + responded back to my first reply from one of the schools for my documentary

♥︎ read an article about getting out of a research rut lol

that's all, I'm hoping to go to bed before 12 tonight. I was planning to do a study marathon tomorrow but I'm not sure anymore, I might have better luck if I go to bed earlier at 10pm tomorrow.

🎥 aug 2

I didn’t really take any photos yesterday, so I had nothing to post… sorry… but I did do a fair amount of work, just my usual routine. today I decided to carve out 2h of my time to watch a British film called Sunday, Bloody Sunday (1971), but the movie site that I was on ended up accidentally showing me a low quality thriller called Romeo is Bleeding (1993); it was a really horrible movie about a guy who’s in love with a hot murderer girl but it just wasn’t it. pardon me, I may have gone on a tangent… anyways, today I did:

✅ 3 khan academy math lessons

I could’ve gotten some more done but I was under the impression that I’d be watching a cinematic masterpiece this evening :,) I also returned the package today, and the ups store is 25mins both ways to walk wahhh. besides that my sleep schedule has remained badly as ever even though I have an official SAT practice test tomorrow for my sat class. I got back into listening to the radio though, and there was a story about a guy who had a psychological theory that we should reframe our memories from “good chapter, bad chapter” to “a bad chapter contributed to the good” and more like a story arc that teaches us to learn and grow as human beings. it was a very interesting story and I think I’ll use that mindset in my daily life.

⭐ day 2/25 📖 heart of a dog 🎞️ daria

I actually didn't post on the 17th because I didn't get much done. I mainly just went to the library, and I actually fell asleep in it... but there was a super cool vending machine with a celsius to save me.

yesterday, I got a bunch done and I'm really proud of myself:

♡ 22pg of heart of a dog

♡ my political column is on the back burner for now lol

♡ panicking about my literary arts project... I haven't sent any emails yet, but I did watch the documentary america's little soldiers by marjolaine grappe

♡ I did some research for my project in february. it's my tradition every year before that project to review government structure (as pictured in the notes). I'm stuck on how to move forward but I have a 1:1 check-in at 10:30 on the 19th and I'm hoping that will help.

♡ I fear art history isn't a priority right now

I was really proud of my productivity on jan 18th, but I also did spent a fair amount of time procrastinating. I hated being in my house all day arhhh. and unfortunately I can't run right now due to some medical problems. I tried to go on a walk but it was 15 degrees so it honestly just sucked my energy from me. I'm going to try meditating outside of my room. I'm also going to try breaking my tasks into more subtasks.

here are my goals for today: ♡ read 35pg heart of a dog (rip)

♡ make a very rough outline of my documentary (at least the points I'd like to get across)

♡ do 1h additional research for my documentary

♡ finally send those emails for the documentary

♡ finally send that one email for the project in february (I already have it drafted lol)

this study session is definitely less intense than my last one. my goal is to finish a worksheet outlining the bare details on my project on media literacy. I also have to send 6 interview requests, which may seem like a hefty amount but I have a format that I’ll largely copy and paste. I’m also going to post my survey on different social media platforms.

My goal is to finish these tasks within the next few hours and still spare some basic hours of sleep. I’ll be using Doddie’s study with me video and providing updates every 50 minutes. For my first pomodoro session, my goal is to post the survey to different social media platforms and finish 25% of the worksheet.

🎥 jul 31

okay so I just dropped off the map for 2 days lol… basically, on the day that I went to the asia mall, I didn’t really get much done besides half a module of sat math; I also felt a little sick after dinner. the next day I had both chinese tutoring and my sat prep class, and I was honestly was exhausted so I just finished the other half of the module, watched a 1h tutorllini test prep video, and called it a day. I have to admit I have not been making the smartest decisions towards going to bed :,) I haven’t even been spending time on social media, I just end up on old velvet underground recordings at 2am. I wonder if I’m getting sick or not because I’m so sleepy and my throat kinda hurts. anyways, today I did:

✅ almost 3 khan academy math lessons (I just have to redo the last quiz tomorrow morning)

✅ 1 khan academy english lesson

anyways, the top left photo is my haul from the asian mall!! that bag was the one I brought to the mall. I got the keychain from the arcade in the mall, the kirby notebook for my sister’s birthday, and the “kiss me heroine mascara” from the asian beauty store! (I love it soo much, it makes my eyelashes look like twiggy) I also bought dried violets and lavender from the grocery area, which I am very excited to use to infuse into teas and my own lavender lattes :)

🎥 aug 4

hey look at that! guess who started her writing camp! although I probably won’t include it in any posts because I’m a little (very) superstitious and I don’t want to become those people who write just for the aesthetic lol. anyways, so today was packed, kill me… I did my writing camp online for 3 hours in total with a break in between, and then after that I had no time to eat lunch and I had to eat in the car to go to my sat prep class which was 2h and 30mins!! ;-;;;;; luckily wednesday is my last sat prep class so I will be put out of this misery soon. I tried to lock in after that but honestly my brain was just raging against me at this point, I did get done:

✅ 2 khan academy math lessons (with a lot of mistakes)

I’m at the point where the khan lessons are getting harder and harder. I think for wednesday, I’m just going to do some light grammar lessons instead of more math, because there’s no point if I’ve already exhausted my brainpower. the soupi-84 fanbase is a bunch of chic workaholics but we also value our self-care and relaxing our jaw muscles.