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Sunday, 03.01.21. 14/100 days of productivity

-30′ cardio workout.

-25′ meditation with Insight Timer.

-Finished Chap 2 on Foundational Figures from Anthropology of Religion.

-Read one article on the different definitions of “Religion” in the disciplines of Social Sciences. 

-Re-read my notes of the conference given by Jeanne Favret-Saada on peasant witchcraft from the Mayenne countryside based on her book Deadly Words: Witchcraft in the Bocage (1977).

-Read Chap 1 in Sociology of Labor

Today I did most of my work from midnight until 5:30 in the morning because I felt pretty cosy, focused and very into the content. I had a rather calm day and took time to exercise and meditate. Managing a Chronic Illness can be frustrating sometimes, what helps me is to try to accept rather than reject the pain, which to me becomes possible by creating moments of space to restore.

Thursday, 07.01.21. 18/100 days of productivity

-Woke up late at 10.30am.

-Took a long walk at the local parc, sat on bench feeling blessed, looking at the dogs joyfully gathering and trying to perceive their unique personality traits while soaking in the sun. Fresh air is such a powerful energizing force to me:).

-Naped for 25′ with my cat.

-Started my Chap 3 in Anthropology of Religion + did extended reading on social constructivism.

-Watched a Visual Etnography on the Funeral Practices from the Ibaloy in Philippines.

-Finished the summary and reflexive commentary on 1/3 interviews.

-Finished an additional summary of my second interview.

Sometimes, as a student, your job is to put everything you have got in reading, processing and learning - that goes hand in hand with taking appropriate time off and rest when needed ♡. 

Monday, 28.12.20. 8/100 days of productivity

- Went for a walk in the local park and grabbed a caramel coffee on the way

- Finished this term’s research

- Lost my updated research (the second version of it) due to the silly disk of my Macbook. My little guy didn’t respond, didn’t save anything anymore, and just decided everything should have a new beginning. 

- Uploading this pretty picture of my desk set up because I am in real need of re motivating myself !! 

- update : Made my mom dance for her birthday yey ♡.

It’s wild today, wild wild wild. It’s going to be okay. 

Tuesday, 29.12.20. 9/100 days of productivity

- Had a walk around the block with a lovely black tea oat latte

- Almost finished the body of this term’s research about Health Inequalities in regard to Public Health Literacy and the current situation of the pandemic 

- Had a lovely call with one of my close friends that I haven’t seen in a few months (covid)

- Had a boogie to a newly made playlist 

I still have one more point to (re) write for this 25 pages project in sociology. Super duper interesting to learn about the different conceptual frameworks that are used to (try to) understand why health inequalities persist in “developed” countries and how this is used in different ways following a country’s infrastructures. It’s also really interesting to see how theoretical frameworks apply to the study of current issues, to distinguish how psychosocial approaches tend to engage more in individual actions (like therapy or promoting different behaviors through medias) while structural/materialist approaches would ask for changes on a more macro level. 

I hope you had fun/learned something new/had a nice connection today with somebody ♡.

Friday, 01.01.21. 12/100 days of productivity

-Did a 45 min cardio workout.

-Read the chapter on ‘Religious and Religions’ in the local park. 

-Had a bath while re-reading the Chapter about defining Religion from my ‘Anthropology of Religion’ class.

That’s pretty much it, honestly I don’t feel like I have been focused enough but today was a very beautiful day energetically wise despite the lack of focus and the awful knots tying my stomach because of exam stress slowly kicking in ! 

I started my day by listening to “Mass in B minor, BWV 232, 3 : Sanctus” by J. S. Bach and this piece of music cracked my heart open. Music is a beautiful way for me to connect to my emotions and this brought tears and smiles to the breakfast table, in the most liberating and healing way. 

“We may as well start the year as we mean to go on. (...) And so on this first day of a new adventure, let us begin with a great big drumbeat and a choir singing their heart out. Irrespective of your religious learnings, whoever you are, wherever you come from, this is five or so minutes of music to gladden the heart and lift the soul and say :’Come on then, new year, let’s be having you’.”

- “Year of Wonder, Classical Music for Every Day” by Clemency Burton-Hill

Thursday, 31.12.30. 11/100 days of productivity

-Did mind-maps of the anthropologists of the 19th century + 20th century concerning the study of Religion. 

-Read the first chapter on defining Religion.

-Re-read notes that my past self took from a really nice online open-access course on Anthropology of Religion.

-Re-read through this term’s research.

-Had a lovely walk around the block as a break, today the city had a special energy with people starring a little longer in your eyes. 

-Meditated for 30′ with a body scan, or should I say attempted to:))

-Did a 30′cardio workout, idk if the workout was mental or physical, but somehow I survived.

-Tied up my room, changed linens, cared for the chores.

Here we are, last day of this (pretty hellish) year. My thoughts have been gravitating around questioning how the world would be if we were a little more accepting of our own personality traits. As much as I believe in Growth-Mindset, in venturing far outside of our own comfort zone and trying again when we value a goal, I also think that the world would only get richer if we would allow a bit more room for valuing various personality types and being more tolerant towards ourselves for our quirkinesses. 

This reminds me of a quote that I like very much : “People love us despite what we try to do to be loved”.

What have been your thoughts revolving around on this particular day ? What oddities do you consider proudly about yourself :) ?

Je n'ai pas posté depuis longtemps, mais l'année dernière, j'ai beaucoup étudié et je veux essayer de poster.