#studyblrchallenge

Day 4: A photo of your most recent work


Any guesses what my thesis is on? Actually please send guesses I need to submit my proposal soon and I cannot decide what to write about 


[10.03.21] ✧ ft. my study space in geneva

Hello lovelies! I am making a vow today to be more committed to my blog, seeing as I really miss my studyblr community. Today I am going to start the Zoomster studyblr challenge - even though I will be off by 10 days. ✨

I will start with some updates about the past few months!

Life updates: I am now back in Geneva after spending about two months in Colorado with my friends and family. I am super happy to be back and to be in the city again! uwu

Uni updates: Last semester, I got three A+s. THREE.  Out of five of my courses! I Even though the Swiss grading system is quite odd for me, I had a final course grade above class average for each of my grades (about 0.3 above class average)! Right now I am currently averaging a 5.50 (or an A equivalent). Je suis TELLEMENT contente. ✨ ✧ This semester, my classes are online again, unfortunately. But I am taking some really amazing classes!: Social Theory II - Critical Epistemologies, Ethnographic Fieldwork, Environment and Society, Urban Visualities, and Research Design and Proposal Writing in the Social Sciences. I absolutely love my courses. ✨

Love updates: I am dating a French person, and my French has improved EXPONENTIALLY in the past three months. Absolutely insane!

Health updates: I have been jumping back and forth between medications, having weird withdrawal symptoms and other disassociating side effects (and it doesn’t help that it is extremely difficult to communicate with my US doctor and receive prescriptions abroad). However, overall: I think I am feeling at the best point mentally in my life than I have ever been. I am also eating very well now that I am back in Europe, meditating every morning, and I am hoping to get on a workout routine soon!

Now, to commence the Zoomster studyblr challenge!

Day 1- Introduce yourself! What’s some basic info you’d like to share about yourself? Also! What are you studying? (If you’re in college, what’s your major? which semester are you in?)

My name is Delcia! I’m currently a first-year master’s student in the anthropology & sociology program at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland. uwu. I am originally from Colorado, and received my bachelor’s from UC Santa Barbara in anthropology (with a minor in linguistics) in 2020. Aspiring professor, sagittarius, torn between light and dark academia, BIG sapph, SJW, and love books + coffee. Anything else? ✨

Tell me a bit about yourself in the comments -- I would love to see what everyone is up to this semester! ✨

Day 1: A photo of your supplies

100 Days of Productivity: 74/100

Very productive day today! I'm trying to my core exercise routine every other day, and I didn't feel as tired after finishing my workout compared to last time. I also washed my sheets and did some other laundry (our brand new washer works way better, can hold more per load, and it has a cute little jingle when it starts and finishes washing something 😊), and worked on Japanese more. Last night I downloaded some apps and a PDF version of Genki I's textbook and workbook, just to have some supplemental material besides Duolingo and manga, lol.

So far, I'm really enjoying JA Sensei. It's got a lot of useful explanations for the "how" and "why" of Japanese grammar, and I like the quizzes you do at the end of every lesson. It really feels like a Japanese course I could take at uni, just on my phone! I also like how you can tap a certain Kanji character and it shows what it means as well as the proper way to write it with the strokes and everything (a lot more efficient and clean looking compared to trying to do it on my own)

@jasminestudyblrchallenge day 4: do two sides of notes

Today I started my new religion book Catholic Apologetics so I’m super excited! I really want to be able to defend my Faith better and the logic behind Apologetics is so compelling, interesting and I love the reasoning you do! The only downside is just how much info you have to know so these notes took forever!

thanks again, @justjasminestudying!

“You are enough. You are so enough, it is unbelievable how enough you are.” -Sierra Boggess

This quote has gotten me through so many struggles. Whenever I feel like I’m not trying hard enough, or I’m not as good as my peers, I look to this quote and am content with myself. It really gets me going when I feel down in the dumps.