This Is Yesterday

03/10/25

Woke up at midnight (fucked sleep schedule)

Started studying at 1am

Studied bio for the first time in ages and ages

Did a practice paper got 61% :(

Went to sleep about 2pm

Woke up at 10:30pm feel cooked

Today I woke up early-ish for me and went to the library. The last time I studied at the library it was a holiday and exam season so it was funny to see it so empty now

going somewhere that isn't my home stops me from getting distracted and so I studied for 5 hours total with a half hour break in the middle

It was good to lock in that hard I haven't in a while but I didn't eat or sleep that was good so I wasn't super focused unfortunately

I've had a very long break from studying not in a cute or fun way and I'm so out of practice so instead of setting a goal of 6 hours a day or whatever like I used to I'm just gonna try and one up myself everyday in minutes, even if it's just one minute more (I don't know what I'll do if I don't do that like for an incentive, suggestions welcome)

Here's where I'm at so far:

24th - 0 minutes

25th - 30 minutes

26th - 44 minutes

27th - ???

its not really a challenge ive just got to hype myself up somehow i have 13 assignments to submit in the next 10 weeks on top of 14 new art history topics to cover and a boatload of revision for bio and soc - i want to post here to keep myself accountable because these assignments have been making me deeply anxious for months and i know im likely to procrastinate and avoid them

so ive set dates to hand in each one and ive bought myself a new planner so that lifes not so miserable these are the dates: 25th April - bio 1b 30th April - art hist 1 2nd May - soc 1 13th May - bio 2 16th May - soc 2 19th May - art hist 2 28th May - soc 3 30th May - bio 3 5th June - soc 4 11th June - art hist 3 13th June - bio 4 17th June - soc 5 23rd June - art hist 5

just an hour or so ago i was like yeah im gonna read all these books yeah im gonna make a new issue for my zine after whatever like 2 years its been and then all of a sudden im having a crisis of purpose but we move and tonight i am reading so i want to write some book lists. i really want to know if anyone has read/likes/wants to read any of these because im really lacking people to talk to about books things i've read semi-recently that i liked a lot

the other side: a journey into women, art and the spirit world - jennifer higgie - loved it so much fave of the year so far by far 10/10 - every second was interesting, the sort of book i want to read 10 books on every topic that comes up, i think ill write a separate post about it soon

albert and the whale - phillip hoare - read this in october so a long time ago now but it was great - a similar sort of narrative-y non fiction that i love - borrowed from library but i think i want to buy it one day because it was such a trip and i need to reread to try and absorb it all

the power - naomi alderman - i dont remember when i read this one i dont know why but it was really good - stayed in my head

the women in the picture -catherine mccormack - a bit short if anything felt like each chapter couldve done with being a whole book - liked its links to pop culture + mythology + all sorts

why have there been no great women artists - linda nochlin - had to read it at some point given its referenced in the intro of every feminist art hist book ive read - didnt disappoint

books i am reading/are in my pile

closing the gender gap - madeleine arnot + miriam david + gaby weiner

jungle - patrick roberts

this dark country - rebecca birrell

seeing ourselves - frances borzello

the subversive stitch - rozsika parker

artemisia gentileschi - mary garrard

started off strong, sleep schedules been very strange

got actually so much done this week it i'm sure come at the cost of my thriving a little bit especially my sleep has been all over the place (skipped this weekend's reviews because i went to bed at 3pm yesterday and woke up at 10pm the same day) but I've had a really good time studying hard especially cell biology and starting learning Swedish I've enjoyed a lot

habits + goals:

✅ essay every day ✅ read every day ✅ go climbing four times ✅ mochi flashcards every day ✅ duolingo streak ✅ >35 hours study ✅ make >20 flashcards ❌ draw everyday - dnf, started off alright ❌walk twice (just went for one yesterday- unless when it snowed was this week i cant remember) ❌ knit/crochet everyday (missed one day i think)

things i did

continued learning swedish - got though i think 6 units of duolingo maybe it was 5, read an intro to swedish short book and bit of grammar, bit of reading practice, gonna do more structured stuff this week also doing a open learn course on how to learn a language cos i dont know what im doing genuinely

got topic 1 of bio and soc done with time to revise as well and finally finisished topic 2 art history

finished cell bio extra course a week early + byzantine icons course on time

feeling pretty good climbing, havent done any hard climbs recently but ive made progress on a few

finished reading women in the picture - would recommend

wrote 7 essays which was epic, i think ill post a list of what they were on at some point for my memory

went in a lovely 7am winter walk (dont think im a morning person thoughi hadnt slept i wish i was)

stuck to a schedule a couple of times

tired so short one:

had a chill kind of sleepy whole night studying cos its the end of the week and i had worked hard earlier on i could sort of study what i want which was good

things i did:

bio - bit of revision, finished cell bio course a week early which was very cool, loved it, then did a full topic practice test, i think i got 67% which isnt that good but im pleased with anyway because its my first time learning this topic, not to be a nerd but i love doing bio questions while listening to music i had such a good time

soc - very little, few practice questions

art hist - finally ticked off jmw turner!!!!! so glad to finally move on

swedish - popped off today, also wrote my essay on the history of swedish language so i included that thats the main reason for big time today

went climbing that was really fun

bio: 3h10 (30m extra) soc: 20m art hist: 40m swedish: 4h20