FINISH WHAT YOU STARTED

Applying and waiting for admission decision for my master’s program is bananas , so I’ve been spending a lot of time at the library this summer. I love it here so much and it really helps me with focusing in on my studies. My Chinese is improving every day and it’s really cool to see my progress.

🎧 - no instructions by the happy fits

Studying from home …

Every page you read is a step closer to your dreams

First daily update on how my thesis writing is going. This morning session was slightly less productive since I only wrote a new paragraph (a little less than a page). But I did do a big reread of what I wrote yesterday, fixed up a few sentences and typos and also checked the notes. I also went through the big list I made last week of things I need to include in this chapter, I crossed off everything I have mentioned already, and finally I reorganized the other informations I still have to include in an order that makes sense. So in my afternoon writing session I can just go for it since I already have the order in which to write things in. I imagine I will do a rough draft of that and then clean it up in the next session. Overall these one hour writing sprints seem to work well which is giving me a lot of hope. I will now go for a walk to wind down and I'll be back in the afternoon with an update after my second daily writing session.

Sunday reset 🤞🏼

Summer so far: comps reading, ballet, and long hours in local coffee shops. As much work as it is, I am greatly appreciating the flexibility and individual pace of exam prep. Especially when the view beyond the window is bursting with lush, vibrant summer leaves.

probably would've been quicker and easier to just photoshop them in but no, this student took a refreshingly creative, arts-and-crafts approach to getting an academic misconduct case

letter of the law is fun

📓 Hummingbird Salamander, by Jeff Vandermeer (maybe not the best book for someone trying to avoid feeling stressed lol)

I needed to take the morning off so I spent it with the dog, and in the afternoon I decided to write down some very quick notes on the book i have read this week. Since I didn't want to break up the notes in my thesi commonplace book, I did something very out of character for me. I wrote down digital notes while I was fresh with the info of the last book, and I will write down actual handwritten notes in my journal as soon as I'll be done with the notes of the other book I have paused. Ngl the digital notewriting was way quicker than I expected, which is making me question my study method, but I know that I would be never able to actually study from them. The good thing is that I have learned a good tecnique to write down draft notes quickly when I need to. I might end up using this again in the future, who knows. I did write down notes for the whole book, so I am very proud of myself. Next week I'll get back to the other book and hopefully I'll finish at least reading it. I also have to email my supervisor, but I might do that tomorrow, because right now my brain is soup and I don't want to rush a bad email just to take the task off my to do list.

matching the scenery 🌸

reading this week has officially shifted from bourdieu to derrida (by way of carolyn steedman's dust)

these days, wondering between practice and research

First sunny day on campus and suddenly I feel alive again