my study diary

i must not lie down on my bed with my phone. lying down with my phone is the time-killer. lying down with my phone is the little mistake that brings total academic obliteration. i will face my phone. i will permit it to show me my updated tumblr feed. and when i have scrolled past a few posts i will turn over my phone and place it down. where the procrastination has gone there will be nothing. only i will remain

29|03|2025

I am so over with reviewing for my exam on Monday. I really cannot stay focused anymore after having worked on this stuff this long, so I took the afternoon off, and I do not feel guilty about it. I have reviewed everthing ad nauseam, I genuinely cannot get more informations into my brain. In the past few days I finished my third review, I've finished my reread of the first two books in the Deadendia graphic novels (and cannot wait for the release of the translation of the third book, since I got the first two in Italian). And I have continued reading the second book in the Emily Wilde series, which I am really enjoying!

39-41/50 days of productivity

26.03.2025—updated to do list from the other day. not having the best day ever, but feels good seeing the progress ive made

this notebook is a stalogy & i love it. pen is from zebra sarasa vintage series, and the highlighter is a grey mildliner

01.04.2025—happy April!! still in a major depressive slump, not thriving. enjoy some old photos while i get out of whatever this is

01.04 // one fourth of the year is done! and instead of buying any of the books on my poll (or, you know, the winner: Portrait of a Thief) I found this Alex Rowland book and HAD to get it! My apologies to everyone who was invested in that poll, I beefed it....

I had a dinner with friends directly after work yesterday and I'm never doing that again. That day was entirely too long, I need to be able to Go Home between work and social commitments!!

The last two weeks were exhausting, so I'm recovering slowly, trying to text peoole back finally and clinging to the prospect of vacation in less than two weeks.

In rotation today: Reverberate - Bears in Trees

01.04.2025

We made through March 👏🏾

It was a hardcore month for me. April: be kind 🥲

Wednesday, the 26th of March 2025

After more than half a decade and years of a buzzcut I've treated myself to a haircut (and a fringe), despite a busy schedule and two exams coming up. I just needed to have an hour to myself, for vanity and talking to strangers about everything and nothing. It was well worth it, and when I got home, I was greeted by bundles of freshly harvested wild garlic and a wonderfully fragrant wild garlic pesto that my flatmate was cooking.

24.03.2025—cheeky update from my last post—i was able to get over my meltdown by devising this to do list. the left side has everything i need to read & take notes on for coursework, as well draft (down the bottom), and the right side is the same but for my PhD. by managing like this i feel a sense of achievement ticking things off, instead of just writing “research essay” on my to do list and not being able to tick it off bc i haven’t submitted the essay yet. breaking it down into smaller chunks thus helps with that sense of achievement when working on large projects. hope this is helpful, just wanted to share a more positive update

25.03.2025—had a much better day today, had a great GP appointment & now doing some chill study

March 27th, 2025

Today was a good day. And I got the idea to illustrate a Shakespeare play and rewrite it so my students understand it. I would love to start but I don't have time and I'm sure it'll take forever...

16.03.2025

Some food pics of the weekend and my messy desk after a study session today.

wednesday 02.26.25

today was very productive! i began writing and competed three essays in the span of two hours. this afternoon, i went to the gym for a few hours and strolled through the mall with my sister, where i bought powerless (lauren roberts) and then headed to my city library, studied some more 🫶🏼

My cartoon for this week’s Guardian Books

March 17th, 2025

I felt like I was stumbling into the week. Sunday always is over way too fast and then the new week begins even though I'm not ready yet... But well, time doesn't stop so here we are. Let's hope I can catch up tomorrow.