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what is something that sets you up for your day? 🌤🍵 it feels so nice to wake up to a view of your stack of favorite books every morning 🥹✨ i’ve had this little “favorites” stack for a while, and lately it’s been growing in size, which is always great ☺️🤍 oh, and it’s always lovely to play a familiar film in the background to set the mood 💫🌷🎨 https://www.instagram.com/p/ClBfL5zvtXg/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Relaxing at a cute cafe while it’s pouring rain outside😭 Also managed to finish proofreading my last term paper!!! 🤍🫶🏻⛈️✨

Studying isn't about grades, it's about falling in love with a subject.

I've officially started my last year of college and have never felt more excited. These years have been a process of learning to love learning new things, but i think I've finally started fully appreciating the opportunity to study subjects that not only interest me, but will also help me in my life and career post-university.

I'm grateful to have professors that are passionate about the courses they teach, I'm grateful for the friends that are just as dedicated to learning as I am, with whom I can always discuss interesting details and debatable theories.

It's a new year and I'm grateful to become a new me.

hi, sorry if this is a random ask, but do you have any advice for wasting less time between studying sessions? i'm a big fan of pomodoro so I know I am getting 5 hours of work done, but it seems to take me eight or nine hours to do it

so sorry i got to this late, i didn't see it in my inbox !! oh gosh, this is such a good question because i always feel like i'm wasting time in between studying sessions. for me, i force myself to do a few things, which i feel like have helped me these past few years:

go to a slightly uncomfortable place with a few goals to achieve, usually a café or casual restaurant. this is why i'm always at cafés instead of the library or my room—if i study at a place that's too comfortable, i find myself wasting more time. if i'm at a café, i feel pressured to stay no more than 2 hours (a little more if i get another drink!) so i end up trying to finish my tasks as soon as possible because i don't want to spend more money than i have to. i usually go to the library at night when cafés are closed

dress up (makeup, cute outfit + heeled boots, the whole nine yards). i find myself more productive when i'm feeling pretty and good about myself. there's been scientific studies about it! if i'm too chill in pjs or sweats, i find that i'm too relaxed and spend more time scrolling on my phone during breaks. this sounds silly but i'm extremely dressed up when i take exams—someone asked me why i was wearing red lipstick for our financial accounting exam lolol. but i felt confident and it translates! i actually don't even own any sweats anymore haha

if you're not feeling productive at night, just call it a night and start again early in the morning. i'm admittedly a night owl but if it's like 2 a.m. and i just find myself scrolling on twitter and feeling shitty about not being productive, i just call it a night and start again the next morning :))

hope this helps !!

happy sunday!!! slept in, worked out, had a long journal session and breakfast in a café, and now I’m back at home resting before my PM duty, while the laundry machine purrs and the basketball game plays on tv. I am at peace, I am happy. no dark clouds for the first time in months. things get better.

Pushing through the burnout

sunlight & lattes. 

Life lately:

Studying after duty because we have exams every weekend again

Went through Something but we are moving from it now

Currently in OB rotation now! I’m still adjusting.

Emotionally, I’m getting better. I’m trying to take care of myself more.

Life has been hard lately but one step at a time, one task at a time.