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Romanticizing your life sounds so stupid but it will help you cope. Taking extra time to make a yummie coffee in the morning, sitting outide observing the wind in the trees, writing poems, going to old book stores, watching your childhood favourite movies, listening to romantic jazz, writing in a coffee shop, making sure you have moody lighting in your room, putting on asmr rooms as a background noise while you work. It's not a solution, but it makes things a bit better.

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the key to surviving grad school (also maybe life but definitely grad school) is to pick a side quest every few months or so. something that brings you joy and that you can get better at over time, independent of whether or not your research or classes are going well. put your need for academic validation to use in a non-academic setting and everything will feel less dire and you will learn you are more than your work

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LIFE IS NOT A RACE IT IS A DIVINE UNFOLDING

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Dreams (1990), dir. Akira Kurosawa

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Having a stu-pen-dous time studying.

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May Sarton, The House by the Sea

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bitch this is all you’re gonna get. this life, this face, this body. you better not ‘maybe in another universe’ your way out of everything. sit your ass down and face this. go make tea and have a picnic and read a goddamn book. kiss your loved ones, send that damn text, and hug your siblings. this is all you’re gonna get.

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Did u get my vibes man?

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“The same boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It’s about what you’re made of, not the circumstances.”

— Unknown

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Hazy memories of a summer long ago...

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"I am made and remade continually. Different people draw different words from me." Virginia Woolf, The Waves

Captured by, @nostalgelle

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"how to prevent smile lines" there are a thousand more important things to do with your time than postpone evidence of life's joy on your face

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