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Day 1 ||30 Days of Productivity

22.10.2024

• Morning Routine☑️

• Total study time: 2hrs 15mins. I went through the first two presentations for MM. I need to go back and revise circuits cause I took an electrical engineering course in first semester and I’ve forgotten most of it. I spent a lot of time flipping through textbooks lmao. I also spent some time in the lab and finished two models. I think I’ll print them tomorrow. I’m too shy to ask for help to make the silicon mixture I need for my membrane. But hopefully tomorrow.

• Violin practice. This is the last thing I did cause I really wasn’t in the mood. I’m glad I pushed through though cause I enjoyed it. Since it’s 10pm I couldn’t really play. So I ended up just plucking so at least I’d hear something.

• Food. I made pasta, but I was too lazy to add any protein🫠. Funny enough, I think this one will be the hardest to keep up with.

• Walk. I walked around a bunch today, even though I didn’t go for a proper walk.

• Desk. Cleared.

• Nighttime routine. I didn’t really plan anything concrete for this so I’m just going to scrap it lol.

One of my exam grades was released today. Yap time⬇️

I wrote an improvement for Biomaterials and I did in fact improve my grade. I didn’t think I was actually going to cause I fell off the wagon the week before the exam and I barely put in minimum effort to study. And I’m glad that despite that I still did good but I feel bad that I could’ve done even better. Despite my grade being much better my gpa only increased by 0.05. It really put into perspective how much harder I have to work on my remaining exams if I’m going to hit my goal before I graduate. Which led me to pull out my calculator and start trying to get my estimates down. With the way things are looking, I need to aim for a perfect grade in everything🫠. I’m going to write improvements in maybe two exams?? We have 3 chances to do that and I want to use all of mine lmao. So I’m looking at 6 exams. Well. I’m glad this realization hit me in October at least.

I went from a 3.0 to a 1.7, small, itty bitty wins🕺🏾!!

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rainy streets & archaeology reading

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some snaps from my daily life in finland🫶🏻 trying to balance work, studies & tutoring🌷

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My greenhouse seedlings are doing well despite the cold temps at night! Excited by the possibility of fresh herbs in the winter in my future

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29.10.24 | 75 days of connection 💭 | day 12

busy morning at work 😴

lunch with my lovely close friends 💞

8km walk 🚶🏻‍♂️

dinner with my family 🍜

still reading jane eyre 📕

knitting a sweater vest 🧶

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My study sessions of late are more reading for fun and less reading for study than I’d like to admit but the cozy season is here

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my happy place

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21.10.24 | 75 days of connection 💭 | day 4

🏃‍♀️ MOVEMENT

walk + coffee with my aunt

quick 15 min workout

i’m having horrible allergies rn which makes exercise difficult :(

🪡 MAKING

blocked my sweater :)

made plans for my next knitting projects

planned my meals for the week and did a food shop

made a bowl of pasta w courgettes chickpeas tomatoes

🧘‍♀️ FOCUS

1 meeting

sent my design project to print

sent a design for feedback - can’t wait for this project to be over

tried to do some writing but feeling so unwell, couldn’t concentrate

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19.10.24 | 75 days of connection 💭 | day 2

🏃‍♀️ MOVEMENT

went on a big beautiful walk in the park. so autumnal!

🪡 MAKING

finally finished a knitting project i’ve been working on for 6 months 🥲 just need to sew in the ends. very excited for it to be over mostly so i can start something new, but also so that i can wear it lol

🧘‍♀️ FOCUS

started reading jane eyre 😍

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15.10.24

my days have consisted of translating, walking, more translating from another language, coffee, and studying Hungarian

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18.10.2024

• Studied at a cafe. Their drinks have been sort of shitty lately. They switched the glasses so maybe they’re struggling with the proportions, I’ll give them two more drinks of grace. The muffin was good though. Can’t believe I used to avoid blueberry muffins. Shameful.

•Violin lesson. I had to run out cause I got the worst stomach cramps and it was just when I got to the easier, more fun part of the piece. Ugh. Finished over the garden wall today.

•Started studying Music Theory and I’m enjoying it a lot.

•I was meant to wash my hair this night but I’m too tired so that’s moved to tomorrow.

Total study time: 4hrs 57mins only posting it cause it’s reasonable lmao and I haven’t studied in too long🫣

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My favourite pairing: hot drinks and fresh autumn air ☕️🍂

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A quick underwhelming breakfast

PhD Day 14: feeling very tired today (it's not even 7 am yet). I have so many things to do and so little time. My big deadline for my grant proposal is getting closer and closer and I feel like all these other tasks get on the way.

I just need October to end to be able to focus on the research :)

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Putney, London

15.10.2024

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greenhouse study spot. this month is impossible. I push on.

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Tumblrinas, I did it! I passed my qualifying exam! It was hard and scary and I sometimes said the wrong thing, but I did it! Now to sleep for one thousand years!

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I’ve noticed a lot of people have been becoming against zoos and aquariums.

(I’m talking about AZA zoos and other accredited zoos)

Zoos breed animals for conservation reasons (restore populations)

They study animals

They raise money for conservation

They provide amazing veterinary care

They provide proper enclosures

They provide enrichment to animals

They provide a proper diets

They educate the public

They contribute to conservation in MANY ways

I know the zoo near me helps local wildlife as well. They take in animals that would otherwise not survive in the wild. Such as bears who have been hit by cars or whose parents were killed by people.

Support accredited zoos! Ideally these animals wouldn’t need to be in zoos but due to human impact they often times have to be.