#also i'm making homemade pizza for dinner and i am so looking forward to it

[becomehermione]

16:06 // 12/01/2018

The week before starting a new semester feels, to me, a little like drifting with no clear path towards something unclear but familiar - the feeling of actually having a purpose. Hence, I’ve been trying to keep myself busy to prepare for that sudden event.

I read the first story in Birds of America by Lorrie Moore, which is a book of 12 short stories. I love the author’s writing style, and as you can see from my highlights, I had a lot to think about as I was reading.

Just today I finished Olive Kitteridge, a novel about family and connections with other people and the ways that everyone is connected, despite having their own individual struggles which sometimes make them feel more alone than they really are. It’s a heavy, heavy book but I can’t wait to discuss it in my creative writing workshop next week.

I also bought some new pens to use for my bullet journal and study journal. I’ve pictured my cover pages for 2018 in my bujo, as well as some brush pen practice I did.

Also, I got my results back for an essay I thought I’d flunked last semester, and I got some of the best grades I’ve received so far. Somehow, despite writing the entire 3,000 word disaster the day before, I exceeded all expectations. That at least is going to carry me through the first assignments of this semester - knowing that if I focus enough, I can do really well even without the hours I usually waste planning and overthinking every word.

This week is dedicated to small victories, and building up steam for the marathon ahead. Let’s all try our best to get through this semester!