#is journalblr a thing

[luvermore]

last couple of journal days in my fauxbonichi

[ngisi]

My letter to my penpal!

[pagesoflanguish]

English Vocabulary Journal

I was watching ParkerNotes’ latest video on YT about the best way to expand your vocabulary and it pushed me to set up a vocabulary notebook at 3 am in the morning lmao. I liked the method he explained in the video, and despite having failed attempts at keeping a physical and digital word bank, I think I could make this work for me.

I simplified the method of adding a word into my vocabulary notebook. First, I write the word, specify what type of word it is (noun, verb, etc.) and then I jot down its definitions from the Merriam-Webster website. I don’t include the word’s etymology as to not make things complicated.

To increase the chances of me not dipping out on this journal, I decided to use a precious notebook of mine which is the A6 Muji Open-Flat Notebook in Black.

I had a good experience writing in this notebook so far which alleviates the urge in me to write stuff sloppily in it and just overall treating it as if it were disposable (do any of you do this with notebook you don’t like?).

That’s all I have to say for now. I look forward to writing more notebook-related entries in this blog. Thank you for reading and have a nice day :-))

[ephemeratea]

I love Joan Didion. No, that’s not correct. I love Joan Didion’s writing. If I actually met her, I would probably find her snotty and irritating. Which is fine, because she’d probably think me ugly and low-class. She seems like the type of person who values skinny people with high ideals, and I am neither of those things. But it takes all kinds.

Point is, I wish I could write like her. Observant and intelligent and consistently interested in her sources, regardless of her feelings for them. I’ve been reading her form of New Journalism in order to make my own writing better, but really has only resulted in my more carefully eavesdropping on conversations going on around me. I don’t write in order to some day publish - I write because I have a terrible memory and if things don’t go in my diary, they will be forgotten extremely quickly.

But this has resulted in a lot of overheard comments going into my diary, many of which have minimal context.

“Hey man, Asian females be hella scary. I don’t know why.” Said by a young black man with gorgeous dreads on his phone in downtown Berkeley.

Listening to a confused old lady talk to the security guard at a hospital where I���m working. Security guard: “Can you tell me what building you’re in?” Old lady: “This building!”

Hiking bro to fellow hiking bro on the Zion National Park shuttle, talking about his favorite places to hike: “Glacier’s only busy on weekends. Like, no one lives in Montana.”

And these are all from the past few months. My notebooks are full of bits like this. I don’t know why I keep writing them down except that it’s a good exercise in paying attention.

Or possibly it’s just creepy. I have no idea.

[colap1nto]

30/09 - it was a really easy peasy day today. ready to left september behind as i'm going back to my 10k steps per day goal for october. i put down some of the things i was excited for in my planner... will reveal the cover on another post for the journalblr.

[medicallybl0nde]

26.03.19

so, 75% on that midsem, was not happy about it. 5% away from a HD feels like a total kick in the gonads. The class average was 50% and a lot of people did not pass so I know in my heart it wasn’t my fault that I didn’t get that HD, I was adequately prepared for a HD. maybe I could have been more prepared but I was definitely prepared enough for a HD. I hope the unit head looks at the class average and realises she screwed up. The next test for this unit is still about a month away, so I have time to pick myself up for that one and try figure out what she’s going to throw at us. 

I have two midsems coming up for med micro and molecular bio, one two weeks away and one 3 weeks away. I have a stats assignment due in 2 weeks that I want to get done by the end of this week so I can dedicate the next two weeks to midsem prep instead of stats assignment work. This week is a tute free week but since I’m doing my chem unit externally the next 3 days is full of intensive labs for me (literally 8am-5pm in 4 hour increments with one lunch break, I want to cry) so tonight I’m just working through the lab manual prepping for that. I also have a group oral coming up that’s pissing me off because a few of the group members are being little shits, and I need a HD, it’s on the physiology of SIDS cases and I’m considering just doing the whole thing myself. 

I had a psychiatrists appointment yesterday and he seems more interested in me going to med school than my parents do. He spent about 15 minutes lecturing me on how to mentally prepare myself for the gamsat and make sure that I don’t go into it with a half-ass attitude, he actually believes I can do it, which is weird considering he’s seen me at full had-to-be-hospitalised mental breakdown, like this guy had to admit me into hospital and now he’s sitting here with me genuinely lecturing me and giving me advice about getting into med school and I can see on his face that he legit thinks I have a shot at this, and i’m just like- if my psychiatrist, who went to med school himself and has seen me at my worst, thinks that I can get into med. Then I can fucking get into med.

Overall this is going to be a busy week and I hate chemistry so it’s going to be a busy PAINFUL week but whatever come at me

[locketofviolets]

10.24.22, 4:53 AM | Late nights

I started doing something I have never before done — journaling. I bought eight soft cover journals and some pens and am ready to start this healing journey. Unfortunately, as I’ve been sick, I’ve hurt my friends along the way. One of them and I are taking a break right now. I was just on ScoreCreator composing a bit for a new song about this experience — hurting the people around you as you’re actively suicidal. Hopefully one of my best friends will wanna rap it, we’ll see.

[lionofstone]

mcu? sorry, i only know the nicholas podany cinematic universe 

( jaspers -> benjamin & oliver -> lucids )  

[pearonthegas]

some days are difficult,

tuesday. 16/11/21

if yesterday was a qualifying, today naturally becomes race day, but if i'm honest it felt more like a sprint -

too much happened today that my head feels like its lagging behind, barely having enough time to catch up and everything feels just out of reach

my head wasn't in the game - it was muffled and jumbled and nothing was latching on

the world seemed to be moving too fast while i was lagging behind

i thought things were well with me investing time in things i was actually interested in, but it seems to have made me feel worse than i did before

it's the trying to find the places where my mind and heart are at peace - the moments where the heaviness is unburdened from my chest; some days are tough, that doesn't mean i need to be

f1 updates:

biggest news today is coming from Alfa Romeo; Zhou Guanyu has been officially announced for Gio's seat, and Gio is now signed in for Formula E. I wish the best for both of them <3 this will be an exciting new chapter for each

tomorrow will be better - tomorrow brings new hopes.

note --> the teams are starting to arrive in Qatar! let's hope everyone involved gets the rest they need before the hectic weekend begins ☆⌒(*＾-゜)v

[blacklinguist]

just a tip but , if you want time for something, you make time for something. life won’t magically clear up because it’s ‘listening to your heart’ or something spooky...you have to make what you have work for you.

[luvermore]

Cafe, study, and journaling days with a delicious lavender honey latte.

[solenelmar]

started a bullet journal today ✏️💖

[journalluvv]

I'm going to try post more regularly with better content

[how-write-you-are-blog]

You will be found. (I've been listening to Dear Evan Hansen on repeat for awhile now!)

[bataamochi]

An old spread (*´ω｀*)

[dinersaturn]

Masked Deuce running a study/ journalblr blog? His page layouts look amazing but he hasn’t been able to write a single thing in a month