#online master's degrees

[choking-on-roses]

My goal was to grade 10 papers today. I really really reeeeaaaallyyyyy didn't want to and had to fight tooth and nail through the executive dysfunction. I clawed my way through at a pace of one essay per hour. I hated it, but I did it!

It's not even the fact that I reached my goal that made me happy (it was arbitrary). It's the fact that I'm even capable of getting through difficult things I don't want to do at all. I have been working on my self-discipline and focus for years and I'm very proud of myself for how far I've come.

[rosalesbeausderholle]

It's incredibly embarrassing to be unemployed and talk with my parents. They're completely understanding of my situation and how much the job market sucks atm and they've been nothing but nice to me about it and support me financially through this rough patch and YET everytime I talk to them I feel like I should get run over by a car so that they don't have to bear the stain of having me as a daughter anymore.

[calamitysong]

10 photos of me in 2023~

i'm gonna be real. i have a lot going for me right now and i'm looking forward to living another year now more than ever. corny as hell but i'm so grateful for the way i have been living this year and the people in my life who have made my life possible. thank you thank you thank you my friends!!!

[kleyamarki]

and what if i said online group work in my grad cohort is cruel and unusual bullshitery.

[willowgast]

in news from grad life, my supervisor asked me about phd plans today and upon hearing i want to take a few years to do various non-academic things before i start one, immediately produced an application form for a scholarship to study abroad in iceland for a year? like this was not remotely on the radar of what i was planning for next year but tbf i hadn't actually planned that much, and i was initially looking at a master's programme in iceland before i settled on the one i've actually ended up on, so... why not! could be living in iceland this time next year! sometimes niche, half-buried teenage dreams do come true!

[hotsugarbyglassanimals]

online brainrot and academic brainrot are the exact same thing to me. in my opinion

[malayamona]

Delicious chicken & potatoes, palm trees & summer weather, pretty quotes 💕

[sidewalk-scrawls]

Literally cannot overstate how glad I am that I'm not in college anymore

[craske]

I don't want to sound pretentious when i say all this (and this ended up being really long??), but i really do think you don't need to uphold your online presence so consciously, or even at all. There's nothing wrong with being "inactive" because trying to show up for everything is some sick standard social media made up. Maybe it might be difficult to uphold an idgaf personality, but i can say from my experience it could be better to try a little bit at a time. I can say that they really do mean it when you can have quiet admirers, from my experience all the more. Maybe they're too shy to put silly tags when they reblog or just put a like on your post. And I don't think you have to worry too much about sticking to one piece of media and be afraid the people following you won't like you anymore for posting different content. At most, I just believe they won't really care enough to unfollow you or stop engaging entirely. The most important thing to me is that you stick around doing the things you actually want to do, even if you're just showing up every month or so, or black out for a year or more. Because the people who do care will be overjoyed to see you whatever you post or share, especially when you come back after a long time. It really is discouraging when you don't see that actively, maybe because we're so used to seeing numbers that relate to our worth. But i like to imagine we're waving at each other from a distance or smiling through a window, as horrid as online landscapes can be nowadays. I know i'm running my mouth here but i just wanted to share my experience because i um. 🙋 also think youre really cool and awesome and i love whatever work you do and the fact you share it is an amazing thing enough i feel privelaged and youre humor is funny and whatever new stuff you post is just introducing me to things i'll also think is cool down the line and i really do wish i can share my appericiation more and evolve from being a quiet admirer /inhales/ 👍 i would say this is a sort of love letter from the gas station but i also mean it as kai 👋 i hope you're doing well in uni or that it gets better soon or in whatever it is youre doing now. and whether or not youre online, i hope youre doing the things you enjoy 🫶

okay i needed some time to figure out how to respond to this ask because theres a lot (in a /pos way dont worry) so ill start off with saying that i really really and i do mean it Really appreciate what you said here. Especially lately, ive been struggling with being active online outside of small spaces where there are just me and a few other people. might be me feeling overwhelmed when i say something into the void with a high chance of no response, though i wont fault anyone for that. i myself know interaction is scary so i do get it. ever since i started using the internet ive stuck to my small online bubbles so yeah interaction kind of intimidating online

and though i agree it does feel discouraging to sometimes see no feedback or much of a reaction, i try not to be bummed out about it myself because im also a silent admirer of many artists online. so like ive said before i do understand that sometimes people are shy and dont interact directly and theres no pressure really to change that. just the idea that there are people that like what i make is really nice, even though i suffer from the same issue that maaany other artists have and i need to actively remind myself of that.

about sticking to one fandom its a very recent but big issue to me because ive been DEEP in the persona pit for like 4 years, and i certainly built an audience around that. i know there will always be people that stick around no matter what but despite that theres always that nagging feeling that maaybe things will crumble. obviously thats not true but human mind fucking SUCKS

as the final note ill say it again that your message means a lot to me and i thank you a lot for it <333 im soo flattered by your words and they made my past two days, thank you soo much

[lily-mae-dylan]

Another class down... a thousand to go

[cinewhore]

Starting taking online courses (because i actually miss school and realize that I only truly learn in an academic environment of sorts) and I’m lowkey having so much fun lol

Currently taking a course on the anthropology of social media. Only have completed week one which covers the basics but I’m so thrilled to dive a bit deeper.

Signing up for a course on Victorian film history.

Keeping my eye on the royal fashion class.

Fun fun fun

[cinematicbookworm]

Hmmmm wish tuition wasn’t so expensive or that I had moved back home last year cause there is a program at a major university back home that would also be perfect but it’s really hard to get in and it’s like twice as much for out of state tuition and even though I’ve only spent three years out of state I would only have two months back in state before the deadline for applying and the next window wouldn’t be for another three years and who knows where I’ll be by then

[pinktinselmonstrosity]

bought a bottle of cheap wine and a box of chocolates let's watch sixteen candles and forget our problems 👍👍👍👍

[fingertipsmp3]

Okay, here’s a sign that I need to fucking go to therapy already: I’m starting to miss academia

[justanotherpiccplayer]

My dad walked in on me filling out one of the smaller application forms for a job and deadass was like "what are you doing?" "why do you have to write all of that?" "no wonder so many people don't have jobs if you have to fill out that shite" *leaves room angry on my behalf* 🤣🤣🤣