#studyblr confession

[liones-s]

there’s a coffee shop with a hidden drawer where people leave their thoughts and hearts

[sonisis]

I'm not recovering from this one gays

[effelier]

Tomorrow I start my seventh semester. I'm sad to leave, I'll miss my mom and sisters very much. I'll also miss this home, it is cozy and clean and functional. And I'll miss watching law and order svu with my mom. I'll miss everything. But I know I will be ok. I will be with dad. Dad who spoils me. Dad who supports me to the ends of the world. Dad who told me to have milk with my breakfast on my first day of university because he wanted me to have all the energy needed. And I'll see my friends now and then. And I'll study and work really really hard to thank my family for their love and support. And to stand on my own two feet someday.

[laurachouettepoetry]

CONFESSION

Sometimes

I feel like the lines of mine

are in the way of every love

that tries to cross the last bridge

I have left leading to my heart.

For I burned every other one

while numbing the wounds

the fire caused -

setting alight to all that is left of me.

I must admit

that I kept on to the match,

long after it burned down

and reached my fingertips.

- Laura Chouette

[divinotes]

Jan 16

Yesterday was a coffee shop study day. Today, the first day of the Semester, and classes got snowed out. Kind of crazy how fast the holiday went by but I am so ready to get back into things.

❈ Library photo by Oscar Ovalle -> pexels

[ilostmydiary]

Grade prediction!

Course 1- 80%

I have to do as well as or better than the midterm I didn’t study for

✨Course 2 ✨(R’s course)- 90%

as long as I get a 85+ on my final essay

Course 3- 80%

I have to do 4% better than my two midterms which I didn’t study for (plus it’s a virtual exam so fingers crossed)

Course 4- 65- 80%

I truly don’t know, I handed in my research essay hella late and idk how lenient he’ll be about grading things that are late. His ratemyprof says he’s a hard marker, but idk 🤷‍♀️ I have a feeling he might be a little bit lenient. This is the course I’m studying the hardest for bc every percentage helps at this point lol

[apassionforever]

Hey internet, it is Confession Tuesday.

For the last few days I’ve been getting a check here and there from my body reminding me that something is off. One day my face appeared pigmented like a chess board, another day my weight skyrocketed and the stale cherry on cake, I’ve started experiencing a bagal syncope kind of nausea and headache for the past two days.

I was proud of being a healthy person. I am working out regularly. What the fuck happened?

And then I realised. With all my headspace dedicated to the entrance exam and procrastinating on the prep for the same as a subconscious way to avoid the stress that comes with it, I’m seeing myself gravitate towards unhealthy, quicker food, instead of my favourite salads which may take me some time to come up with it. My study café hours have rid me of the habit of eating my last meal by 8pm and my sleep cycle has gone berserk, leading to a whack circadian rhythm with random eating times where sometimes my first meal of the day happens in late afternoon. It does sound like intermittent fasting but with my decreased energy levels, dizzy episodes and increased weight and fast food intake, I don’t think I’m fasting- my body is starving.

I don’t want to feel dizzy or live with lifestyle diseases. Hence starting this moment, I’m taking the control back.

1. I brought back my copy of The 5AM Club by Robin Sharma and I’m going to read it, bits and pieces everyday. This book made me feel empowered and extraordinary everyday I read it; I’m going to do the same again. Feels like it calls out my vices and guides me towards true mastery.

2. Applying the Atomic Habits protocol, I’m gonna come into the habit of shutting my devices by 10:30pm and eating my dinner no later than 8pm. This means my catch up calls will be preponed and my hormones will start levelling to their ideal amounts at the right times.

3. Not getting my phone in my room. This year my phones have been in transition and because I never felt like I had a permanent one, I didn’t treat any of them like my long term commitments, instead gave myself liberties like games which I would never keep on a phone that was truly mine. I don’t see myself having a permanent phone in the near future so whatever entertainment device I have, it is going to stay in another room with my mother. On that note, no Netflix or watching apps on my work device- iPad.

4. Keeping WiFi access off. Given how multifunctional YouTube is for me, I can’t totally get rid of it but I can absolutely get distracted from it. When I open YouTube for a workout video or a salad recipe, I inadvertently get ten options of random videos that do not serve my immediate purpose but seem interesting nevertheless. Hence- useful + happy videos go in downloads and wifi remains off to shield me from the rest.

5. Vegetables. Lots of vegetables. Studying may be everything for now but health is everything forever and for real, I can’t screw up this exam due to lack in my fitness and agility levels. So I’m going ot take the time out to make my salads or vegetable pastas and sugar free desserts at home for my sweet tooth and eat home food daily while subtracting every processed sugar from my food intake. This includes dessert items, packeted crunchy bits and noodles and any other high calorie low nutrient item. It seems like a big thing but it is actually not. I have done it before, I’ve felt and seen the results and given how opposite I feel at the moment, I know what I was doing a few months ago was indeed the right thing. I’m just going to do it again- replete with academic goals this time!

Regulating dopamine levels to serve me to do difficult tasks is a constant experiment. I have to optimise my day to make 12 hours of studying and a hundred MCQs daily. Given how I avoid MCQs to prioritise finishing my syllabus (which is absolutely the WRONG approach), I just realised that I could’ve used Atoms (the Atomic Habits app) to get into the MCQ habit too.

Well, better late than never. NEET PG is in 18 days and I know that if I can correct my act, I can crack the exam.

Jai Shri Krishna, Jai Bajrang Bali!

PS- Here’s my roti pizza and I would love some more vegetables like this and my iced latte (or a warm cappucino) today. I’ve got a headache and a consequence- if I don’t achieve atleast half my targets today, I won’t get to speak to my favourite human for more than 5mins. Can’t sacrifice my happy place. So Imma get going!

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[nymusings]

so excited to be able to talk about how pathetic Robert Wringham is next semester

[trashygenius]

i upset a friend today by having to tell them that i didn’t choose the same alevel subject as them, and if i’m being honest i don’t even know what i want to do anyway. i feel a bit lost at the moment and just wish i didn’t have to make decisions because i feel like every time i do i some how upset at least one person.

please tell me im not the only one that feels this way, who else can relate

-xoxo trashygenius

[realblrr]

Hello tumblr gang how are you all?

Send some anons 👀

[sonisis]

feel proud but afraid

im clearly a senior in college because i'm no longer solving formulas, IM CREATING THEM

[effelier]

yesterday we had a revision of our thesis research foundations, after which I now have to look for another two articles and thesis. Doing that right now, wish me luck

[divinotes]

Starting 2024…

I am starting to document and blog my journey of law school & life in general just for accountability purposes. Hopefully this turns into a habit :)

[foulestbauble]

19,08,23 (79/100)

100 days of productivity, day 79!

Hehe hiii I’m back :] results are just around the corner so in an attempt to settle my nerves?? I’ve decided to start practicing more french reading, and once we get back from visiting family, I’ll try and recap some chemistry too^^ (also starting this again, though depends if I’m too busy)

Did some Duolingo lessons (50 day streak wooo)

Recapping pjo in french (cause yk this is a studyblr. In theory (or so I tell myself))

Reading a (tincy wincy) bit of les confessions

aand that’s about it haha. It’s fine though cause this is a holiday and like, you’re meant to relax or at least have less pressure (still trying to convince myself of this lol)

Congratulations to everyone who got their Scottish highers or A-level results in this last week! UCATs too ! even if they didn’t turn out as you’d hoped you will be okay in the long run. It may not seem like it now but things will turn out alright.

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