#uni diaries

[shakespeareinnit]

9 february 2024 》 "Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are." - Kurt Cobain

(I cannot find any evidence whatsoever that Kurt actually ever said this, but a pretty great quote 🤷‍♀️)

Starting to fall into a bit of a rhythm now, which is really great. I'm so proud of myself! Getting up at 8 in the morning no matter what has been so great for me. Even if I was up all night and I am shattered, it's one of my new non-negotiable morning habits. I make myself a cup of tea and even if I go back to bed, at least I gave myself the chance to start the day at a reasonable time! 💕

I keep tackling basic, but very anxiety-inducing things in life (like doctor's appointments, ugh) and with each one, I prove myself I am capable. Been really good this week especially at not getting discouraged by setbacks (like not going to lectures, rotting in bed all day or staying up until 6am). I really need to get on my sleep-schedule next, but I am trying not to overwhelm myself, so we're being gentle about it.

I need to get in my sleep until I can anyway, because assignment deadlines for this semester are coming up, and I am also going back to work in less than a month. Goodbye off-season, you were good while you lasted 💔 I do miss flying though (and getting paid asdffghh) even if I've been super anxious about going back to work. New roster is out though and the crew on my first flight back is fab, which is a great relief! ✈️

I'm still not as caught up on uni work as I'd like to be - and I really desperately need to email some people about uncompleted work from the previous semester 😬 - but we are slowly getting there. Yay!

Little treats after completing tasks is the way to go! I forgot how much I love the rocky road slices they have at all the different cafés around uni 🍫 Plus, been reading Abigail Roux & Madeleine Urban's Cut and Run series again for the hundredth time, and it's making me very nostalgic. I first read the books when I was 16, and today, reading a rather steamy scene in the uni library, brought back a very vivid memory of me reading probably the exact same scene on a school library computer while I should have been working on history coursework. 😅 That was 10 years ago! Insane. Anyway, I always always come back to these books. The rubbish ebook formatting can be very frustrating, and the storytelling is somewhat chaotic occasionally, especially in the first book, but, god, I adore Ty and Zane so much. Bisexual FBI agents enemies-to-soulmates wholesomeness is exactly what I need in my life right now. 🩷💜💙

[altin-studies]

Uni diaries II, day 21, DOP 1/100

20 October, 2024, Sunday

Today I -

Made paper earring holder for gifting

Had a nutritious breakfast

Wore Blue-Beige (Slay Combo)

Attended 4 classes ( 1 got cancelled!!)

Got a tote bag as a gift (gonna post tomorrow)

Slept well

Productivity Rating - 3.2/5

Have a great day y'all!

[yang-jin-seo]

Day 36 🍣

2024.4.8

*화랑대 철길 근처에서 초밥 먹고 카페 갔다 산책

[lanaspnggarden]

Life recently

[anouchan-jpg]

I miss spoiling her🫠🫠

[orangerainforest]

🌻

[pallastrology]

uni diaries: february 2024

well, it's all kicking off now! i mentioned last month that i was looking forward to starting lectures again as i was struggling with the lack of routine. well, i've officially started my next module now, and let me tell you, it's been a lot. i think there's been some kind of clash for a lot of my classmates, so most lectures have just been the professor and me. although it's been really interesting and i've basically been getting private tuition, it's been intense and quite challenging. i come out of lectures in need of tea and a nap lol, but it's definitely a rewarding kind of challenge and i'm really grateful for the level of interaction i'm able to get with my professor too.

i'm working on my assignments, and they're all about the mabinogi; an academic review of an article discussing the mabinogi as a landscape narrative and its christian parallels, a presentation (i'm doing the presentation on rhiannon), and then an essay, which my professor helped me to formulate a focus for today. my focus for the essay is going to be investigating the role of animals in the mabinogi from a literary perspective. i'm super excited to start working on my essay, and actually i need to write a plan/contents page for next week. my review is also due at the end of the week, so it's all go-go-go right now.

i also got my exam board marks back and got a 75 (a first) for my previous module. i'm really happy with that, i'm finding it quite hard to believe i did so well actually. i suppose it's time i start having a little more faith in myself... anyway, how's your february been? if you're studying, what are you working on right now? thanks for taking the time to read this little blog, i'll be back with more astrology posts asap! xo

my goals for march, uni-wise, are:

to get good grades and feel happy with my review

complete my presentation without having a nervous breakdown

set aside 1-2 hours each night to study, and document my studies better

work on developing a more helpful note-taking and referencing system

pictured: some interesting scenes i found on walks, and some cookies i baked recently :-)

[abitofouterspace]

I thought I had successfully avoided reading Lord of the flies first year of uni, but here I go again

[aph-closetedwords]

starting a consistent to-do list and journal beginning semester v ♡✿

[aureusprongs]

my study motivation be like non-existent bro i wanna sleep but i also drunk too much coffee for that

[ises-stuff]

"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go"

"And when you’re alone there’s a very good chance you’ll meet things that scare you right out of your pants."

"You’ll get mixed up, of course, as you already know. You’ll get mixed up with many strange birds as you go. So be sure when you step. Step with care and great tact and remember that life’s a great balancing act."

"Wherever you fly, you’ll be best of the best. Wherever you go, you will top all the rest.Except when you don’t. Because, sometimes, you won’t."

You’re off to Great Places!

Today is your day!

Your mountain is waiting,

So… get on your way!

- Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!

01.13.23

Capped and pinned<33 The Glory is all Yours, Abba!

ise-chan, your sn🌼🦦

[shakespeareinnit]

21 february 2024 》 moved into the uni library

[blueyellopink]

a massage in my shoulder when she went in to hug me , can't stop thinking about the little moment. it makes me wonder if she knows ... im quite obvious if you pay attention but i can't quite tell. i have never felt so comforted by that touch it runs from my shoulder blade down to my stomach. knits and knots keep me awake. i wanna talk more than brief i shoulda said something more. yet i got it on record the memory permanently engraved in my phones memory... i want to know more

[yarrystyleeza]

I literally just handed over an assignment last minute. It's 4am and I have uni tomorrow. T-T

[orangerainforest]

🌻

[pallastrology]

uni diaries: january 2024

i wasn't sure i'd have much to write about this month, since i don't start my next module until next week, but the month ended up being a bit more eventful than i expected! i've been taking latin lessons and am finding it... complicated, lol, but really interesting. i've also restarted learning welsh through duolingo - perhaps not the best resource out there, but free and easy to do short lessons when i have a few minutes to myself - which i'm enjoying. i'm kind of at the stage with welsh now where i need to hunt down some textbooks and a dictionary so i can build up my technical knowledge, so that's a project for february i think.

as far as uni goes, i've been preparing for my next module, which is all about academic writing. i'll be writing an academic review of an article or paper, doing a presentation, and then writing an essay. i'm absolutely dreading the presentation, not going to lie, but as my study skills tutor reminded me, by doing it i'll be helping to ultimately ease my anxiety and also will be helping my fellow students to learn how to present. i've started my research for the topic i want to cover for this module, which is y mabinogi, or, the mabinogi; they are welsh mythological tales, written in the eleventh century but probably based on older, oral histories and legends. i'm doing some preliminary research right now and building up some maps of the stories, characters and world, which i might post if anybody is interested. i'm for sure no expert on the mabinogi, but it's something that rests close to my heart.

i also got my grades back for my first module and, depending on what the exam board say, i got a first :-) i'm really happy and surprised, especially with the feedback i got for my last assignment, which was so positive i cried haha. so yeah, overall it's been a nice month, though it has definitely been hard to 'get back into' my studies after taking some time off over christmas and then getting sick for a couple of weeks. i've felt quite disorganised and overwhelmed, and it's been very hard to focus on my studies, but i'm hoping that will get easier. something i know i need to work on is discipline; it's not that i'm lazy, but having a toddler and a chronic illness is very draining, and so i sometimes have to pick my battles and take more breaks or do less than i'd like to, which then leads to overwhelm and avoidance because of the mountain of tasks that build up. so i want to work on a tighter routine and trying to work breaks into my day rather than ending up having to take a whole day (or more) off.

pictured: the very unloved trees in my garden, and one of my rabbits 🐰