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8.28.25

getting into my first readings of the term! honestly, i’m excited for term to start up again; i really miss having structure in my life lol. anyways i went over to the public library and found a new study spot there with nice lighting! i love the public library :) today i worked on stuff for my qualitative methods course and arranged my TAship meeting. meeting with my TA supervisor tomorrow! this will be my first time TAing classical sociological theory and this prof is taking a way different (and more interesting) approach to it, so im looking forward to it!

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8.23.25

getting some reading in before school starts next week. im actually pretty excited!! im looking forward to having routine in my life again; it’s been really hard to get back on my feet for my thesis this summer with all the travelling i’ve been doing.

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going to watch some netflix documentaries while writing up my thesis transcripts. any recommendations?

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Chillin’ on the Bridge

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only my dearest friend knows me well enough to get me a gift that combines both my nerdiness together…

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i like my tote

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update: referred to a specialist for narcolepsy

how do i explain that i love and adore my subject area but i genuinely fall asleep every time i read an article and not even because i find it boring because i dont. i get 10 hrs of sleep a night and all that and yet i fall asleep when i work and its genuinely frustrating

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07/08/2025

Went to the lab and worked on analysing some substrates for my research project

Finished reading “Strangers: Essays on the Human and Nonhuman”

Started preparing for my term-time internship by reading some material on the developments in the renewable energy sector

Started a MATLAB online course

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at that phase of writing my thesis where i go "god this is so boring" and get 900 ideas for brand new projects to do instead

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how i feel when im interviewing and my interviewee says “thats a good question”

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i'm so mad cus i finished all my data collection for my thesis and as i'm transcribing the interviews i'm realizing i opened the interview with a really bad question.

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Hoping that pretty highlighters and overpriced drinks will save me again this upcoming semester

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pancakes topped with coconut milk yogurt, strawberry slices, maple syrup & a dash of cinnamon... delicious

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23.05.2025

I’m halfway through my last semester with four weeks to go, and boy is it busy. And my motivation completely went over the last three weeks. I kept pushing my assignments and not enjoying it, finding the classes so incredibly hard. But! I have two days off this and next week, so the grind has started.

I’ve worked for three hours so far on my Personal Developement class today (it’s only 1 pm)

I’ve finished the Pairing last week! Absolutely loved it.

Haven’t been taking as many walks and skating trips, but I’ve been trying to do as many as I can, like walking to school from the busstation.

Worked on my miniature build last week :)

Had a few good conversations about selfworth and studying on Wednesday, which have helped my motivation!

So, there is a lot to do, but I am feeling pretty okay about it!

Have a great weekend!✨

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with love I think if you’re sleeping that much and still can’t stay awake that’s a serious medical problem and you should probably see a doctor

i scheduled a doctors appointment!! we’ll get to the bottom of this! 💪

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just watched a few episodes of Canada's version of 'old enough' which is an originally Japanese TV show where toddlers are sent out on their own to run errands and the cameras follow their misadventures. besides the obvious 'stranger danger' the comments are pointing out what stood out to me the most was the unfriendliness of the streets more generally - the producers had to plant crossing guards to assist the children when crossing busy four-lane intersections and the roads had virtually no pedestrian traffic... this also just generally makes for a less interesting watch because part of the charm of the Japanese TV show was watching the children interact with their neighbors or unintentionally wander into a shop they weren't meant to and going on side quests like buying a snack or chatting up the store clerk. instead you get 20 minutes of the children only interacting with the producers, struggling to push their carts along bumpy, cracked, clearly neglected sidewalks beside busy roads, and wandering through parking lots.

it just really reminds me that we're raising our children in cities and neighborhoods that are fundamentally devoid of community; not just on a cultural paranoia standpoint but in how isolation and danger is just built into our lives such that the concept of sending kids to run errands alone raises eyebrows.