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listening to epic music while studying because this is a battle and i don't know if i'll win but i'll surely get out on the other side covered in blood

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Why go to a second hand shop when you have an older brother?

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01|08|2025

Today I didn't reach my goal of finishing working on my anthropology materials. I did get a lot of work done, but there was not enough time nor energies. I will do my best to finish writing notes on Sunday. Tomorrow will be a day of relax, and I refuse to study. I did get all of my readings done in the sun on my balcony which was absolutely amazing. And my brother came over for lunch so we spent time together and I also got some time with the dog (and I'll see them again tomorrow as I am spending the day with my brother!). I am continuing my crocheting project, I finished the back panel and I am now working on the first front panel of the shirt. I don't really have a clear plan and I am improvizing so hopefully it will turn out nice!

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The goal is most likely not going to be reached today. Not only I have 50+ pages to turn into notes, I can feel my brain getting more tired with every minute. Ngl I kinda want to cry because I really need a break from studying and I was hoping today would have been my last day of suffering for a few weeks.

The only thing I can do is to work with the situation, I will do my best to finish writing the notes for the fourth chapter today, I will take tomorrow as an off day to rest and recharge, and then on Sunday morning I will break my rule of not studying on Sundays to finish writing the notes. This way the new week should still be safe from any duties and I should be able to finally relax a bit. Wish me luck.

Today's goal is to finish working on this stuff before 5 pm, so here's my to do list:

write notes for 4.2 , 4.3 and 4.4

finish reading ch4 (23 pages)

finish writing notes for ch4

read ch5 (30 pages)

write notes for ch5

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Today's goal is to finish working on this stuff before 5 pm, so here's my to do list:

write notes for 4.2 , 4.3 and 4.4

finish reading ch4 (23 pages)

finish writing notes for ch4

read ch5 (30 pages)

write notes for ch5

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31|07|2025

My hopes of finishing the anthro suff I have been working on tomorrow aren't that high. Today I managed to write notes for the second and third chapter, as well as for the first subchapter of the fourth, and I also did a bit of reading of this fourth chapter. But I am left with fifty pages to read and more than fifty pages to turn into notes. At the moment I am very tired mentally so I can't continue for the day, but tomorrow I will definitely start a bit sooner both in the morning as well as in the afternoon in the hopes of finishing everything. I have to say I didn't get as much done as I wanted this morning, cause my mom brought my brother's dog to our place mid morning so I was interrupted for a bit. The good thing is that I got some dog cuddles which are way more important than this exam. Now I will put on an audiobook and continue my crochet project, which is definitely the best way to relax my body and brain.

🎧: A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain (audiobook)

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I got the cutest birthday card from @ben-learns-smth 😭💜

30|07|2025

This morning I was supposed to study but I ended up going for a walk in the woods with a friend and some friend of hers. It was actually nicer than I expected, I have not been feeling super well in the past few days, which is why I was a bit nervous, but everything was fine and I am feeling better today. I did sleeping thought my alarm which was not fun as I like to have plenty of time to get ready, but fortunately they were late, so it worked well for everyone. In the afternoon I continued to work on the materials for my anthro exam, and I really hope to be done with them sooner rather than later. I finished reading and underlining the second chapter and did the same with the entire third chapter. Tomorrow morning I plan on writing notes for both, and hopefully I will also manage to get more reading done. The goal is to be done by Friday or Saturday morning at best. Yesterday I also started working on a new crochet project. I'd like to make a short sleeve mesh shirt with a very fine yarn I had laying around. Hopefully I'll be able to make it since I am just eyeballing it. It'd be very cool if I managed to finish it before my seaside trip next week, but we'll see. I'll sure try.

🎧: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain (audiobook)

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29|07|2025

Today I finally sarted working on the second to last piece of materials for my September exam. It's an article of a little over 100 pages, and thankfully it's written much better than the previous book I had to work on. Despite that I have been struggling to focus all day. I have not been feeling physically well all day, so that definitely didn't help. The goal is still to finish it by Friday, which I think I can do. Then I should be able to finally fully rest for a bit, before I have to reread the last book for this exam.

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a random physical tbr check in

While procrastinating what I am actually supposed to do I checked my physical tbr list and found out that out of all the books I have bought/was gifted since the beginning of the year (31) I only have 6 unread books, two of which I am currently reading, and three of which I just got this past weekend. As for my entire physical tbr since the beginning of the year it has already gone down of 10 books, since I started my year with a physical tbr of 83 and I am now at 73 unread books. As I have mentioned in other posts my physical tbr is divided in 4 cathegories:

fiction (it's mainly composed of gifts I got during the years shfkjgs)

late 1800s/early 1900s fantasy horror and scifi classics from a subscription collection I did years ago (I basically got one book every week for a year, so you can see how that made my physical tbr way longer)

non-fiction

bought during the current year

I used to have a graphic novel tbr but I have actually finished reading all my graphic novels a few years ago and have regretted it ever since.

So you could also say my tbr is divided between new stuff (got in the current year), and books accumulated in the past. I always have a yearly goal of buying books I actually want to read right away and trying to read them all before the end of the year. This has mostly worked and ever since I found this method my tbr pile not only has not grown, it has alway got down year by year of at least a few books.

I do own a couple of books I do not intend to read, but that I also want to keep, as well as some books I have dnf-ed but decided to keep in case one day I will want to give then a second chance. Neither of these books are counted in my physical tbr, since those are only books I actiavely want to read, or attempt reading in the case of gifts I am not entirely sure about.

Let's talk about numbers now! I started the year with a general list of 83 books, and now the colpexive number of unread books I own is 73. The list I have read the most out of is my newly got from the year, since as I said I have read everything except 6 books, two of which I am now reading. The other list that has gotten a lot of books out of is my non fiction pile, I have been in a huge non fiction reading mood in the past few months, and I think I could manage to finish this entire list in a couple of years of normal reading if I wanted to. I am not sure I want to tho. As mentioned in the past as well my goal is not to finish my whole tbr pile, I just don't want it to be unmanagiable. Other than that I like having unread options on my shelves for when I don't know what to read.

I would very much like to work on my collection tbr since that is the one that moves the slowest. They are all classics, so I have to be in the right mood to read them, and lately I have struggled with staying focused so I completly ignored those shelves. I am currently listening to the audiobook for one of those books, so hopefully by the end of the year I will have read at least a couple of books from that pile.

Finally my fiction pile is mainly made of gifts, so books I have no chosen myself, which means I am never in the mood for them. A few of these books I know I want to read, but that is more of a future plan. Others I am debating whether I should keep or not.

There isn't really a conclusion to this post, this was mostly a general reflection on what my physical tbr looks like so far this year. I have to say I am quite happy with how it's looking. This year I went through several reading slumps, so my reading has been weird, but it's nice to see all those books crossed off the list!

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28|07|2025

Sleeping in my bed again was amazing, I'd have slept more but alas I got up around nine. I took the morning slowly reading and drinking my tea on my balcony. I finally finished reading Compound Fracture, which kicked me emotionally but I loved. And then I continued reading Occult by Peter Forshaw. I was considering working on the last bit of materials for my anthropology exam in the afternoon, but then I decided it will be a task for tomorrow me. I took the afternoon to crochet and that helped me a lot with keeping my thoughts at bay since they have been chaotic and tiresom all day.

📖: Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White

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27|07|2025

My small trip to Mantua is all finished. After breakfast we packed our stuff and started our journey home. We still decided to make most of the day by stopping to Cremona to visit the city. I wanted to visit the archaeological museum but sadly we couldn't. Instead we got to walk around the city centre and then we got to see a live solo violin performance featuring an historical instrument. My first live classical music concerto was a stunning half an hour of iconic music played on a violin made in 1734, it was magical. I am now at home, exhausted but happier than when I left for my trip. I would like to get some reading done but I think my brain is too tired to handle that, so I will catch up on re:dracula and get a good night of sleep in my bed.

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26|07|2025

I took so many pictures in the past two days I will keep posting some for a while! Today the weather was much nicer, and despite having started my morning with an headache I am now feeling much better. I took a walk around the city, ended up having an unexpected bookshop crawl and got some new books. I found an incredible used book store where I found two queer history non fiction books for half the original price! And then I got a short fantasy book I had never heard of. My mom also got a very short illustrated book we both read on our lunch break and I loved it! In the afternoon we had another nice walk and visited an incredible historical palace.

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25|07|2025

The day was rainier and colder than expected. My body decided to fully rebel against me and I spent most day in pain, but despite all I have survived the first day of my trip. My mood wasn't great, but I spent the entire afternoon in museums and that was so good. I took so many picture of beautiful halls and frescos. Notes for my future self include: do take with you the couple of things you think you probably won't need, it's better to have a slightly heavier backpack than be cold. Never again experience a long drive with no headphones, you need at least some music to survive, no it's not rude, you can have a lower volume and still engage with people. Great thing to have remembered things that help avoid/cope with sensory oversitimulation, but you need to find asap something to block lights at night to actually sleep.

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omg ive been following you for a while and ive never noticed you had a triskel in your wrist, that's so cool (im from the north of spain and it's a symbol you would see in in the north a lot)

I do!!! It was my first ever tattoo! I love it so much. I didn't know that it's used in the north of spain that's so cool!

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Physical tbr spread on my reading journal, more sleepy doggo photos and a lovely candle inspired by Thorin Oakenshield I got a while back!

24|07|2025

This morning I finished working on the main book for my anthropology class. I didn't want to start working on the other materials to then leave them untouched for three days, so I took the afternoon off. I finished packing and then I went at my brother's place to watch a movie and play with the dog. I also manages to finish the audiobook I was listening to. And before bed I might catch up on some podcasts. I am two episodes behind tmagp and I cannot wait to listen to them.

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you know what? fuck it, i trust my past self and the notes they wrote, i am not rereading the entirety of the fifth chapter. the few infos i wanted to refresh are enough

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Some new pins I upcyled today and sleepy doggo beloved.

23|07|2025

These diy pins I am making are becoming an obsession. I am having so much fun making them, and they look so cool on my backpack! Other than making new pins, today I continued working on my anthropology materials, I finished the fourth chapter, and started working on the fifth. I copied almost all notes. I will finish those tomorrow and then I will do a quick read of the chapter to see if I have missed any important informations. The highlight of the day was of course dogsitting my brother's puppy. She is growing super fast, but she still is fundamentally a puppy. Runs like crazy and then falls dead asleep five minutes later. I got so many cuddles today, she is such a loving creature. At one point she was very sleepy on the floor so i layed down near her, and she fell asleep with her head resting on my hand. I would die for this dog I love her so much.

Today's productivity:

Finished working on ch4 of anthro book (writing notes and reading)

Copied (almost) all the notes for ch5

Made new pins!

Dogsitting which is halfway between a duty and self care since I get so much benefit from spending time with the doggo

Packed my clothes for weekend travelling (I am leaving on Friday and I don't want to have all the stress of packing tomorrow)