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[ 12th april, 2025 • 54/159 days ]

struggled a lot, but got through all the notes for this class yayy

-> IAED notes (total: 5h30 - slides 15-18)

-> lunch with my aunt + shopping

-> light weights workout

-> started reading Absolution, by Jeff Vandermeer (it's been a while since i read one of his books so i'm super hyped!)

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my diy journal archive <3 due to using a filofax i was naturally confronted with archiving my pages and because i couldn't really find an archive binder that's easily accessible enough to not freak me out, i've settled on this diy rings solution.

additionally i ended up taking apart all of the notebooks i had used as journals this year to add their pages to the rings archive as well, because i quite like the idea of everything being in one place.

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we've been getting sunshine again and I'm big time living for it

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13 March 2025

The crystallochem situation is absolutely insane. I sign up for this class even though I really truly don't want to bc I know how ridiculously hard it's going to be. I only do it bc my thesis supervisor wants me to do it. The class turns out to be even harder than I thought it would be and the professor turns out to be an awful teacher. The first test starts to approach and I'm so terrified it makes me cry and gives me nervous headaches. I've never failed a test and now I seriously begin to worry this one will be the first one, but I still work my butt off studying for it. The test comes, then the results. Over half the group fails. I score 87% and the only person who gets a better score is preparing for an olympiad in crystallography. Absolutely bonkers.

When I tell you crystallo is the most difficult class I've ever taken, I mean it. But now I feel powerful and unstoppable. I got a huge confidence boost! I took myself to my favorite wrap place as a means of celebrating :) 🌯

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Not to sound dramatic, but there is this balance of feelings that comes with a system change: (1) crippling failure (2) happiness and joy at making a house a home.

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March 7, 2025 • Friday

--- 30 days of productivity • COLLAB CHALLENGE WITH @studaxy • Day 28/30 ---

💛 Axy's productive time: 30min

💙 Iris's study time: 2h 40min 👑

Today was okay. I woke up early, and went to uni, where I had to climb a shit load of stairs because the building that I had my class in had no elevators :))

Anyways I came home and studied for a bit. Really normal day imo

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post-iftar matcha & midnight reading

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22.03.2025 // day 394 // 그냥 평범한 날

just an usual day, but trying to be cosy. i've been obsessed with the combination of lemon juice, coriander and bird's eye chillies lately. so i've been dousing my food with the three. i'm also happy with the way the desk is coming together. night-time activity includes a steaming hot cup of tea, some minecraft and listening to the lotr audiobooks by phil dragash; absolutely love the drama. it is so comforting, like being wrapped in a soft blanket. all i need is a height adjustable footstool.

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A dreamy library, so quiet in the days before the spring term starts

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Helsinki 08.03.25

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tea painting dump

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March 8th, 2025

Spring is in the air and I'm enjoying every single ray of sunshine. I wasn't productive at all this week off, but that was nice. Today will be the last "lazy" day (only work wise, I've been hiking a lot) and tomorrow I'll have to prepare my classes for Monday. I'm not looking forward to working but I don't mind either. What a privilege!

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Saturday, the 8th of March 2025

Yesterday, it was just me and my cinnamon bun against academic literature. Today it's me and the dog against power point presentations, Auerbach's Mimesis and online databases.

create bibliography rome and city planning 18th/19th century

humanism lectures (0/?)

auerbach mimesis ch. 1

write cue cards

revise history

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just realized how many different page layouts for my commonplace pages ive tested over the last month. the last one is literally from today and i think im finally happy with it. it's literally how my previous commonplace book was set up, no idea what kept me from simply copying that until now. im half tempted to redo all pages, so they'll be uniformly one layout, however it's also kind of fun to be able to track the changes throughout the pages as i get settled in the ring planner. smile

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some more pages from my everything notebook 🦇

(with some @petite-gloom stickers)

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a sneak peak of my media journal i've been setting up lately ft a small stickers haul :) a full reveal will be posted on my yt channel soon!

i've had the 8 hour long phd conference on Monday and it went rather well - i'm now focusing on re-organizing my chapters and editing the sections I've already written

listening to: children of bodom, sleeping in my car (roxette cover)