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“Close your eyes and imagine the best version of you possible. That’s who you really are, let go of any part of you that doesn’t believe it.”

— C. Assaad

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if I don’t get to run through an old Scottish castle barefoot while wearing a huge flowing dress, picking up the skirt as I run as to not trip over the fabric at least once in my life I will have lived for nothing. and I live by that.

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Reblog if you think it’s okay to platonically say “I Love You” to your friends

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Found on Pinterest

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Mystical Vibes ⚜️ gifs made by me :)

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today’s outfit! not sure if it’s dark academia, but I vibe with it. trying to get out of my comfort zone with fashion and go more into the dark academia style

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Do you ever wonder how much you exist in other people’s lives? I’m always curious if people think of me when a certain song comes on, or when they pass through a certain town. I wonder how many stories I’ve been a part of that I may have forgotten. I wonder if I still I exist in the minds of people that I don’t speak to anymore. I wonder how many times a day I pass through someone’s head.

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Reblog this if you’re pro-receiving a brown paper package containing one (1) handwritten love letter, a small jar of strawberry jam from the farmers market, and a smattering of pressed flowers.

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Dylan Thomas — Poem in October

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How to Really Comprehend a Scientific Paper

**credit to my research advisor, she’s an amazing mentor and I aspire to be just like her someday :)

Read the abstract. Write down what the paper says it is going to be about.

Read the introduction. Write down what the paper says it is looking to accomplish and how.

Read the conclusion. Write down what the paper actually did accomplish.

Go through and find all the pictures, graphs, or diagrams. Write notes explaining these images to yourself.

Read the whole paper start to finish. Write a summary of the paper as though you are explaining it to a layperson, and then another summary as though you are explaining it to a colleague.

Throughout all of the above steps:

If there are words you don’t know google them and write down the definitions

If the paper defines a formula, law, variable, etc in a certain way write that down

If there are references to or recommendations of other literature write those down. After the last step if there’s anything you’re uncertain about or would like more information on look to that list for further reading

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drink tea you’ve never tried, reread your favorite book, get up to watch the sunrise, write a letter, listen to the birds, knit a bad sweater, bake an ugly cake, sing at the top of your lungs, jump crazily to some music. feel, really feel life without any restrictions, no matter the size. 

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Swan Lake - Los Angeles Ballet by  notmattfry

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bridge of sighs, cambridge | ig: studyplants

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physically I’m in class but mentally I’m at hogwarts during Christmas

today's mood: celebrating Christmas in the Hogwarts with your friends, singing carols, wandering alone at school at midnight, playing hide-and-seek with Peeves, eating lots of turkey and cakes, spending time near the fireplace

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style: long eye contact and long coats