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Bookstores and seashores

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language learning is such a personal thing that there is no “right” or “wrong” way of doing it. it’s whatever works on bringing YOU closer to YOUR goal.

you want to watch tv shows but don’t really care for speaking with others? yay!! no speaking practice needed.

you want to learn quickly for an upcoming trip? yay! text book phrases and simple grammar.

you’re a beginner and it’s been 10 years? 2 weeks? 6 months? it doesn’t matter. as long as you are working towards bringing YOURSELF closer to what YOU want to achieve, you have succeeded: you are succeeding; you are doing great.

i find that so much demotivation comes from comparison and/or trying to follow other's advice too closely. if anki decks don't work for you, that's fine! if duolingo works well for you, then use it!

this language learning thing, it should be enjoyed. in the sea full of deceptive polyglot stories and videos on top of videos attempting to understand how to learn languages in "the fastest way possible" sometimes we should sit back and ask ourselves, "when is just learning things, enough"?

with that i hope you all continue working towards your dreams! whether you want to become a translator or just watch a few more movies in your target language, you can do it. i know you have it in you.

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I am a collection of my personal “what ifs” trying to be “this is how”

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gentle reminder you can rise up from everything. you can recreate yourself. nothing is permanent. you are not stuck. you have choices. you can think new thoughts. you can learn something new. you can create new habits. all that matters is that you decide today and never look back.

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And what are we supposed to do now? After graduating?

I graduated from uni in August. Got two degrees now, after studying for eight years. Moved out of my uni city, and into my fiancée's house. Got a job I like most of the times although it gives me stress sometimes. And my wage is quite alright tbh, so I can save up to buy a house with my man in a few years, because the one we live in now is not a place I can grow to love as a home. I got people who like and love me and whom I love back. So I almost got everything society prepared me for. Everything everyone always told me to strive for. I almost got it all, and that over the course of six months. Which is something to be grateful for.

But I miss it. University, papers, classes, the stress of deadlines, intellectual conversation, rainy days spent at my desk procrastinating drinking coffees, laughing over silly childlike things at my studentjob, nights out walking with people I barely know, making last-minute plans with friends in the city, going everywhere on foot or by bike, I miss exams, studying, mindmaps, post-its, making and sharing course summaries, I miss passing exams and finding out what I could have done better. I miss reinventing myself and learning new things about the world and myself. I miss being on my own and trying to figure everything out on my own. I miss feeling strong and smart and independent.

I don't know what's next now and that's scary. I wish I could go back a few years and experience everything all over again. And then maybe, by the time I graduate again, I'll be ready to leave it all behind.

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Is really nobody going to write a DPR ian x Jungkook fanfic? Because otherwise I will. I mean, look at them :')))

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Ocean Vuong, from "Skinny Dipping", Time Is a Mother

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If you see this you’re legally obligated to reblog and tag with the book you’re currently reading

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marlena by julie buntin

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that james baldwin quote where he says, “it took many years of vomiting up all the filth i’d been taught about myself, and half-believed, before i was able to walk on the earth as though i had a right to be here.”

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wheres the sylvia plath quote about the strawberry runners please

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🌼 poems that held my hand in may 🌼

Nocturne, Li-Young Lee

Your Name, Vahan Tekeyan

Sonnets to Orpheus 2;29, Rainer Maria Rilke

I stopped going to therapy, Clementine von Radics

Miyazaki Bloom, Nina Mingya Powles  

The Quiet Machine, Ada Limón

When we two parted, Lord Byron

Fragment, Amy Lowell

The Want of You, Angelina Weld Grimké

When Did It Happen?, Mary Oliver

Alone, Sara Teasdale

Peace XVIII, Khalil Gibran

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shout out to me in 5 years…hope shes doing something cool i’m rooting for her

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cosy cottage living 🪴