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10th October 2022

Wow, I am beyond exhausted. Today was all about social activities and meeting new people (which was cool!) but it left me so mentally tired. Not sure if I will ever get used to making friends in my non-native language. I guess I'll progress with time? Orientation Week is kicking my ass right from the beginning.

Anyways, more social and administrative activities tomorrow. Yay. Hopefully I'll try a nice coffee place and take some cute pictures too. Talk to you tomorrow :)

🎧 | Song of the day: Sia - Reaper.

[lightsoncarla]

9th October 2022

Today was a good one. I met some people from my class and had a nice, calm walk through a part of town I hadn't been to, yet. Another occasion to appreciate more this city and its charm.

Afterwards, I felt quite motivated to watch some lectures from my online course. How could I not, with these views? Just a few videos left and I will be done, hopefully in time for when my actual master classes start.

Anyways, I should start meal prepping, next week is going to be more intense and I need to save time from where I can. Talk to you soon :)

🎧 | Song of the day: Billie Eilish - TV

[lightsoncarla]

8th October 2022

Already been a week since I moved abroad alone. The weather has been really nice most of the time, but I have to admit that the rainy moments of the first two days gave some nice mystery vibes to the city (or at least made me enjoy my coffee more!).

Rainy or not, this places always makes me feel like a character of an old tale. The good thing about the sunny weather is that it helps me with my nostalgia.

I spent my morning washing my clothes, showering and progressing a bit with the online course I am taking. The next lessons seem specially useful, so I am looking forward to watching their videos. Still, tomorrow is rest day so I will do a short excursion and hopefully make some friends. These days alone have been great but I'm starting to miss being more social.

Anyways, I think I will pop by a bookstore to get some ideas and the market to buy some fruit. Talk to you tomorrow :)

🎧 | Song of the day: New West - Those eyes.

[lightsoncarla]

new beginnings

Oh my, here we go again. But this time, for real.

The amount of times I have started from scratch on this site is insane. I became familiar with Tumblr back in 2014, when public display of some very questionable ideas was full-on. It did not cause any positive impact on me (it was often the opposite, actually), so I eventually decided to step down from the community.

However, now that I am older and more mature, I feel like I can benefit from using Tumblr. This year was pretty intense, academically-wise: I achieved my bachelor's degree with great marks, finished an amazing lab internship, applied to scholarships for the first time, and got accepted to one of my dream master's degree. Cherry on top, I moved abroad alone. So yeah, I think intense is the best way to describe the past few months.

As of now, I have been living in a lovely, medieval German city for the past 6 days. This is the place I am supposed to call home for the next 2 years at least, and that is shocking to say the least. If my past self would have known this, she would have straight up laughed; but no, we did it, despite being the most vertiginous choice we have ever made!

This is a fantastic educational opportunity that I want to seize as much as possible. Right now, I am motivated, excited and very determined, but I know myself and I am certain that all these feelings can fade away as soon as the first week of continuous rain arrives. However, I have noticed that Tumblr has stepped away from the much more toxic environment it ever was and merged into a more positive, self-growth, dark academia vibes place. Cute notes? Fall pictures of a rainy study session? Posts reflecting on one's self-growth with tips? Sign me up.

So yeah, here I am. Hoping to contribute to this positive, study-friendly, self-growth promoting environment and benefit from it as much as possible. Moving abroad is a new chance of becoming my better self, and I intend on doing all I can to meet her.

Talk to you soon, I guess :)

🎧 | Song of the day: Cigarettes After Sex - K.