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Saturday 5th April 2025

It’s been a couple weeks since I last posted. Things have been so busy! I swear, it’s like I’m barely keeping up with the course load each week and before I know it I’ve gotta start all over again and I haven’t even properly studied the material yet. Basically, the weekly assignments are three reading quizzes, 1-2 lab assignments, and fortnightly discussion points. I have 2 major assignments due on Wednesday, and it’s the beginning of essay season right now.

Yesterday I sat down and got through:

my ancient history lecture

my archaeology readings

2 reading quizzes

Finally finished my stratigraphy assignment (due Wednesday) where we draw a profile of the dirt in the above photo, describe each layer and then write a depositional history of what happened there

On the agenda today:

Figure skating lesson

I have to buy a pack and a tent for my upcoming trips

Starting on the next big assignment - an annotated bibliography for my human evolution class

So glad that there’s only one week left before the mid semester break! I’m especially looking forward to the 3 day tramping trip with the tramping club next weekend!

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tuesday | march 11

one essay, a final exam, and one last lab report remaining before it'll be time to close the door on another successful term. i've had an amazing few months, but i'll be glad of a change of pace over spring break.

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Tuesday 18th March 2025

Tidied my notes for ancient history and made them readable

Went to my Roman Empire lecture

I went on a date today! With a guy I met on my way to class yesterday. We went for lunch in the winter gardens and then walked around a bit before I had class. It went really well and we’re going to go hiking next time.

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Monday 17th March 2025

Iced mocha and reading about early hominins in the Miocene before my lecture.

Submitted my lab quiz

Attended all my lectures

Emailed about volunteering in the bio anthropology lab

Finished reading The Graham Effect by Elle Kennedy

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missing this desk back when I was in my final year of university

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my deadlines have all been converging to the same couple days but i am staying afloat !

spent six hours yesterday and a couple more today working on a presentation on heidegger for my continental philosophy class — i hope it goes well !!

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Week 9, Sunday, Mars 16, 2025 🫀

I finished the first week of my internship in cardiology. And it was very tiring. But only physically, which is good because the environment is pleasant, I learned a lot and I'm enjoying it, despite the amount of work.

That's why I didn't study as much as I wanted for the residency test, but this week my workload will be lighter so I'll have more time to study.

Keep swimming...

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17.03.2025—productive Monday. finished watching adolescence and it was so good

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Saturday 15th March 2025

(Photo 1: sunrise waiting for the bus, photo 2: archaeology reading)

Had a figure skating lesson

Then worked on some of the readings for my archaeology class

Completed the reading quiz for archaeology

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Tuesday 11th March 2025

Today was my sister’s birthday and I promised her I would make her a cake. Luckily my lecture wasn’t until 3pm and I didn’t have work this morning so I had plenty of time to make it!

(Photo 1: desk set up with iced Italian hazelnut latte; photo 2: the cake I baked)

Baked and decorated L’s birthday cake (super happy with how it turned out!)

Baked a loaf of bread

Went to uni for my Roman Empire lecture

Had L’s birthday dinner celebration

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Monday 10th March 2025

Photo of the sunset over Lake Pupuke, taken on the scavenger hunt.

Archaeology lecture

Human evolution lecture

Roman Empire lecture

Human evolution required reading

Rovers meeting: photo scavenger hunt

Currently reading 📖: Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi. I know it’s popular but I’m struggling to get into it and I’m through 75% of it. It feels like it isn’t going anywhere and I don’t like the characters. Has anyone else read this series?

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14.03.2025 / d-36 aipki

primary care clinics

patient home visit. i believe i’m now besties with many sweet old women. i will visit again tomorrow with the physiotherapy tool i promised

patient home call

went to a newly opened cafe to try their stuff

surgery self study 4 hours

took my laptop from repair shop

watching les mis and sobbing. my heart hurts but my heart is full

🎧 - one day more, from les miserables

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Hi °~°

I'm back with full of energy and motivation. Let's achieve our goals together! Fighting!

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At last I found some time to study between my appointments 😴

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10|03|2025

For several weeks I thought I was in a reading slump, but guess what? as soon as I decided to dnf the Grady Hendrix book I started reading physical books again. The magic trick has been done with the help of the graphic novel adaptation of Lord Of The Flies, which I recently got and I am loving. I never read the novel, but it's been on my tbr for ages, so when I found the graphic novel adaptation I thought it would be the perfect way to finally get to know the story before one day finally read the actual novel. The art is stunning, and I would have already finished it if I wasn't holding myself to actually savour it. The other book that completly pulled me out of my slump is The Decagon House Murders, yesterday I ended up reading 170 pages without even realizing. I am having such a great time with it.

25/50 days of productivity:

read first thing in the morning

continued working on the recorded lectures for my spaces of knowledge class

went to an in person lecture (it was so boring I truly hope tomorrow will be better)

Irish on duolingo

📖: The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji, A Psalm For The Wild Built by Becky Chambers

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8/3/25

So after taking a 3 year break from my degree, I am back to finish it!

Semester one officially started on Monday and it is so good to be studying again. I will be part time this semester, taking 3 courses instead of 4 so that I can also work more hours.

Semester One courses:

ANTHRO 200 Archaeology: understanding the past (I took this course in 2021 but dropped out because online learning wasn’t working for me. Hoping to pass this time!)

ANTHRO 201 Human evolution

ANCIENT 255 the later Roman Empire

Today’s to do list was

9am figure skating lesson (I live a 2 hour bus ride away though so it takes up half my day)

A200 Tapuwae reading

A200 reading quiz first attempt

watch the NZ vs AUS ice hockey game 5pm

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hello ✮

I've been a bit sad because I'm taking way more time than neurotipical people to finish my degree, between my adhd and mental health struggles my uni career has been quite slow which tends to demotivate me.

To counteract this I've been watching millie lao's yt videos, she's a student at Yale and makes uni life seem so fun and light. I put her videos in the background and it feels like studying with a friend which keeps me in check 🌀

Rn I'm studying linguistics which is one of the most difficult exams I still have to do, so on one side I truly want to lock in to get it off my checklist!

adhd tips of the day:

✮ if it doesn't distract you, put on a studying video on yt for background noise and to keep that part of the brain that wants to wander around focused on the academic vibe

✮ use a nice scented candle, this might sound stupid but smells keep the mind interested and soothed (in the pic you can see the chocolate scented one I love)

Q: how do you keep your concentration up?