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WEEK 1

What are your plans for this summer?

My plans for this summer are to work on my mental health and prepare for the years ahead of me as my schooling will come to an end and I’ll have to enter the real world.

Have your plans changed at all because of the pandemic?

My plans have definitely changed. I was originally planning on applying for a summer study abroad this summer, but that got pushed back to next year due to non-pandemic related things. I was then planning on applying for internship positions which was then disrupted by the pandemic.

Do you have a specific goal for this summer? 

My original goal for this summer was to practice my filming and editing skills, which I guess I’ve done a bit of that, but I haven’t done as much as I would’ve liked. My goal now, before my classes start, is to read something from my TBR pile.

Do you have a lot of work to do for school or university or your job this summer?

I don’t have a lot of work for school, but I am working two jobs which take up a lot of my time. I don’t have a lot of work for those jobs outside of the hours I work in.

What is the most important task that you need to complete this summer?

My most important task this summer is to create the perfect study space. During online classes last semester I had a hard time focusing due to the lack of divided space. My desk is in my bedroom and I couldn’t mentally divide up the physical space so I realized I needed to create an actual, physical, separate study space for the future.

What do you usually do during the summer?

Usually during the summer I work and watch tv. I sometimes hang out with my friends, which I can no longer do outside of the moments I see them while I’m at work. I tend to play video games and watch a lot of Korean dramas.

What did you do during the summer when you were a young child?

As a young child I remember doing more outside activities. I would go to pool with my sister. My family used to always go to the amusement park that’s close by at least once a summer. After middle school I found myself staying inside most of the summer.

GENERAL UPDATES

I had a lot happen to me this week. I had good news and bad news. Good news is, I was able to buy myself a Nintendo Switch! They finally came back in stock and I had enough saved up and I bought myself a switch along with the games I wanted. I’ve been playing nonstop for the last three days. The bad news is, my school announced a new plan for opening campus which includes me not being able to move back to campus like originally planned. I was pretty proud of myself for the way I reacted to this news, I expected to start crying immediately but I didn’t. It took awhile and it was only a few tears. While I’m sad that I won’t be living with my friends and that I won’t be able to do my first club activities on campus, I’m alright with the decision and I completely understand it’s necessity.

That said, all of my stuff is in storage hundreds of miles away from where I’ll be living while doing my online semester, so I don’t have all of the study supplies I would like. I had started a kpop journal which is in storage along with all of my bullet journal/kpop journal decorations. If anyone has any recommendations for good notebooks for kpop journals or washi tapes, please let me know! I plan on trying to buy something so I can keep up the journal.

🎧 Currently listening to: All of Boyfriend’s discography because my OG’s are the only ones who can bring back my happiness in these sad times

🎬 Currently watching: It’s Okay to Not Be Okay, Itaewon Class, To All the Guys Who Loved Me, Was it Love?, New Girl, and desperately waiting for The Umbrella Academy season 2

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it’s been a while since i’ve posted any original content bc....well the last four months have been extremely hard on my mental health and surviving became more of a priority than studying or learning. i’m back though, and am going to spend the 8 weeks i have before school starts again to read more, and get reacquainted with learning for fun

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07/18/20

SUMMER STUDYING CHALLENGE: july 18th what do you usually do during the summer?

i love going hiking!!! being in the outdoors!!! i am blessed enough to live only about an hour away from giant sequoia trees, and about a week ago i went up for a couple days with my parents and my little brother. my goodness are sequoias gorgeous. it was beyond nice to finally leave my house to go somewhere (!!!) and be around nothing but fresh air, dirt, bug bites, and the trig notes i worked on at the campsite.

hope you’re all having a good day/night, wherever you are in the world ✨

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july 17 2020 - ap chem

now that im back home, im getting back into doing the khan academy ap chem coursework. also getting very antsy for school again–very much miss having such strong structure to my days.

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Hello guys! These posts are few and far between because I'm currently working extra to try and save up before university. These are a few bits I picked up to take with me including a midwife specific planner and some milestone cards to track my progress! How are you guys doing? In times of isolation feel free to message me if you want. Stay safe!

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13.07.2020

27/100 days of productivity

today the first of my virtual camps for this summer started, and my package full of camp goodies for the other arrived. before the opening ceremony, a bunch of us hung out and played games on the zoom call. also, i watered and checked up on my plants today. Lola, my croton who dropped all her leaves and made me scared she was gonna die, is starting to show some new growth!! and i took a couple of cuttings off Alexus, my spider plant, to try and propagate.

haven't had time for much in the way of listening today, podcasts or music, but a go-to favourite song of mine is Come To Light by Arkells.

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I really miss the times when my desk looked like this and my cat was alive

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About Me

Name: Maddie

Age: 20

Major: Film and Media Studies with a concentration in Film and Media Management and Psychology

Interests

Kpop

Kdramas

Jdramas

Movies

TV

Filming/Photography

Reading

Bullet journaling/journaling

Goals for the blog

So I wanted to explain a bit about what I want this blog to be for me. I want this to be a place to showcase my film projects and show my growth as a filmmaker. I also want this blog to help motivate and inspire me to enjoy studying. I would love it if this blog can help others do the same!

I hope I can make some good memories with this blog! Thanks! ~ Maddie

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07/11/20

I’ve been struggling with finding a balance between not burning myself out & not feeling gross at the end of the day after getting nothing done. It’s a lot of reminders that taking time for myself is okay - but also that I genuinely enjoy learning new things, and getting to-do items checked off is beneficial in the long run. Not quite sure if I’ve found that perfect balance yet, but the sky remains gorgeous and there’s plenty of time to figure it out.

hope you’re all having a good day/night, wherever you are in the world ✨

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july 9 2020 - ap chem 

continued working on the khan academy ap chem course today. actually becoming very reassured that my sophomore honors chem prepared better than i thought. also, a nice little book haul. 

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july 6, 2020 - ap chem

so, im still on summer break, but ive started doing some of the khan academy ap chem course because i know im not great at chem and i had a chem teacher who moved from teaching ap bio for a decade to chem sophomore year so i thought i might as well get a head start–and ill take any excuse to do some prettyish notes

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july 3, 2020

i asked a while ago if yall would be okay with me posting some of my poetry–fulfilling the “nwrite” half of the username–so i decided this one from a local writing contest would be a good start. if you want to read more of my poetry, i post a fair amount on my instagram. 

(click pictures for hq)

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Hi. Nearly 2 months since my last post. Nice one Niamh. But in lowckdown things to do are few and far between so I've got back into reading thanks to booktok. I jsut finished this and I like it but I'm not sure how I feel about the ending. If you e read it what do you think? Hope you're all still doing well out there❤️

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I made my July spread today. The theme is based off of Seventeen’s new album heng:garae and one of the designs for the album, clouds. I didn’t need a whole lot this month as I’m still not super busy with things yet but I have just enough room to mark down the important stuff.

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Week 14 of the 2020 Quarantine Challenge - Where would you rather be from?

Ngl I think this photos of my kitty looks like some sort of painting... I’m proud. And I’m actually from Kansas and I’m very proud, so I wouldn’t change a thing!

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Week 11 of the 2020 Quarantine Challenge - What would you want to be stranded with on a deserted island?

I thought I’d jump in on this challenge, starting in June with my June planner! If I were stranded on a deserted island I’d probably just want the supplies to escape, but if I was saying something that actually answered the question in the way it’s meant to be answered I’d wish there was a library. 📚