#i always end up not using sideblogs so. we'll see if this lasts but hopefully i will use it. hopefully

[bananadee]

hi hello! this is @leafsheepseaslug's kirby sideblog!

my talk tag is #leaf speaks !

my art tag is #leaf arts . i also reblog all my more polished stuff to @leafsheep-art !

feel free to send asks! i take doodle requests and also i just like to chat about characters :]

[melio-theeventuallawyer]

Studyblr Intro Post - Hi!

Hello Studyblr World!

I’ve sort of been lurking/posting in the studyblr community for a while now, but I want to really get more involved this year, especially because I have a Youtube channel I’m trying to grow now x Sooo, here is my official introduction post! 

About Me:

My name is Melissa

Pronouns are she/her and I just turned 22 a few days ago!

I’m starting my final year of Politics and International Relations after doing a year abroad in Berlin last year

I study at Queen Mary University in London but am from the US

This is my sideblog & studyblr I made, which goes along with my Youube channel MeliO - my main account is @equinesanonymous, where I post everything else (tbh most of it is quite political at the moment, but I try to keep this account a sort of peaceful place!)

I am the sort of person who need to be super organised. I always have an email inbox at 0, and write down everything, from what I want to say on the phone with a friend to ideas for writing. So as you can imagine, bullet journals are basically my life. 

But I also spend no time at all making them 'aesthetic’ because I am

 not an artistic person

Academic Stuff

I'm just starting my dissertation on how farmers and agrarian communities are utilizing legal challenges to fight devastating climate change. It’s a super interesting topic that coincides with a lot of my personal interests, but my goodness it is very depressing mostly because all of our lives will be drastically changed in the next few decades due to climate change and we’re doing very little to stop that because of the inherent short-termism that capitalism is built to reward and we need to restructure our entire attitude to the natural world and way of living in it to actually stop the most devastating change but even if we stopped emitting tomorrow we can still expect huge amounts of destruction suffering and dramatic change so that’s something to look forward to.

I’m going into law after I graduate, so I will be doing the GDL (conversion course, basically a legal catch up degree because I didn’t study law in undergrad) and LPC/SQE in London over the next 2 years. I'll then be working for 2 years in a City law firm in London!  Hence my name - eventually, I will someday actually be a lawyer (solicitor to be exact)

Interests

Environmentalism/activism (as may be guessed from my disso topic)

I love gardening and have a continually-growing plant collection

Social justice & change (tho I post more on my @equinesanonymous account)

Romantic period movies & crime/legal dramas (unlike the rest of humanity apparently, I thought Broadchurch was amazing)

I basically listen exclusively to either classic rock or low-fi study music between the hours of 6 am and 10 pm, then between 11 and 5, I listen to one radio station that does classical music)

I love horses. I rode loads before starting university and have started itching to get back into it, but it's very tricky being on a student budget and schedule! But I have big plans for some horse-related adventures in the future so we'll see what that holds :)

I am NOT a fan of online uni - I genuinely miss going to lectures!

I write articles for some online journals! Mostly about politics and law

What do I do on here? Why do I have a Studyblr/Tube?

I like to make content. It's so cool that I can post something and other people think 'yeah that's pretty too/or that's helpful thanks!'. So that’s part of it, particularly for my tumblr

The study community is so lovely and uplifting, I want to make my own place in it and get involved!

Particularly with the process of getting into law in the UK/getting a vacation scheme/training contract, I think I have built up quite a lot of understanding of the system and experience which I hope can be helpful to other people looking to do the same. That’s mainly videos I plan on making for my Youtube channel, so if that’s something you’re interested in be sure to subscribe here!

Goals (for the next year-ish)

Finish my short story (surprise! I’m writing a short story!) 

Continue studying Russian (I'm juuusstt starting now, but I want to finish my textbook by the end of the year, which goes up to like, advanced beginner level)

Keep improving my German (I'm about B.2 level after studying in Berlin for 6 months last year, but I want to not forget any of it!)  

Perhaps take up Spanish!

Finish my dissertation and get a first in my overall degree, even with basically my entire degree being online this year :/

Grow my Youtube and Tumblr, and just get involved here, make some friends, and hopefully help some people

Post things relatively frequently, but not obsess over having them be very aesthetic or pretty, just enjoy the process of making them 

Who inspired me?

@myhoneststudyblr @her-muses @fluencylevelfrench @lattesandlearning @coffeeandbookworld @unknown-notes @kimcaaam @studywithmariana @busy-study @saff-studies @imperfect-productivity @thestupidlawstudent @autumndesk​ @memoirs-of-a-future-lawyer​ @audreys-notes​ @german-lingots​ @life-and-law-studies​ @lawandcaffeine​ 

Also message me please! I want to hear from people and chat about uni - especially with everything being all weird and virtual this year