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[letsdothisbruh]

Hey I found the #studychallengewithcleo by @that-premed-student and decided to go for it!

Today I’m continuing to work on my Thesis committee meeting presentation right now. Been at it since morning and I’m sure I crossed the 6 hour mark a while back haha

I’m definitely taking breaks in between, and eating food and drinking water/beverages (do be kind to yourself and take care of yourself even if you are stressed)

So currently my work for today is:

Finish analysing my final dataset

Include those graphs on my ppt

Finish including all the info from the tagged papers on my ppt

Make a script and read it 3-5 times before retiring for the night

And ofc overthinking and writing down any Qs I could be asked in that meeting tomorrow and looking up and keeping track of those answers separately.

I think my list is doable… I am hoping my presentation tomorrow goes amazingly well and my committee members greenlit me for my final semester without any issues.

[letsdothisbruh]

I am @letsdothisbruh and I run a studyblr

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[letsdothisbruh]

Day 12&13/100- Nov 26- Sat

Hmm I seemed to have forgotten to post yesterday..

Eh no one cares anyways.

Nothing noteworthy happened yesterday beyond going to lab, being a little sick, not being able to even take a single image on the scope despite spending 3 hours at the lab… but whatever, many days are like that, welcome to grad school and academia, stuff takes time!

Beyond that it’s been a quite weekend, but mentally I was annoyed and angry at humans and didn’t get much work done. Hopefully the next two weeks I keep my head down, self regulate and come out of it as a better human!!

My roommates and I went to see the Christmas tree at our downtown yesterday and it was a fun trip and a much needed break!

I got some of my assignments done for this week but need to get more done ASAP, so ciao.

Song of the day:

This is one of my fav anime openings everrr

[letsdothisbruh]

Day 17/100- Dec 2- Fri

Why is time moving this fast?

I didn’t get much done in terms of studying today but got much lab work done, setup for the genetic crosses for the week and made sure I did all I can so I can stay home guilt free tomorrow and go in on Sunday instead.

Even took time to go see my prof today and phew, I can see a tonne of work brewing up for this weekend!

The trick I need to master here is to hit the bed right now and make sure I wake up at a normal morning time tomo, eat healthy and NOT be intimidated by the lots of tasks… just gotta… bunch it all up into smaller tasks and get going and finish it!!

Just trying to get the courage to work smart and hard in the next few days, but I will be fine. I have to!!

Song of the Day:

[letsdothisbruh]

Day 17/100- Dec 1- Thurs

Y’all my friend/classmate told me that I have been doing so well this semester with academics since last year (our first) and she was apparently telling her labmate about my improvement and how I may have overcome a learning curve…

I just 🥹

Positive validation is so important!!!!!

I took time to recuperate after yesterday’s crazy… and ended up blacking out for 8 hours when I wanted to take a 30 mins nap lol.

But all said and done, I’m still on track which is great! I was even able to get in some studying done today at the library for my dev neuro final less than two weeks away… so that’s good!

I need to finish up a reflection paper draft by tonight so I can go meet my advisor tomorrow without to get some feedback.

I hope I continue to keep on track the next two weeks

Song of the day:

Heard this song after a long time!

[letsdothisbruh]

Day 10/100- Nov 23- Wed

Half the week is over and I feel lazy and useless… gosh damn it.

I didn’t feel like doing anything today but still made myself come to my lab for the microscopy time I booked since it’s super crowded and I can’t try to change timings or make it up later…

I’m hoping to go back home and just finish some of my tasks for my courses. Today. I have to work it.

My avengers travel mug is keeping me sane with caffeine for now….

Song of the day:

This song accurately describes how I’m not enough how much ever I keep trying to jump hoops for everyone’s expectations of me 😑

[letsdothisbruh]

Day 8/100- Nov 21- Mon

Yay it’s officially been a week!

Today was interesting to say the least…

I somehow got all three of my recommenders to revert back to me which is insanely awesome!

And I volunteered for a pilot study for my friend’s research and it was fun, like playing video games haha… being a neuroscience student is interesting no matter what angle you are looking into…

Also found out that my data is not bullshit and actually makes sense while returning from a Walmart run lol!!l I was procrastinating on showing this data to my prof when I actually should have made it my priority considering how good it is!!

I made pink sauce pasta for dinner, a labour of love and patience.

All in all, it’s been a day!!

Song of the day:

Been obsessed, this is an awesome ending song, from one of my absolute fav shows!

[letsdothisbruh]

Day 1/100- Nov 14- Mon

Trying to flesh out my SOP from the edits I got from my folks… it’s been daunting since I’m unable to find a good framework narrative without it sounding cliched…

Planning to put together a ppt and meet my advisor today, let’s see how that pans out. I have been anxious about it and have been procrastinating it for a while now.

Hopefully I make it through today and am productive.

Just reading a paper right now to finesse my question of purpose.

Song of the day:

On repeat 🔂

[letsdothisbruh]

18.05.2020

11/100 days of productivity.

I was reading for my paper today...

Mon Q - Are you related or distantly related to anyone famous?

A. Uh sure? Do standup comedians count? In a roundabout way yes, but that wasn’t really a huge deal and we didn’t even meet him through the mutual relative or anything...

So today I’m going to pull a late-nighter because:

1. I was wasting a lot of time, huge procrastinating in the last few days and today too.

2. I seem to work better in the night when the world is sleeping and there is no external disturbances (I prefer early mornings but I’m not motivated enough to wake up at 4 AM nowadays).

I also applied for an online internship from June... don’t know if I’ll get selected but it felt good to see my updated resume till date.

So late-nighter here I come!

Today’s song of the day: Rather Be by Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne. A friend recommended it to me and it’s a nice song I like it a lot!

[letsdothisbruh]

10.06.2020

31/100 days of productivity

Phew. I just completed writing the master draft of a paper I’m doing with my Prof., woohoo!

I have been very lethargic lately and this really helped me get out of a no work funk and I’m glad it’s over for now.

I still have so much pending work left holy sheesh what do I do what do I doooo?

P.S: I got my NGO intern letter yay! Now I have proof of working like that which really helps my resume!

Today’s song of the day: Chasing Fire by Lauv.

[letsdothisbruh]

16.05.2020

9/100 days of productivity.

Gulmohars are one of my favourite flowers because I saw a lot of them last summer, a period that I consider to be the best two months of my life.

Q. Would you rather get away with lying every time or always know that someone is lying?

A. I want to know always when people are lying. I feel there’s this basal paranoia I have now about people in general after people continue to lie to my face about things I dam well know the truth about... and I think I could breath and trust better if I knew people were lying...

Today was exhausting, mentally taxing. But productivity wise I didn’t do much today.... not really proud of it but I guess I do deserve my rest at times? I saw a film with my parents, jogged early morning... these are good for mental sanity... so that’s good.

Had a one-on-one class with my prof and man I was so sleepy, why is bio economics like this?

I have to make up for my lack of productivity these last two days within tomorrow. I need solid progress in all fronts...

Today’s song of the day: We Don’t Talk Anymore. Because I was hit with a wave of nostalgia as I listened to it today.

[letsdothisbruh]

19.05.2020

12/100 days of productivity.

Today was bad, I realised I’m having too many things interfere with my GRE prep...

And then fell asleep for around 4 hours because I was hurt after a fight (but we all know it’s because I stayed awake the prev night)... wasted so much daylight and time, the one commodity that I cannot afford to lose...

Then I had a 3 and a half hour online interview for my college mag, mannnnnn.... it was taxing and the internet was super uncooperative... but they told me I did good (I know for a fact that it could have gone better but actually, I also know that I definitely will have some role in the editorial board in the coming year. I know that for sure.) Now I just have to convince myself that whatever the posting I get in the coming year, I’ll have to be happy with it... because it’s good to have a nice club of people as friends and it’s good for the resume...

Today’s Song of the day: Anothe One Bites The Dust by Queen. I love this song, and fell more in love watching Hayley Atwell’s dubsmash war one with this song.

[letsdothisbruh]

13.05.2020

6/100 days of productivity

Today I literally caught rainbows in my book (who told life isn’t all rainbows and sunshine?)!

2020 Quarantine Challenge (Yeah I’m doing this now! Can I get a wahoo!)

Q. Would you rather have a dog with a cat’s personality or a cat with a dog’s personality?

A. Ooh that’s a tough question. I love dogs. Like love love them. But I just love how soft and cuddly cats are. Not that I have ever been chosen by cats tho. So I would probably go with being a cat with a dog’s personality (because cats can get away with anything, as a dog with a cat personality I would probably perish).

Today I had a solid 7 hours of sleep with a 89 sleep score, but I didn’t wake up so refreshed. Yet, I had the chance to catch another hour of a mid morning nap(mind you, I never usually sleep in the morning, hate wasting daylight), and man I can’t believe I’m saying this but sleep is awesome. We all should sleep more(at the least, sleep properly everyday).

I also edited an article for my college mag even tho I am absolutely swamped with work (like they even gave me an option out... why am I doing this).

I wasn’t very productive today.

Managed to review a few of my GRE math question mistakes I made while doing a practice full test... man I am ashamed at all the silly errors... but we will get through it, so we will keep working on it.

Finally worked and got done part of the intro of the paper with my prof... it’s been slow progress and I just have one week left but I have to have it ready before then just to proofread and check it before submission.

So I guess it’s goodbye early sleep time for tonight. Ugh. But it’s ok. For science!

So I finally sent the 2 subsections of the intro of the paper with my prof... man that’s a mouthful.

I’m glad it’s over for now. Tomorrow’s a new day. We’ll be ok people. Let’s forge on

Today’s song is: Blinding Lights by The Weeknd. It’s a nice peppy motivational (kinda) song, so me likey.

[letsdothisbruh]

31.05.2020

24/100 days of productivity.

Wasn’t too productive today but that’s alright. Sometimes it gets overwhelming and that’s ok. Take your time, breath through it all and keep working.

Meanwhile I am technically wrapping up on my NGO intern as well as the paper with my prof... and starting my official GRE prep.

Gotta hustle now onwards!

I have also taken up exercising and a lol but OD dieting seriously and go for my fitness goal within these hols. Hopefully I’ll accomplish them...

Today’s song of the day: Iron Man by Black Sabbath. I just love this song and I knew it had nothing to do with iron man but tony stark is my fav so. I just love this song. The energy and the powerful bass and guitar is awesome!

[letsdothisbruh]

The littlest things can spur you on:

•A new location

•Better Ventilation

•A water/snack break to walk down to your food place and back can clear some of the running thoughts rampaging through the brain

•Listening to one song for a short span of time

•Meditation (if you know how to do it properly because I know I can’t. My brain keeps wavering a lot but that’s ok, I really appreciate the shut eye time).

•Do some exercise or Yoga if you want to focus on something completely different but not get lost or addicted into something(for me it’s books which is why I haven’t touched a proper novel in a long time and make do with <2500 worded fanfictions if I can’t physically restrain myself from reading).

•Read a self-help book then come back... you could combine this activity to help your studies too by reading a study related book too!

•Talk to someone. Your mom, sister, grandma, whoever you can call, please do. Take the time to get to know how their day went, share about your own. Brighten up both your days...

•Just know that you are loved and cared for and that the universe will find a way to turn tides again in your favour. It always has and it always will. Even if today seems like a hopeless ravine of darkness, tomorrow you can wake up into a beautiful world. It’s going to happen. You’ll get through today and tomorrow will be better.

[letsdothisbruh]

23.06.20

35/100 days of productivity.

I did math (bioprocess engineering) the first time since quarantine began.

Got started on searching for potential colleges to apply for, next year fall. Hopefully I will narrow down the list and have the requirements ready soon.

Also planning to regularly exercise from tomorrow morning as well as go hard on Vocab prep for GRE with books. It’s going to be fun.

Song of the day: Who by Lauv ft. BTS.