2022.09.09 // 17:28  Getting Back Into The Routine Of Going To Classes! I Like Taking Handwritten Notes

What would be your advice to you from five years ago?

I always regret not shooting my shot for friendship in classes that I sometimes think about them after the course is over (what could have been a great friendship). Be that fucking person and say ‘hello’ first. Just stop holding back. 

18-20.01.21 // 83-85/100 days of productivity

completed my programming exam, then made some spacey bookmarks to get myself back into painting~

18.11.2020 // i finally completed my exams yesterday and i have no idea how i did. by the time i started writing my third exam essay i honestly couldn’t tell at all if i was being a genius or a complete idiot

27.04.2020 // 16:10pm

i have to watch 6 more classes of economical law (out of 28) and then i’m finally finished and i can move on to tax law. let’s keep going!

ft. a soy dalgona coffee with cinnamon

Morning rituals. Every morning J brings me a cup of coffee and we sit in bed and talk for a bit before the day starts. Then I go for a run, or read; shower, dress, sit at my desk and watch the goldfinches. These small acts keep me from untethering. With winter rolling around, the days being shorter, I am trying to enjoy every minute of sun I can get. Oh, and—I just finished reading The White Dress and it was absolutely stunning, so good I devoured it all in one sitting. A great way to start the last month of the year. 🕯✨

Two things I’m working on today: I am the head editor of a special edition of the Goldsmiths literature journal (GLITS), so I’m currently checking over peer review sheets and manuscript feedback from our board of editors. 

I am also writing questions for an event I’ve been putting together as part of Alternative Careers Week at Goldsmiths, which is a conversation about the challenges facing prospective academics between myself, Dhanveer Brar, Beth Guilding, Jake Hall, Akanksha Mehta and Roberto Mozzachiodi.

You can find the details of the event here: Is a Career in Academia Worth it?

studying without the struggle to feel good enough. studying with interest and people to talk to when you don’t understand something. people who get lost in those topics with you over a drink or dinner in the evening, in a cozy bar after a day full of productive hours. walks and bycicle rides in the nights and in the early mornings because you spent the night in some shady apartment or club. motivation because you’re all in this together. happiness because it’s worth it. because you’re not alone.