ethans studies

ethan | 24 | museum studies masters | (he/they) | american studying in the uk

[sofaritsalr1ght]

15.05.26

[agrimanath]

01/05/2026 .

[warmfigure]

quite a mess

[depsidase]

[pungislife]

Can anyone tell me why studying at the dinner table is 100000 times more productive than studying at my desk?

[wholeheartedsuggestions]

there are still movies to be watched, new songs to be listened to, books to be read, unexplored places to be discovered, conversations to be had, people to be met. there are still countless things for you, and they’re just waiting for you.

[jukebarks]

reminder

[floof-ghostie]

"You only like this character because she's a woman!" okay and you hate her because she's a woman, knowing that she has all the traits you would enjoy in a male character.

[the---hermit]

What's in my bag tutoring edition, and my usual messy desk (you cannot see it but there is way too many tea stains I have to do something about it hdjdjej).

08|05|2026

Master thesis adventures #29

I needed to take the morning off so I spent it with the dog, and in the afternoon I decided to write down some very quick notes on the book i have read this week. Since I didn't want to break up the notes in my thesi commonplace book, I did something very out of character for me. I wrote down digital notes while I was fresh with the info of the last book, and I will write down actual handwritten notes in my journal as soon as I'll be done with the notes of the other book I have paused. Ngl the digital notewriting was way quicker than I expected, which is making me question my study method, but I know that I would be never able to actually study from them. The good thing is that I have learned a good tecnique to write down draft notes quickly when I need to. I might end up using this again in the future, who knows. I did write down notes for the whole book, so I am very proud of myself. Next week I'll get back to the other book and hopefully I'll finish at least reading it. I also have to email my supervisor, but I might do that tomorrow, because right now my brain is soup and I don't want to rush a bad email just to take the task off my to do list.

[academicfeverish]

23/100

[lottiestudying]

13.05.2026—productive days

[erbiumspectrum]

15 May 2026 🌧️

Rain and gloom. I've been in a bit of a sour mood since yesterday for no good reason. Some of the fields I pass by during my commute are still bare but some of them are already green or even yellow with rapeseed flowers. My specialization project is almost finished, my thesis measurements are in progress. There's 1.5 months left of the first year of my Master's and predictably, I can't believe it. Soon it'll all be over, how is that even possible?

[lost-rxverie]

tuesday | may 12

less than 24 hours after taking these photos i had to go to the ER with a fever of 105. but i did submit my english paper on time!

being a STEM major means i don't usually get to spend my time on something as fun as literary analysis, so in that sense this gothic lit class has been a blessing – but it's also stressful to be graded on something i've spent so little time practicing for the past few years.

[warmfigure]

sometimes i come home from work and sit in silence, just watching the light change as the sun goes down

[howsoonitwasover]

07.05.26. i have been enjoying a relaxing admin week after i submitted my annual progress review last friday! lots of coffee, pastries, and a new cinnamon, honey + chamomile tea i have discovered that i <3. i also finished a collection of victor hugo’s verse yesterday at a coffee shop and it has made me excited to read more french poets

[radicalgraff]

"Fuck ICE"

Seen in Anchorage Alaska

[fairycosmos]

hey idk how to articulate this part of being mentally ill but basically i feel like my life has been stolen from me in the most literal way and i can’t explain it without sounding like im making a million pathetic excuses

[aurora1040]

the grief aspect of being chronically ill is real. You are allowed to grieve the life you would have had.

[alloftimeandspaceisours]

And unfortunately, the grief tends not to be a one and done thing. It can and often will keep hitting us. We need to do our best to be kind to ourselves, especially when it's hitting us.