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Bella, Chemistry student at the University of York Follow for study motivation, organisation tips, and an insight into the life of a university student 💗 Weekly studying and organisation tips! 🤓

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— Hamlet, act 2, sc. 2

[wiseisnice]

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Not even a single soul:

Studyblrs: Sorry for being inactive lately. I was so busy with the school work so I couldn't post anything lately. I completed entire lengths and breadths of quantum mechanics, cosmology; then revised entire organic and inorganic and did some physical chemistry; finished off with some calculus, number theory; also got bored and finished some neuroanatomy and histology; revised German, French and Spanish revision and wrote a thesis paper today and also did a half-marathon. Also, went to this cute cafe and I am so in love with it 😍. Wbu?

[girlwriter]

3/20/2020  🌷 the lockdown got me feeling lonely so i decided to study with my tortoise roommate

[study-aquarius]

^studying organic chemistry & drinking mint green tea 🕊

[etudier-avec-bella]

What I Read This Month: February

As the end of the month is approaching, I thought it would be nice to wrap things up by looking back on the books I’ve read over the past four weeks. Let’s go!

‘Girl, Interrupted’ by Susanna Kaysen

*tw- mental illness*

Whilst it’s only around 200 pages long, this book packs a punch. It documents Susanna Kaysen’s time spent in a mental hospital as a young adult in the 60’s, depicting the cruel misunderstanding and mistreatment of mentally ill youth. I’ve read a few books about characters with mental health problems, and this was by far the rawest, most vulnerable account I’ve come across. Gripping from the very beginning, I finished this after only three days

‘Before the coffee gets cold’- Toshikazu Nawaguchi

Hm. I have very mixed feelings on this book. It tells the story of a mysterious coffee shop in Tokyo, where customers can request to travel back in time (permitted that they follow an irritatingly strict set of rules laid out by the owner). Split into four ‘acts’, it focuses in turn on the journies into the past taken by four of the characters. I loved the second and fourth parts, but hated the first and third. There were some really touching moments of tenderness, but also a lot of missed opportunities and poor characterisation choices. Overall, a decent read, though! I’ve heard somewhere it was based on a play, which makes MUCH more sense. It would definitely be better performed on a stage

‘History of Wolves’ by Emily Fridlund

... Wow. This book shook me UP. Set in rural Minnesota, we follow Linda and her new neighbours, the Gardeners- a mother and her little boy, Paul. When Paul’s mother asks Linda to babysit, she doesn’t think much of it and agrees to look after him, but soon discovers something is very wrong with the family when Paul’s father enters the scene. Fridlund’s style is just gorgeous, and she touches on some very deep, dark issues. I won’t go into further detail for fear of spoiling it, but if you read just one book this year- make it this one

[etudier-avec-bella]

What I Read This Month: February

As the end of the month is approaching, I thought it would be nice to wrap things up by looking back on the books I’ve read over the past four weeks. Let’s go!

‘Girl, Interrupted’ by Susanna Kaysen

*tw- mental illness*

Whilst it’s only around 200 pages long, this book packs a punch. It documents Susanna Kaysen’s time spent in a mental hospital as a young adult in the 60’s, depicting the cruel misunderstanding and mistreatment of mentally ill youth. I’ve read a few books about characters with mental health problems, and this was by far the rawest, most vulnerable account I’ve come across. Gripping from the very beginning, I finished this after only three days

‘Before the coffee gets cold’- Toshikazu Nawaguchi

Hm. I have very mixed feelings on this book. It tells the story of a mysterious coffee shop in Tokyo, where customers can request to travel back in time (permitted that they follow an irritatingly strict set of rules laid out by the owner). Split into four ‘acts’, it focuses in turn on the journies into the past taken by four of the characters. I loved the second and fourth parts, but hated the first and third. There were some really touching moments of tenderness, but also a lot of missed opportunities and poor characterisation choices. Overall, a decent read, though! I’ve heard somewhere it was based on a play, which makes MUCH more sense. It would definitely be better performed on a stage

‘History of Wolves’ by Emily Fridlund

... Wow. This book shook me UP. Set in rural Minnesota, we follow Linda and her new neighbours, the Gardeners- a mother and her little boy, Paul. When Paul’s mother asks Linda to babysit, she doesn’t think much of it and agrees to look after him, but soon discovers something is very wrong with the family when Paul’s father enters the scene. Fridlund’s style is just gorgeous, and she touches on some very deep, dark issues. I won’t go into further detail for fear of spoiling it, but if you read just one book this year- make it this one

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"Rummaging in our souls, we often dig up something that ought to have lain there unnoticed".

-Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoi)

[chemistry-and-cupcakes]

22/2/2020

We love tutorials! Photo is a bit bad but it’s late and I feel bad for neglecting this account haha

[somerabbitholes]

Reading in balconies

[sashasufi]

a couple paintings/rain studies I did

[etudier-avec-bella]

01-02-20 // after a super busy week and a very productive Saturday morning, I decided to take a little study break and go for (vegan!) brunch in town. currently reading ‘Carol’ by Patricia Highsmith

[etudier-avec-bella]

01-02-20 // after a super busy week and a very productive Saturday morning, I decided to take a little study break and go for (vegan!) brunch in town. currently reading ‘Carol’ by Patricia Highsmith

[etudier-avec-bella]

21-01-20 // Quiet afternoon in the library, catching up on last week’s lecture notes 💗

[motivatemycollegelife]

El Ateneo Grand Splendid.

This library/bookstore used to be a theater.

Buenos Aires, Argentina.

IG @cantimstudying

[etudier-avec-bella]

15-01-20// a bit of early morning French before my NMR lecture this afternoon (un peu de français au petit matin avant de mon cours de chimie)

[virgoinspiration]

Things To Quit

1. Trying to please everybody. Your life is about YOU.

2. Fearing change. Change is growth.

3. Living in the past. It doesn’t matter anymore; focus on the now and the future.

4. Putting yourself down. You are worth it and you are special.

5. Overthinking. The only person who thinks that much about you, is you.

[somerabbitholes]

I want soft things. Soft things that are the same time dark. Like victorian dark, not morbid dark. I want to recieve mail. I want to wear soft socks. I want to live and work in a library all day. I want to know a library like the back of my hand. I want to be left alone but I also want to be noticed. I want to cram books in a bookshelf that cannot take more. Then because the bookshelf is full, I want to line books by the bed. Then the study table. Then the window. I want to walk in the mornings across mossy dewy cemeteries. I want my bag to be heavy with books. And a diary with messy writing. I want to press leaves between pages and find them years later. I want to wear flannel. And soft sweaters. I want to visit art galleries, museums. Antique stores. I want to fill my apartment with wooden furniture. I want plants. I want tea in the evening in my balcony as the sun sets and the city turns pink. I want to stand in the sun, taking in the morning light.