aesthetic blog

coffee & tv

[metamorphesque]

— Heaven, Mieko Kawakami

[text ID: I knew that it was cruel to be so optimistic, but, in my solitude, I couldn't resist the urge and spent entire days basking in idiotic fantasies, sometimes verging on prayer.]

[vvingless]

I cannot let go. This is my great flaw, i grip every thing i love with both hands and sink my teeth in for good measure.

[the-moon-whisperer]

[thegreysscreencaps]

[darkmacademia]

vaguely academic things to do to keep yourself entertained

go down a wikipedia research hole by clicking the first term you don’t understand

binge a crashcourse series end to end (personal recs: world history, history of science, big history, philosophy)

find free books on project gutenberg

download some western classics for free

borrow books and audiobooks from the libby app or borrowbox

start a commonplace book

take a khan academy course

browse MIT’s free online course materials

teach yourself to code

go on a google scholar essay dive

try the open access button to avoid some paywalls for academic media, or install unpaywall that does a similar thing

research the history of the place you where you live

tempt the wrath of the duolingo owl and learn a language

search for online streams of the local tv in your target language’s country and use as background noise for immersion points

print and scrapbook favourite poetry and literature quotes

improve your handwriting by doing handwriting exercises

learn philosophy with the philosophize this! podcast. actually just check out all the educational spotify podcasts there are many good ones

start a weekly club with friends to share new and interesting things you’ve learnt that week

clean and reorganise your study space, physical or digital

check out online museums

fave educational youtube channels that I adore: vsauce, crashcourse, smarter every day, kurzgesagt, school of life, tom scott, r. c. waldun, vsauce3, primer, mark rober, veritasium, asapSCIENCE, scishow, TED-ed

hopefully you’ll find something to enjoy! happy learning x

[ii-shadxws]

[ii-shadxws]

[somethingsoinviting-deactivated]

“What don’t you understand?”

“Love.”

“You and seven billion other people on this planet.”

[90schalamet]

[klennnik]

Timothee Chalamet by Carl Timpone

[vagabondwench]

[feel-the-lyrics]

Are you locked up in a world that’s been planned out for you?

Green Day - She (via feel-the-lyrics)

[bob-belcher]

13 Going on 30 (2004), dir. Gary Winick

[lilpieceofmyworld]