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Sunday 22nd October || 15:11

Hello :D

Here are some photos from the past few days. I headed up to the blue mountains with my brother after school on Friday to get maccas and hit the op shops because it was his day off. I got a couple of super cheap CDs for the car and a few DVDs which is fun. Yesterday arvo I went out with a mate to walk her dog. We met at three and ended up walking around for almost 4 hours and talked to this sweet cat lady. It was a nice break from the monotonous routine I have fallen into and was also great to get out and exercise a bit.

Things are pretty good today, considering I've been feeling pretty demotivated school wise the last few days. I always absolutely dread doing school work and put it off for so long, but when I actually get around to doing it, I really enjoy it and get annoyed at myself for procrastinating so much. It's this whole illogical cycle but I'm used to it by now bc I guess thats just how I function. Anyways, I got up at like 9am today which made me feel immediately productive (yesterday for example i didn't get out of bed until like 11). I've then just done school stuff all day. I had a bunch of readings and a podcast on Herodotus which I just have to finish off my notes on. I also finally submitted my german and maths work which I had been putting off for ages. I still have a bunch of ancient and modern history work to do but I have no plans this arvo so I should be able to get it done.

Take care <3

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I cannot force myself to do any school work lately and I’ve been been going to bed at around 1am most nights (which sucks because most days I start school at 7:45m). I literally have been watching an insanely unhealthy amount of YouTube and it’s not helping me get out of this stupid headspace and cycle of horrible habit which make me feel shit. I was convinced that when I started my final year of highschool I’d suddenly be super productive, have a good school life balance and not feel so shit all the time but of course that’s not true, you don’t just wake up and suddenly everything changes. And I think deep down I knew that but have not had them mental energy to put in the effort to create and keep good habits.

Anyway I juiced up a bunch of citrus fruit from my grandparents farm earlier which was delish and then watched the new eps of ofmd. I’m going to try and get my maths homework done within the next hour (it’s like 8:30pm rn) so that I don’t end up going to bed at 1am again. I also am going to try picking up journaling again, I used to write every single day for a couple years and it was totally cathartic but I’ve totally fallen out of it these past few months.

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Not posted on here since yr 10 which is kinda crazy considering I’m now in my final year of school (yr 12 is so hectic already). Anyway I’m back babbbyyy! I’m going to try and post nice pics I take and just like general updates so I can hopefully stay on top of school work and just life.

Went to my grandparents on the weekend and picked a bunch of flowers and lemons. Hopefully I’ll bake a lemon cake sometime later this week but I have ext history until late tomorrow so who knows when. Better head off and do my English homework becuase I have so much and it’s already 9pm! (I say this but let’s be real, I’m so gonna spend the next hour watching YouTube…)

And of course I’ve been listening to Sufjan’s new album non stop. So should you.

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art gallery

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26th August

Really busy and exhausting day today. It’s about 8pm and I just want to shower and sleep. I have about 400 words I still need to write for my short story which is due on Monday. I also then need to heavily edit it. I was planning on doing some this evening but I’m way too tired. I guess it will just have to wait for tomorrow.

[goodreadss]

[wormbus-art]

And the grass where you lay left a bed in your shape

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22nd of August 2022 || the first signs of spring!

I usually get out of bed about 15 minutes before I have to leave in the morning and then end up stressing around and having to speed walk to school. This week however, I decided I really need to get back into a good routine and start getting up a bit earlier. So this morning instead of getting up at like 8:15am I woke up at 7:30am and even had time to freshly squeeze orange juice?! It was so calming. I had exams all day today (expect last period), so that was pretty exhausting. After school I had tea at friend's and then walked their dog with them. It's about 8pm now and I have to do a bit of homework and tidy my room. Hopefully this whole getting up earlier thing will actually stick this time!

To do:

History notes - resistance

Work on crime fiction draft

Draft inquiry for work experience

Prep for german call tomorrow

Tidy room

Start new book!!

[liones-s]

the great beautiful things and the warm small things

[pagewoman]

Crook Hall, Framwellgate, Durham, England   

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Sunday the 14th of August || 18:10

Hello!! I was sick for a bit and have also just been quite busy lately. I have a german exam on Thursday and am also currently working on a piece of crime fiction for English. I’ve been reading a lot more recently. I’m currently read Shuggie Bain and have about 90 pages left. Hopefully I’ll finish it this evening as there are many many books I have want to read next. I need to do a bit of history homework but that’s about it for tonight.

[joytri]

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Sunday the 7th of August || ??:??am

Went to Gang of Youths concert last night and it was the best fucking thing ever. I’d been waiting for it since like fucking April and holy shit it lived up to and beyond my expectations. It was my second time seeing them live but the first time they were just the opening act for Mumford and Sons back in like 2019 or something, so it was amazing to see them as like I guess it’s consider the main act/headliner idk the terminology. Anyway I screamed so much my throat is dead and it’s the morning after and I look like a dead rat and have developed a cough… (I’m also meant to be going to my aunts birthday thing with a tonne of people and I really don’t want to - I’m going to try and get out of it)

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cat says hi

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Thursday the 4th of August || 17:09

I got home at about 2:30pm today and despite having a good chunk of work to do today, I’ve just been lying around. Although I did take a shower that felt especially nice because I was all grotty from the bike ride home. I’m going out for dinner tonight, and afterwards I plan to finish off some school stuff. I’ve got about an hour and a bit until we leave so I’m going to tidy my room and start some of the work.

I’m pretty excited for tomorrow because it’s a Friday and then on Saturday I’ve got a Gang of Youths concert which should be pretty cool. I am indeed missing formal for it, but then again I don’t think I would have gone to formal anyway.

To do:

priority

German module 17-18 -> submit w&r

Maths work (chapter 2.6, 2.7)

Tidy room

Print assessment notifs

other

Crime fiction short story

English worksheet -> submit

Qs on short story & submit

Reading for next class

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Wednesday the 3rd of August || 6:00pm

hello, hello! I hope everyone is well. I've been so incredible busy as of late, and my days have absolutely no routine or structure. Usually my days are pretty loosely planned and allow a tonne of flexibility, but lately life's just been all over the place. I've had camps, excursions, vaccinations, events etc., all of which were great, but now I am longing for a tad more routine to help me get back on track.

I think I'm going to have dinner sooner rather than later so that I can then spend the evening reading, relaxing and finishing off work. Also this is completely unrelated but I've been wanting to do a (wheel) pottery course for years now and just haven't because of the price, but the other day I was talking to my mum about it, and perhaps we might be able to go to one together! I think pottery is such an amazing art and i've always wanted to try it out for myself as I've only ever done it by hand in school art classes.

To do list for the next 2 days:

Finish english from Wednesday's lesson 

Complete english nominalisation homework

Print assessment notifications

Work on english crime fiction

Catch up on maths work 

Complete all overdue german modules

Clean and vacuum)