IR life

An International Relations student, cat lover, and generally struggling in life. INTJ-T capricorn.

[loversandantiheroes]

Me, sitting down with my coffee in front of the computer and the multitude of things I need to get done:

[seven-studies]

every single day of my life.

[creepish]

all i do is over caffeinate myself and function incorrectly

[zero1infinity]

[tsukiyamas]

why does this have 32k notes? it’s just a picture of a knife in a ranch bottle, is there some unspoken joke that 32 thousand people share? what is going on here, i dont get it. it’s just a fucking picture of a knife in a ranch bottle. is there some spiritual connection people have to this picture? is there some ominous and mystical reasoning that this has 32 thousand notes? do people reblog this because it makes them look like some indie blogger? or is there just something funny to this? someone please explain

[diggly]

no one tell him

[analyticalsenshi]

Scheduling this to post on March 15 because it needs to happen.

[toomanyfandomstocountcx]

The ides of March have come

[eeyore9990]

Beware the ides of March.

[macrolit]

Beware!!

[seven-studies]

For everyone that has online lectures and is tired of staring at the screen 24/7: try recording yourself reading out your notes.

For the first few times, read along as you listen, then switch to just listening. Make sure you speak clearly and slowly when you record, especially if it's notes for a foreign language. It helps if you split the notes into smaller subsections you can easily repeat multiple times.

Loop the recordings while doing literally anything. Go for a walk, play a mindless game where you can still kinda focus on the audio, draw, paint, do whatever.

Try repeating it or saying it along with the recording. It can save you a lot of stress and exhaustion! It might not work for you, but it might still be worth a try :)

[seven-studies]

Online lectures are a pain and I get distracted so easily... I'm considering writing up some tips on how to study with chronic pain/deteriorating mental health based on the experience I got dragging myself through university. Probably not many will see it but even one single person I can help is more than worth it!!!

[seven-studies]

Evening note organizing session with my diligent study buddy 💖

[seven-studies]

🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️

[seven-studies]

Okay, so I ghosted again and I deeply apologize for that... I'm back to say I managed to pass everything on the first try and that today I passed my last exam so I'm officially done with 2nd year of uni!!!!!! I have the entire summer in front of me so I've decided to get a summer job, and practice my german and chinese. I will post updates of my progress on that :D

[lawyerd]

Although I have a fairly large Tumblr following, I don’t actually use Tumblr that often, logging on mostly occasionally to queue posts and say hi to the community. Most of my online activism occurs on my other social media profiles, which I’ve recently set to private in accordance with advice for anyone protesting these past few days. 

Nonetheless, I have a platform here and I just want to use it to say Black Lives Matter. And black lives always matter. Not just now, in the wake of public horrific police brutality, but always. 

It would be wrong of me not to recognize that law and academia, the topics of my blog, are both deeply racist institutions. The Bar Exam and ABA Accreditation itself are tools intended to prevent POC from becoming lawyers and in turn, challenging the laws that continue to oppress their communities. I stand in solidarity with my POC friends and followers and hope that together, we can challenge and change and, where necessary, dismantle these institutions to create a more equitable world. 

If you are able, I want to encourage you to donate (link to donate to Black Lives Matter, Act Blue link to split donations amongst a number of bail funds). Recurring donations are more helpful to organizations than large influxes of money right now, as it helps them plan their budget for the long run. 

But I recognize that many of my followers are young students with few resources and only pushing donations may not be the most practical way to encourage involvement. One of the small ways the students in my school have come together at this time is to compile class resources for the week in Google Drive folders so that anyone who might miss class because they are out protesting or have found themselves too overwhelmed to attend won’t fall behind - this is particularly important because it is likely POC who are missing class at this time, and, as mentioned above, the academic world is already stacked against them. Making these resources generally available in the form of a google drive rather than saying something like “email me for my notes” is the best way to go about sharing them because it eliminates the burden or embarrassment of reaching out to request them. Students are also attempting to encourage professors to record their lectures, although these efforts are usually met with more resistance. These are small ways to help that could make a big difference in your spheres. If this is a model you think could work for yourself and your classmates at this moment, I encourage you to adopt it.

Black lives matter.  

[siriusc]

do you ever get stuck in between “it’s ok not to have everything on track i got time” and “i’ve already wasted my life at the ripe old age of 23”

[bookgeekconfessions]

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[seven-studies]

My current study corner 😍

[seven-studies]

Since lectures got moved online, I've been feeling so much better! I love working from home. I have a hanging rope chair on my balcony and I get everything done there. So much more motivation when working outside in this beautiful weather!!!!!!! Bonus points for my cute study buddy being with me all the time ♥️♥️♥️♥️

[seven-studies]

I am absolutely not consistent and I just ghosted from tumblr for months... It's been a mess lately so to my 2 followers if you're still there I'm so sorry

I'll try to get it together for this next semester 💀

[polyglotplatypus]

le mythe, la légende, j’ai nommé: pusheen, dictateur russe (fameux). 

[unyanizedcatboys]

I may not be able to read literally anything else in this comic but that punchline still hit me like a freight train

[queen-studies]

I am :

○ a man

○ a woman

● a student

looking for :

○ a man

○ a woman

● snacks

[artmilf]

trust me i wanna be That Bitch that moisturizes every night and journals regularly and drinks 5 bathtubs worth of water daily