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sci fi is all about getting so scared and ripping tubes out of yourself. people miss this
sci fi is all about desperately trying to reclaim your violated bodily autonomy. it’s all about asserting that you are a being with agency, and you can choose what happens to your own person, even if that’s ripping tubes out of yourself. and also sometimes an alien is there
Why studying shouldn't become your personality
There is something I've noticed over the past few years. The more we talk about productivity online, the easier it becomes to believe that studying isn't just something we do—it's who we are.
We start introducing ourselves as the hardworking student, the straight-A student, the productive one, or the girl with the perfect notes. Without even noticing, we slowly build our identity around school.
I understand why. When you're a student, especially at university, studying takes up so much of your time. Your weeks revolve around lectures, deadlines, essays, and exams. It feels natural to let it define you. After all, it's what you spend most of your days doing.
But I don't think it should.
One day, your exams will be over. You'll close your textbooks for the last time, hand in your final assignment, and leave the library without knowing it'll be your last visit. If studying has become your entire personality, what happens then?
The truth is, you don't stop being yourself because you're no longer a student.
You're still the person who laughs too loudly with friends, gets emotional over a beautiful poem, enjoys rainy afternoons with a cup of tea, spends hours in bookshops, or loves going to the cinema. Maybe you like hiking, painting, baking, photography, or simply sitting in a park with a good novel. Those things are just as much a part of you as your degree.
Sometimes social media makes it seem as though the "perfect student" spends every waking hour studying. Perfect desk. Perfect handwriting. Perfect planner. Perfect grades. But nobody truly lives like that.
Some of my happiest memories have nothing to do with university. They happened during long conversations with friends, family holidays, afternoons spent reading simply because I wanted to, evenings at the theatre, or walks where I wasn't thinking about deadlines at all.
Life isn't what happens between study sessions.
Life is happening while you're studying, too.
Ironically, I think we become better students when studying isn't our entire identity. We begin learning because we're curious, not because we're trying to prove our worth. We work hard because our goals matter to us, not because we believe our grades determine our value.
A transcript can measure academic performance. It cannot measure kindness, curiosity, creativity, resilience, empathy, or the way you make other people feel. Those parts of you deserve just as much care and attention.
So maybe, instead of trying to become a better student every single day, try becoming a happier person. Read a book that isn't on your syllabus. Visit a museum. Call a friend. Learn a new recipe. Go outside. Watch the sunset. Discover something simply because it fascinates you.
One day, nobody will remember how perfectly color-coded your notes were. But you'll remember the life you lived while you were making them.
And I hope it was a beautiful one.
Love,
C.
"There's no hope for the future." And that's how they felt during the Atomic Age, during the World Wars, during the Enlightenment Revolutions, during thr plagues, during the Viking raids, during the fall of Rome.
Yet, we persisted.
CS Lewis had something to say about this
Been feeling a bit hopeless of late. Wasn't expecting to stumble across a quote that would fundamentally alter my perspective and make me cry during my lunch break but here we are
This is an excellent sentiment.
Take a look at these African peach moths (Egybolis vaillantina). The shades of blue on their wings are so striking against the bright hues and dark edgings. Living art, right?
your dashboard is mothed ི༘ ࿔̥̊ཐི༏ཋྀ
Good for them
I need more friends that are actually interested in their academics, like yes i want to have a study date at the library and then get a sweet treat at a small business cafe
"it's so fucking over" yeah dude it's 11pm it's the end of the day it's time for you to go to bed. and tomorrow you'll be so fucking back because you'll be awake. go tuck yourself in dude you'll be ok
“why are u so shy?” relax i just met you 2 years ago
Why does everybody seem so burnt out? Is everyone ok? Does anyone need a hug?
"is this the light of a new day dawning? a future bright that you can walk in — no, it's just another monday morning."
and it do be like that.
this might be kind of a reach but is there a way for printers to connect to devices so that documents can be printed from them
i’m tired. but not just “didn’t sleep” tired. soul tired. bone tired. like my body keeps going but nothing inside knows why.
Learnt something on that from Hartmut Rosa (german sociologist) yesterday: We don't recover energy from 'wellnessing' or 'relaxing'. We regain 'social energy' from being 'in touch' with the world. By talking to others, by doing things, by experiencing things. Just doing 'nothing' won't fix this kind of feeling tired.
Smell grass. Feel wind on your skin. Taste good food. Have a deep talk (in person please).
This will refuel what sleeping and relaxing can't.
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