[springtimestudies]

13 september 2020

Studying on the porch with rain pattering on the roof and tendrils of steam twisting up from a fresh cup of tea. This bliss is absolutely what I needed today 🌿

🎧: the sounds of rain hitting the roof (sound on to listen with me 😌)

[restfulraccoon]

🫶🏻📖☕️🫖

[headspace-hotel]

I...tried to make a meme and got carried away and made A Thing that is like partially unfinished because i spent like 3 hours on it and then got tired.

I think this is mostly scientifically accurate but truth be told, there seems to be relatively little research on succession in regards to lawns specifically (as opposed to like, pastures). I am not exaggerating how bad they are for biodiversity though—recent research has referred to them as "ecological deserts."

Feel free to repost, no need for credit

[moastudiess]

08.12.2022~ My friend and I went to the bookstore and bought some planners and desk decor! Absolutely in love with the planner. I got some notes to do for bio and vocab review for Spanish. Once I get those out of the way I think I’ll work on reviewing my conjugations and creating an ATP Synthase model. Gotta figure out how to make a moving rotor 

[aaes98]

turkish.

[mernoir-e]

I can’t decide whether I should study or sunbathe 🌞

[studyrose]

i finally finished setting up my workspace in my new apartment and honestly??? i’m completely in love 

[msvhs-deactivated20251231]

some pages from my current journal pt 2 (n.89/2022)

[somerabbitholes]

organised my laptop, cleared my table, and began some research for a phd

[maxiemumdamage]

Controversial opinion (somehow) but it should be illegal for schools to assign homework on the high holidays.

[maxiemumdamage]

No but really, I cannot put into words how fundamentally wrong it is that public schools can assign things over incredibly meaningful holidays like Yom Kippur.

Last year was a vivid example, and also one of the worst fasts I’ve ever done. My history teacher assigned us a full paper, insisting that it was reasonable since we had the entire day to do it. As one of the few practicing Jews in my class, I immediately objected because not only was that unfair, it was actually impossible to do without serious harm to my own health.

Because Yom Kippur started that very night with a solid two hours of services. I would go home, eat dinner (at like 4:30 because you have to do it before services), change, and then be at synagogue. Services would go until at least 8 o’clock, which meant I would get home around 9.

See any time for homework in there?

Now, pretend you’re me for a moment here. Services tomorrow morning start at 9, and you usually want to get there earlier unless you’re willing to end up in an overflow room. So staying up late to do it isn’t an option if you want more than four hours of sleep.

Now, it depends on how religious you are, and you can pick and choose, but there’s services more or less throughout the entire day on Yom Kippur. If you want to attend, which should absolutely be an option without compromising yourself academically, then you’ll be there until break the fast comes.

That’s right! You’ve been fasting all day, because that is an absolutely key part of Yom Kippur. (If you are under age thirteen, are pregnant, or are sick you are exempt but otherwise fasting is expected.) There are many reasons—reminding yourself of your mortality, to remember the sufferings of others—but ultimately it’s not an opt-out kind of thing.

But when can you break the fast exactly? It actually varies! Because it’s meant to be done one hour after sundown (25 hours total), but that’s a little different each year. It’s usually around 8 pm, which would be when services end for the day.

Now you can eat! Let’s aim low and give it half an hour to get home from services, and then another hour and a half to actually break the fast.

It’s 10 o’clock. You’ve only just eaten and your stomach probably hurts, because stuffing yourself after a fast can be really bad for your health. You’re back home for the first time all day.

You still have a paper to write.

How is that fair? If I’ve just gotten off of a fast, having spent all day immersed in religion and contemplating my own mortality, I’m not gonna be in a place to do any kind of work, academic or not.

And even if I’d had breaks in services (I can’t stay still all day, so I usually head home for a few hours in the middle), I was still fasting. When I’m hungry I have trouble working, for obvious reasons. And in this case the issue isn’t access, but the fact that I am prohibited from eating anything. Depending on how seriously you take it, you might not even have had water today. I fast with water after nearly passing out from dehydration during a fast for Tisha B’Av, but not everyone does! If you haven’t had anything to eat or drink, it’ll be incredibly difficult to focus on writing anything.

I explained all of this to my teacher, and she instead said I could just turn it in late. She also said I’d still be marked down for late work, so how is that any help?

I did that paper the day after. It was a day late, a few points off, but I held it against my teacher for months. Not because of the grade itself, but because she put me in that situation to begin with.

I should have been allowed to observe Yom Kippur. I should have been able to spend the day thinking and reflecting on my mistakes and contemplating my own life. That’s literally what the holiday is for. But instead I spent the whole time with that stupid grade in the back of my head.

Even on what is arguably the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, I still wasn’t given a break.

Separation of church and state my ass.

[dansedan]

ALSOOO wanna hop in and mention that orthodox jews literally CANNOT PUT PEN TO PAPER OR USE ELECTRONICS on high holy days. It would literally be 100% impossible for them (me lol) to do any sort of assignment on Yom Kipur regardless of mental health or time allowance. It’s just that simple. 

[amandaswork]

AUG 11 / 22

always iso: more posca pens 🤷‍♀️

[sarangnotes]

2:35pm; 08.08.22

the last spread of summer @my fav cafe

[medstudentblues]

Today’s so tranquil. I had classes the whole day (Med Juris and Surgery). Med Juris is so cool; I remembered the time I was still confused what path to take and there were only two choices I was sure I was going to take — law or medicine. I fell in love with the latter so I pursued it.

After classes I walked my dog, napped, showered, attended a short meeting with my orgmates for tomorrow’s national planning of activities for this fiscal year, and now I’m studying Basic Surgery and Pedia. Last two comprehensive exams tomorrow, hopefully. I can’t wait to go to the gym after.

[the---hermit]

Weekly spreads for August and a couple of pictures from my trip to Rimini (which I really liked because there's a lot of roman remains!).

12|08|2022

Just realized that like the idiot that I am I dated the other two posts I wrote in August as if it was still July. Anyway after some editing here's a little update. I did not study as much as I had planned while on holiday, I decided to actually take some time off, even though when I'll get back home from the seaside I'll be quite busy. But I had no energy to study and I really needed some real time off. To be honest I would still need some time off, but I'll find a way. Not sticking to the initial plan I had makes me a bit anxious, and of course makes me feel guilty, but I have to work on these feelings. Because it is unbelievable that I cannot rest without getting negative feelings. All this stuff aside, today is my last day at the seaside, and I cannot believe two weeks have gone already. I am almost done with reading It by Stephen King, and even I have more or less one third of Time Is A Mother by Ocean Vuong left. I am taking my time with the latter, because I feel like I have to be in the right headspace to fully enjoy poetry.

[amandaswork]

AUG 12 / 22

do u ever just display your journals and sketchbooks in public cause you want people to see them and be like “oh wow she’s so quirky and unique” ??? or am I just an attention seeker 🤷‍♀️🤔

[springtimestudies]

I haven’t been on tumblr in forever but I think it’s time to come back! One of my friends was telling me how her therapist told her to romanticize her life instead of just rushing through it, and that resonated with me and reminded me why I liked being here. I feel like I’ve been numb for a while now and I want to recognize and appreciate the beauty in my life again.

So anyway, I’m back! Feel free to send a message and say hey 💕

[guerrillatech]

[anarchistmemedistro]

i liked this so much i made a cleaned up version