#master's degree

[asofspades]

I finally got my hands on some monster after almost a month!!

Doesn't help me be less sleepy but it does help with the brain fog (probably because it helps with the low blood pressure but also because of the whole train of neurotransmitters it intervenes with).

Am I basically self-medicating with caffeine because doctors refuse to consider my low blood pressure could be an issue or a result or symptom of something else? Yes, but hey, it has got me through college and almost 3 masters so far, so I'll take it.

Trying to get up at 8 am tomorrow to work hard (it's past 2 am) because I'm behind on my schedule but truly I think the burnout got so bad I'm not even feeling the stress anymore, I'm just there chilling while I tell at myself in my head, amazing isn't it

[asofspades]

This is how my next two weeks look like

It's in Spanish but I think you guys get the gist of it

Time to finally wrap up my thesis!

[dizzyahellfire]

Proud to say I've officially started to get my Master's degree in coastal and marine management. (Some kind of marine conservation course)

[withloveandtime]

I am Poem 2023

I am a strong, black woman.

I wonder what my life will be at the end of this degree program.

I hear the applause as I cross the stage for my diploma.

I see the banners and awards on my office wall.

I want to find fulfillment in my career and life.

I am a strong, black woman.

I pretend to be an award-winning author.

I feel the pride of seeing my students take my life lesson and run with them.

I touch the Coretta Scott King Award on a book I have written.

I worry that I am not strong enough or black enough.

I cry when the world is unjust.

I am a strong, black woman.

I understand that not everyone can forgive.

I say that science and God can co-exist in the same world.

I dream about being a way-maker in my community.

I try to see the good in everyone.

I hope that I will be everything God is preparing me to be.

I am free when I am writing something that makes me feel. 

I am a strong, black woman.

[asofspades]

Okay so, my current situation is that I'm going to the cinema tonight with an artist pal (I met her at a previous event where we both had stands, we coincided in another one and then we shared a stand for our last event, they're sweetheart and we're on the same age bracket so it's like super nice), movie starts at like 22:20 (that's 10:20pm) and my tutor wrote to me on Monday telling me to send her the full intro draft plus hypothesis and objectives at some point of the week. initially I wanted to have it done last week but a whole bunch of factors accumulated and I got too little work done, and then this week has been going similarly, the idea was to work hard this morning but then I slept like shit last night so I ended up waking up later than planned, them I was a literal zombie for my first couple hours awake and then my parents left for something regarding my brother's kitchen that they're paying for (he's moving into a brand new house with his wife and as a wedding gift my parents are paying for that) do I had to do the laundry she had planned and by then it was 12pm, and my ass was trying to focus back, decided I should maybe stop staring at my thesis doc like an amoeba and switch activity for a couple minutes, logged into Tomodachi so my sisters could see the baby montage for Kiryu and Tsuge's baby, decided I was finally feeling like I could think somewhat properly and I went back to my thesis, 5 minutes into reading the first paragraph I wanted to paraphrase my brother texts me about having to make lunch because he has to eat as soon as he comes home since he starts his shift earlier than usual, so I had to stop and go make lunch, and it was supposed to be relatively quick, just boiling water and cooking the pasta in it, but then my mother called me about having to leave it served and what I had to add to it and blah blah blah, it's freaking 13:40 (1:40 pm) and I just got back to my freaking thesis and now I can't focus again🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪

And like, you might be thinking, you have the entire evening ahead, wrong! Because I had agreed to get to the shopping centre at around 7pm so we could hang out with another artist friend who leaves sooner and then have dinner before the film, I might tell my friend that I'm making it there past 7pm but really if we want to have dinner it can be that much later 🫪

At this point I might as well do what I can now and wrap it up tomorrow before lunch so I can submit it to my supervisor...

Oh, also, I've been considering a freelance platform to translate scientific texts from Eng-Sp and Sp-Eng, I think it's a nice way to use my skills (and degrees and certifications) and earn some money while I wait for a vacancy in a research project.

[xiaolindude]

YO!!!

I'm in the last year of my Master's degree, and my dissertation investigates the UK public's perceptions of reptile sentience and whether these perceptions affect their attitudes towards reptile conservation.

Sadly, for the sake of scope, it's UK-only at the moment. Please do fill in the anonymous survey if you can. I will be forever grateful! More responses = better science. And feel free to share far and wide with your UK pals!

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[asofspades]

By the way, I didn't update you guys on my thesis situation, so, I turned in 4 pages worth of introduction to my supervisor on Friday, apologised for not reaching out since October and the absolute sweetheart that she is answered me on Monday saying she was glad to see I was not abandoning my thesis and that she'd review my work and come back to me to draft the follow up steps to wrap up the thesis by the end of July.

She just stepped up to become the new Coordinator of the master's degree, so she's been busy this week and I've been loosely working on the rest of my intro while I wait for her to write back again.

So I'm more relaxed now, and since my sisters finished school on Monday things have been hectic around my house because my mother struggles a lot with finding a functional routine but I'm hoping to be able to work on my thesis better now that there's no exams or homework or extracurriculars my sisters need help with.

It was a bit of a hectic week between their last day of school, having to go with them to Ikea on Wednesday and losing the whole evening, mostly because they were going to be there for a while helping out my brother and his wife as they designed their kitchen. I spent 2 hours walking around Ikea with my sisters, I got a small alien plush, one of those itty bitty ones that are less than 2€, I've named him Suo.

But overall I think things are going fine.