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A clean slate for July! I’m excited to get back into the swing of things with the summer studying challenge. I’ve been having a hard time with being consistent with my work because moving, and teaching for the first time, and thesis at the same time is a lot. But my plans for this summer are to figure out teaching, my thesis, participate in my writing group and this reading group I just joined. I also plan on making friends outside of my discipline and working out more :)

summer studying challenge - day 1: what are your plans for this summer?

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In celebration of getting to a new k of followers, here are (only a portion of the) blogs that I love quite a bit and think y’all would like (assuming u guys like what content I choose to reblog/like/post!). Check them out when u can!!!

@justanotherstudyblrinthecrowd @vaguely-surreal @studyambitiouss @sabrutus @cruelests @tendergazing @morallyambiguous @snapesfortelodin @lattestudies @rothko @therepublicofletters @uiucstudying @coffeegurl @essayisms @studentofthecosmos @a-study-in-letters @nulkvoid

I keep a running list under “updates” on my blog​ so if u ever wanna mass queue! Also if u happen to be one of these ^ amazing blogs do not feel obligated to engage w me/this post. This is purely admiration and I hope you’re doing well and taking care <3 <3 <3

[yongxqi]

Your ipad case is so cute! Where did you get it?

amazon! Also a heads up,,, since there is a pencil holding slot, the Apple Pencil may not fit in if it has a protective sleeve

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day 8/40 - this morning went well until i got upset about an interaction i had with a professor in one of my classes, but im determined not to let them ruin my day so i went to the bookstore and got this book.it’s been on my list for a hot minute but to justify this purchase i’ve decided that my goal this year is to read four leisure books (one for each season). i hope your day is going well <3

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1/40 End of Spring “Challenge” - this isn’t a real challenge with prompts + stuff, this is me just trying to hold it together for the last 5 weeks of the semester :)

Since this is the beginning of the week, i’m just gonna say what my goals are. In terms of priority, the biggest one is the paper proposal due on Thursday as well as the response due “tomorrow” (if i want comments on the draft, i need to send it to the prof tomorrow). Otherwise, the group test (there’s a whole story behind this which makes me angry) and the summer app are also VERY important as well. (march 22, 2021)

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day 11/100 - “because my Being is mine -- it is always an issue for me”

A little snippet from this Polt book I’m reading on Heidegger that struck a chord within me. I’m really digging Heidegger :)

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2021 Reading Tag List

Thank you @asteristudy for tagging me! As of right now I don’t really have many books I want to read, but here a few that I’ve been telling myself I would do!

The Windup Bird Chronicles by Haruki Murakami (currently reading)

Thus spoke Zarathustra by Nietzsche (inspired by a course I took last fall)

His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman (Golden Compass, Subtle Knife and Amber Spyglass)

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov (this would be a reread but it’s my favorite book so maybe after I get through all the other ones???)

Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre (I don’t know if this one should count since it’s philosophy driven)

Mahabharata! I read the Ramayana for an intro to asian theatre course so it would be nice if I could make some time to read the other one recommended!

If you have any book recommendations, let me know! Otherwise, if you see this I tag you! Of course, you don’t have to do it if you don’t want to :)

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30/100 - I’ve reached the one month point!

Honestly, grad school has been really hard mentally and has made me realize how insecure I am about myself (on a personal and academic level). I’ve decided that I would stop comparing myself to other people, not only because I fall short but, because it’s wrecking my mental health. I literally worked through my birthday weekend, which wasn’t healthy at all, because of how worried I was about school. (To be clear, I’m still worried and scared about school, but multiple professors have told me the progress I want to make is going to take time and it’s unfair of myself to expect instant results)

For these next thirty days, I will be focusing on how I can improve myself, become a better student, and stop comparing my progress to my peers! I’m literally being paid to study philosophy, and am surrounded by a ton of smart people who I could be learning from if I wasn’t so insecure. I can do good in grad school (learn a lot) without having to be the star student and that is totally okay. I’m not ash ketchum lol I don’t need to, nor do I really want to, catch them all.