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finally gave into the rings planner cult—mine arrived today and I’m really enjoying setting it up. I am a huge maximalist so the idea of having all my emotional support miscellanea and planning essentials in one place is so tempting, and i cannot commit to notebooks for the life of me so this setup is perfect.

lately: life has been falling apart, it’s strange how so much can happen in the month in which i barely even leave the house. in the span of the past week I’ve lost my wallet and broken my phone, and now i have to spend a big sum to get it fixed and replace my cards. but hopefully the future has better cards in store for me 🥠

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august 7, 2025. I’ve been feeling despicably overstimulated and ill the past few mornings so this morning I decided to start my day completely solitary with a cup of mint tea and a book.

I decided to pick up Treasure Island because I wanted to experience reading the way I did as a child again: reading to know what happens next! (I recall being completely obsessed with Kidnapped and Robinson Crusoe.) this one was somehow the one I never got around to despite having a physical copy. better late than never, I guess. can confirm it’s so fun.

only did a few questions for PGRE practice but I got them right which I’m glad about. it has been very difficult to be productive lately because I don’t feel too physically well and my meds are acting up and wrecking me with side effects because I didn’t stay on schedule. had a conversation with my friend about never picking up oil painting (and charcoals for her) because of the fear of fucking up and it inspired me to finally get out the supplies I bought four years ago and gesso a canvas I will hopefully paint tomorrow. 🖌️

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sitting down to a study sesh with a bowl of frozen grapes and some cinnamon chai🤍I’m spending most of my time studying for the physics GRE, doing background reading for my senior thesis, and teaching online so I can save up a bit of money. how is everyone doing?

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saturday: having heart-shaped cookies with tea, being melodramatic in my commonplace notebook and wrestling with my quantum computing assignment

🎼 cry, cry - mazzy star

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a work-in-progress which is my second oil painting after letting my brand new supplies collect dust for four years. I adore this medium just as much as I always thought I would and I deeply regret not starting sooner.

painting eyes on little canvases seems to be all the rage in the oils community and then i remembered my boyfriend has beautiful eyes that i can paint + I’ll have a lovely gift to give him. so i printed out this old photo. I’m also doing monotone so this is more of a value study since i don’t trust myself enough to introduce lots of hues into the mix yet? but the original photograph has the most rich beautiful colours so i would love to recreate it when i have the ropes a bit better. i have a million things to do these days but all I want to do is paint!

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I haven’t felt so peaceful in a long while… it’s amazing how much good weather and some solitude can do for a person.

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the day started out kind of nice

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some law notes from recently