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9/22/18 - Autumn Equinox

I’m falling for Fall while studying in the Library! The leaves are already starting to turn to gold, but the days are still so beautifully sunny.

My calculus midterm is Monday. I’m kinda nervous but that’s what studying is for. If you’ve got any tests/midterms coming up, keep up the effort and stay calm. You’ve got this!

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21/100 Days of Productivity - 8/10/17

Working on my research proposal all day! No time to waste.

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22/100 Days of Productivity - 8/12/17

I apologize for not posting a 100dop post yesterday! My research proposal was due and I worked until 2 am getting it done! After forty days of perseverance, frustrations, failures, and joy, I have finally, finally, finally finished this research proposal. This has been the culmination of my entire summer. The proposal raised new questions about skeletal muscle and changes in mitochondrial function. Finishing a 12 page research proposal, the first I’ve ever done, is an achievement (for me anyway) in itself. Whether it gets accepted or not, I am so grateful I had this opportunity while still in high school. It was nothing like I imagined research to be. I ran into numerous problems as I wrote this proposal. At one point I cried. At another, I banged my head against a wall. Then I came to the darkest part of the journey--- I wanted to end every dream of becoming a scientist. ...I had to scrap yet another hypothesis. I was drowning in a sea of conflicting papers. I would never get this written in time. I wanted to quit this proposal and crawl into a hole of shame. And then, it came. One paper rescued me, bringing to light a connection that I had never had the evidence to consider before. A new hypothesis dawned upon me. In a flash, I was writing like the wind. Idea after idea burst to life in my head, more and more supporting papers unearthed. There were many times when I got so enthralled in my work that I looked up to see that two hours had gone by.

Now, it’s over. Finally over. After all this struggle, I overcame what I thought I could never do.

And I will become a scientist. 

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28/100 Days of Productivity - 8/19/17

It’s only been three days and already, school has hit me with a truckload of work. Here are my AP Physics notes on significant figures and the metric system.

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9/100 Days of Productivity - 7/29/17

Analyzing a soleus muscle dataset from NASA’s GeneLab as part of a research project I’m doing!

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12/100 Days of Productivity - 8/1/17

This is my new study space... I think I’m in love.

Every time I look up from my work, I remember why I’m struggling through this. Why I keep going. What I hope to achieve. Who I dream of becoming.

Thanks to @emmastudies for the Motivational Monday printables! They really help.

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25/100 Days of Productivity - 8/15/17

The last day before school starts, aaaaaah!

I got my planner and made it all pretty so I can have a motivational start to the school year tomorrow. I used one of my favorite quotes. ^^ It was my first time trying out faux calligraphy! Still not the most beautiful thing ever, but at least I’m learning. I’m also working on finishing up the last of my summer reading today.

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8/100 Days of Productivity - 7/28/17

Oxidative phosphorylation diagrams and a summer's garden stroll~

I’ve been in a great studying mood all day! I’ve learned and reviewed so much about glucose and fatty acid metabolism. The hours just fly by!