Doing my best.

A studyblr of a postgrad student who is just trying really hard.  Welcome to the aesthetic version of my brain.

[vacuumdecay-studies]

An introduction - Hi!

Hello studyblr community. 🐇

Once upon a time, I was a member, but then I left. And now I am back! Interesting times indeed. I’m quite excited ^^

Here is some basic info about me:

• I go by Winter, my pronouns are she/they. I am Central European and currently live in Czechia although I am not Czech. ❄️

• I am 23 years old. Minors please be aware of this!

• I am an asexual biromantic demigirl. I also identify as non-binary for the umbrella term benefits. 💜

• I am neurodivergent and disabled. I will post a lot about acitvism occasionally.

Studying information (the really important things!)

• I am a postgraduate student in International Economic and Political studies.

• I completed my Bachelors degree in the UK.

• My favourite subjects are Macroeconomics and Geopolitics, but believe it or not, once upon a time I excelled in science (A levels in Bio and Chem, hehe) 🌍

• My hobbies include D&D, journalling, hiking, reading, playing videogames and travelling!

• I speak English, Slovak, Czech and Japanese. I understand some Italian. I’m currently not studying any languages but I do plan to return to studying them in the future.

My content will be tagged with #vacuumdecaystudies oc. Anything else is reblogged and I will do my best to tag appropriately!

[messy-does-cosmology]

52/100 DOP (22.1.2022)

Today I finally finished reading this awful goliath paper, and met some supervisors for a project. Tomorrow I have my first ever PhD interview, and I am excited!!

[bright-goals-deactivated2022103]

Another study session in the nearby coffee shop ☕

[mochaya]

14.02.22

This week is cardiology week!! So excited for this week's lectures despite the fact that this topic was the one i dreaded the most back in Alevels.

[marie-curie]

05.02.2022 // finally found the motivation to do something for my bachelors thesis. i read the first paper (though it wasn't the first attempt, tbh, i just didn't understand anything before that). and i wrote some descriptions of experiments. now i'm looking back into spectroscopy because i have no idea what i'm actually doing in the lab (what's new about that?).

[featheredstudies]

2022.02.18 // 18:30  “oat cortado and a chocolate croissant, please,” i say to the barista at this coffee shop for the 1467th time

pic: washington square, manhattan, n.y.

[fucknarcolepsy]

Napoli 🚆🛤️📚

[gabiestudies]

february productivity challenge, day 18: what’s the best advice you’ve received and consciously try to follow?

i wish i had something original to say but truly the pieces of advice to have improved my life the most are pretty basic hahah. school wise, it’s definitely been to work on big projects a little bit at a time! it took me a long time to finally build the discipline to start doing it but it is so satisfying to achieve that it gives me motivation to keep doing it!!

[heather--moors]

Hello! I’m moving forward on my new newsletter which will have a brand new Instagram😶 I’ve been thinking about my creative pursuits and sharing them in a space that’s set aside for original content. My first step was to private my personal Instagram so that I could keep some things to myself. But it also means starting new socials. I’m experimenting with a new tumblr for the newsletter content. I’ll likely reblog that content on this blog.

P.S. thank you for the messages about my sick loved ones 🤍 Covid ran through my family and I wasn’t able to post as much. Everyone has mostly healed and I hope to be more active 😅

[roseinstem]

02.13.22 | Instagram

How’s everyone’s semester going 😊

[somerabbitholes]

thebookdeck

[exmellivorinae]

OH MY GOD whyyyy did no one tell me you’re supposed to send thank-yous after interviews?? Why would I do that???

“Thank you for this incredibly stressful 30 minutes that I have had to re-structure my entire day around and which will give me anxiety poos for the next 24 hours.”

I HATE ETIQUETTE IT’S THE MOST IMPOSSIBLE THING FOR ME TO LEARN WITHOUT SOMEONE DIRECTLY TELLING ME THIS SHIT

[a-windsor]

NO ONE TOLD YOU???? WTF! I HAVE FAILED YOU. Also: Dear ______: Thank you so much for the opportunity to sit down with you (&________) to discuss the [insert job position]. I am grateful to be considered for the position. I think I will be a great fit at [company name], especially given my experience in __________. [insert possible reference to something you talked about, something that excited you.] I look forward to hearing from you [and if you are feeling super confident: and working together in the future]. Sincerely, @mellivorinae

[exmellivorinae]

THIS IS A LIFESAVING TEMPLATE

[a-windsor]

YOU ARE WELCOME

[emeraldboreas-deactivated201809]

My brother got a really great paid internship one summer. The guy who hired him said the deciding factor was the professional thank you letter my brother sent after the interview.

[suaimhneas-peace-deactivated202]

should it be an email? or like a physical letter?

[daminwayne]

email, you want to send it within a few hours at max after the interview if you can so it’s fresh in their mind who you are. 

[khirsahle]

Confirmed! I interviewed for a job right after arriving in NY. The interview went incredibly well, and I went home and immediately wrote a thank you letter and put it in the mail. I had a super good feeling about this interview.

I didn’t get the job.

However, a few weeks later, I was called in to interview with another editor in the same company, and I did get that job. I found out later from the initial editor (the one who didn’t hire me) that he had planned to offer me the job, but since I didn’t follow up with a thank you letter, he assumed I didn’t really want it. He offered the job to another contender–but when he got my letter in the mail shortly after the offer had already been made, he went to HR and gave me a glowing recommendation. It was based on that recommendation that I got called in for the second interview.

So: send an email thank you immediately (same day!) after the interview. If you’re feeling extra, go ahead and send a written one too. OR go immediately to a coffee shop, write the letter, and return to the office and give it to the secretary.

Either way, those letters are important.

[neurofancier-deactivated]

Pro tip: If you really want HR to develop a personal interest in your application, publicly thank them on linkedin. Just make a short post telling your network about how X recruiter really went above and beyond to make you feel welcome, or about how be accommodating and professional they were, or whatever. Make sure to use the mention feature so they’ll get a notification and see it. 

Flattery will get you everywhere… and public flattery that might make its way back to their manager, doubly so.

[oaky-dokey]

Obligatory plug for one of FreePrintable.net’s sites: ThankYouLetter.ws. They have a whole section with interview thank you letter templates, and a page with specific tips for interview thank you letters. (There are also tons of other letter templates if you browse around a bit.)

[cricketcat9]

As a former professional recruiter and recruiting manager, I confirm, especially for entry-level positions, where you are competing with oodles of people. This little thing can make a difference. Also the fact that, maybe, you took time to google the “interview etiquette”.

[boogiewoogiebuglegal]

SIGNAL BOOST

[ironswordandstarshield]

The post-interview thank you notes can be a good way to recover in case you got asked a question whose answer you either didn’t know or felt was super weak. So if you follow the above given template, jump in with something like “upon further thought to your question, here’s my revised answer.” 

But yeah always send a thank you note after an interview. It’s a small thing but it makes a hell of a difference. And def send thank you messages to any recruiters who may have helped. And also after you get the job. Small things like that really go a long long way.

[heckofabecca]

GO READ ASK A MANAGER RIGHT NOW.

AAM is an AMAZING resource for all work-related questions. This is a good starting place—basically the Big Questions people tend to have. (And some weirdness.) Job searching, negotiating for raises, performance issues, living through toxicity, recognizing toxic situations, dealing with coworkers, managing people, helpful starting-point scripts for all of the above… Do yourself a favor and check it out!

[myurbandream]

JFC no one ever told me any of this!!!!

[notesbyash]

quinn’s spotify playlists: the songs for series.

description: a series of playlists inspired by very specific scenarios.

notes: this post will be edited and expanded as i create additional playlists. not all of the playlists are purely instrumental.

last updated: 20.02.2022.

songs for…

a 70s living room in the early hours of the night - book suggested, lover optional.

dancing alone in an empty palace - marble halls echo on a moonlit night.

a decomposing shopping mall - best enjoyed when played out of tiny speakers in one with good acoustics.

a forgotten cathedral - are these hallowed halls any less holy when nature overtakes them?

the silence of space - the stars are silent, still and sublime.

a spacecraft starbound - 3, 2, 1, engine ignition, and liftoff.

some urbex in the morning - dappled light washes over vines that weave their way up long abandoned walls.

stumbling upon a secret garden - there wasn’t always a door here, was there?

trespassing in a time traveler’s clock shop - the tick of a clock, the creak of old wood, and the glow of something mystical just around the corner.

wandering along seaside cliffs - which is louder, the rushing wind or the rolling sea?

looking for more? here are my other playlist series:

color series. | songs for series. | academia series. (coming soon.) |

[notesbyash]

quinn’s spotify playlists: the color series.

description: a series of playlists loosely inspired by characters across various media.

notes: this post will be edited and expanded as i create additional playlists. not all of the playlists are purely instrumental.

last updated: 07.02.2022.

blue -  for an immortal who rewrote her own fate.

burgundy - for an ever charming criminal.

gold - for a sanctum of magic and mysticism.

gunmetal - for birmingham factories and gunpowder streets.

sky - for a whirlwind holiday full of granted wishes.

navy - for a peculiar person in a particular time.

orange - for a stylish spy and some 60s espionage.

smoke - for a dame who shoots to kill.

wine - this one’s just nbc hannibal themed.

white - for a cathedral filled with candelight and calumnies.

looking for more? here are my other playlist series:

color series. | songs for series. | academia series. (coming soon.) |

[magic-dustt]

32/100 days of productivity

Room: clean

Clothes: washed

Currently reading: Siren Queen by Nghi Vo

[euripideez-nuts]

coffee and notebooks and fancy pens

[studysposlut]

2.19.22

Sorry for being so inactive! I got elected to residence hall council this semester and joined the debate team so that’s all eating my time up. A lot of my class work is writing this semester so I’m really enjoying it.

How are your class going so far?

Take care of yourselves!