chaotic academia things that don't promote unhealthy habits
or,, things I do on a regular basis
• knowing all about different types of coffee; undertones and flavors, light and dark, how to brew them to achieve the perfect taste
• listening to music more often than not, knowing specific songs for specific moments that make you feel like you're in a great movie scene
• bingeing tv shows and movie series on your days off
• getting up and writing when you get that one scene in your head for your work in progress and knowing you'll forget it if you just go to bed; answering that call
• CONSUMING 5 BOOKS A WEEK LIKE A KID AGAIN
• reading all literature; good, bad, controversial, light, dark, not your genre, your favorite childhood book, etc.,,,
• you either are illiterate or read moby dick in sixth grade as a joke and unironically enjoyed it
• venting on a suspiciously specific and niche discord at 4:00 am
• putting on your fanciest clothes at night when no one is awake and playing Tchaikovsky and dancing with simple ballet moves that you learned off youtube because you can't really do ballet but it's a dream of yours
• playing meme songs on a classical instrument
• you're probably on twitter idk
• mismatched socks, or those weird yoda socks your mom got you for christmas
• going on bike rides around your neighborhood when it's quiet
• getting your sweaters off of ebay
• laying in the first snow of the year, making snow angels
• planning your own murder, planning other people's murders, planning your lego murders or your sim murders or your stuffed animal murders, planning all the murders
• having a stuffed animal :)
• naming all the inanimate objects in your room, bonus points if they're literary references to your favorite books
• being really proud of that one essay you wrote in middle school that you got an A on and your teacher asked to use as an example and really you haven't written anything that good since; maybe it was your magnum opus
• hyperfixiating on any little thing. neutral, could be good or bad, borderline an obsession
• searching up corsets even though you're never going to buy one (just me? okay)
• learning the scientific names of birds
• making an impulsive buy and never using the item even though you thought you would
• reading all the books one author has written. multiple times over. an acheivement in itself
• making a fort and watching your comfort movie in it
• starting to decorate your room purely based off of one aesthetic, realizing it's not for you, then adapting that aesthetic and making your room your own. books lined up against walls, a hello kitty plushy in the corner, a pink floyd poster on the wall, 3 pairs of vans in your closet, every single book published by wheelock's latin, it might not be dark academic but you sure call it that
• notes!! in!!! books!!!!!
• pressing flowers in your dictionary, forgetting about them, opening it up four months later and being pleasently surprised
• not smoking at all unless you know the risks idk
• naming your dog after oscar wilde but no one in your family knows (ah, also me)
• being able to stand at your bookshelf for hours and explain what each book means to you, because they all mean something, but you haven't found someone yet who will listen, so you stand alone and voice your thoughts to an empty room
• forgetting to water your plants
• rearranging your bookshelf every week
• using your academy access to articles to fuel your latest random obsession
• don't lie, you've only read one shakespeare play but you talk about him like he's your favorite author in the world and maybe he is and that's okay (er... also me)
• finding that one author that's a little bit unheard of or forgotten and them becoming your favorite author and you don't know who to share your excitement with
allowing yourself more freedom than a traditional aesthetic permits. making it your own personal version, romanticizing your life and striving for more. accepting the messy parts of you and trying to change the darkness
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