What Are Your Goals For The Next 30 Days?

What are your goals for the next 30 days?

My goals for the next 30 days are:

Study and prepare for my first C++ on paper midterm

Study and prepare for my calculus unit 1 midterm retake

Create a better, more bite sized study schedule

Catch up on readings (because I'm behind) and get into the habit of being consistently punctual with readings

Get better at close reading techniques and submit all academic papers after a good amount of revision

stanley pines deserved to be a dad, it's not even fair 😭

based off this dialogue in the 3ds game

this is a NEED

Sending emails is already stressful enough; why make it more difficult by writing them from scratch each time? Above I’ve posted several email templates that I’ve used throughout high school and college with a pretty high success rate. I apologize for how not-pretty they look, but I promise the lack of aesthetic appeal doesn’t detract from the overall usefulness of these templates! You can also find these templates in this doc.

The templates given here are for:

Scheduling a meeting with someone

Sending in application materials for a job

Asking for an extension on an assignment

Sending a thank you email

Applying for a research position

Asking for a letter of recommendation

A few other tips:

Depending on your level of familiarity with who you’re emailing, you can start the email with “Hello NAME,” especially for the extension email. But when in doubt, err on the side of formality.

Don’t just copy and paste these templates! Use these as outlines/first drafts, and personalize your email before sending. 

A lot of professors will list their extension policies in the syllabus, so look that over before asking for extension. If a professor gives one-week extensions, don’t screw yourself over by asking for a three-day extension. Also, try to ask for an extension at least 1-2 weeks in advance. This shows that you’ve planned ahead and didn’t just slack off until the last second, and professors are more likely to be lenient.

You should try to ask for rec letters in person rather than over email. However, if you’re busy as hell or socially anxious (or both, as I was), this email should work in a pinch. I secured 4 out of 4 recommenders using this email format.

A list of professional salutations: sincerely, best, best regards, regards, thank you, thank you for (xyz). Mix and match to avoid repeating something you’ve already said within the email.

Now go forth and email! 

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

I've watched this film for the first time the other day and I loved it! It had romance, action, and horrors that made one think what is really to be human.

I need more 1950's movie recommendations right now. This film had me feeling so many emotions like: ❤️😸😿.

I watched the film during lab and I learned a couple of things like:

French critics were the ones to originally name these types of movies as the 'Film Noir' genre. Before that, it was simply known as a horror/thriller.

And French critics took B-level films and made them really popular since they didn't have prior access to them due to WWII occupation.

Day for Night scenes: night scenes that were filmed during the day. It was also called American Night, or what the French critics would call it 'La Nuit Américaine'.

Dutch Angle (mistranslated from German Angle): the technique where you tilt the camera angle in a scene; I believe it's 15 degrees.

Spoiler Warning:

I was so upset Becky got lost to the pod people. I wanted her to end up with Dr.Bennell so badly, I genuinely thought it was going to be a 1950's love story trope.

Even though this story had an ambiguous ending, which usually I'm not a fan of, but it was executed very well where I was satisfied that the problem is bigger than what can be captured in one film. So overall, great movie.

I need to watch more films since I'm so uncultured lol.

so aesthetic! and the post helped me find the model of the keyboard I've been wanting to invest in, lol

Why does my desk always get so messy when I'm doing computer networks lab work lol

adorable kit cats

Kitten paintings by Meta Plückebaum (Germany, 1876 - 1945)