Monday May 20 | Day 6

monday may 20 | day 6

i haven’t been able to post bc i have been so busy playing catch up! my registration got straightened out finally, so i’m only a week behind in classes but i’m catching up fast. the past 4 days have been CRAZY busy trying to get my work schedule adjusted too. but i did it!!

anyway, i got to go to my first lab today! it was so exciting to be back, & i felt really smart for once in a long ass time.

today i:

got up at 05:30 for school w/ little hesitation! almost normal sleep schedule let’s go

went to my first bio lab & completed my lab experiment! super fun using spectrophotometer

scheduled meeting w/ lab TA to make sure i’m fully caught up by tomorrow

got missed assignments for philo reopened & completed 2/6

completed 2/3 missed chapters for bio + homework assignments for 1/3

planned out semester & reorganized my calendars

ate 3 meals, took my meds, & drank 1.5 bottles of water

went for walk w/ olive bc it was so nice out. found 3 bird feathers !!!

found cool study spot in science building

went to bed at somewhat reasonable hour.

here’s to an even better tomorrow!!

⛈️ 20.05.2024 // I studied a bit today (2 hours) and I did a lesson about the ophthalmic dosage form! There was a storm while I was doing it so it was just perfect to study with some real thunder noise!!

I also cooked some pizzas (like we choose the ingredients and all) and they were really good!! :))

I try to get back into studying, my exams are in a month so I really really have to study more!!!

one of the biggest things I can advocate for (in academia, but also just in life) is to build credibility with yourself. It’s easy to fall into the habit of thinking of yourself as someone who does things last minute or who struggles to start tasks. people will tell you that you just need to build different habits, but I know for me at least the idea of ‘habit’ is sort of abstract and dehumanizing. Credibility is more like ‘I’ve done this before, so I know I can do it, and more importantly I trust myself to do it’. you set an assignment goal for the day and you meet it, and then you feel stronger setting one the next day. You establish a relationship with yourself that’s built on confidence and trust. That in turn starts to erode the barrier of insecurity and perfectionism and makes it easier to start and finish tasks. reframing the narrative as a process of building credibility makes it easier to celebrate each step and recognize how strong your relationship with yourself can become

The 2024 Gender Census is now open!

[ Link to survey ]

The 11th annual international gender census, collecting information about the language we use to refer to ourselves and each other, is now open until 13th June 2024.

It’s short and easy, about 5 minutes probably.

After the survey is closed I’ll process the results and publish a spreadsheet of the data and a report summarising the main findings. Then anyone can use them for academic or business purposes, self-advocacy, tracking the popularity of language over time, and just feeling like we’re part of a huge and diverse community.

If you think you might have friends and followers who’d be interested, please do reblog this blog post, and share the survey URL by email or at AFK social groups or on other social networks. Every share is extremely helpful - it’s what helped us get 40,000 responses last year.

Survey URL: https://survey.gendercensus.com

The survey is open to anyone anywhere who speaks English and feels that the gender binary doesn’t fully describe their experience of themselves and their gender(s) or lack thereof.

For the curious, you can also spy on some graphs and demographic data for the incoming responses here.

Thank you so much!

[ Link to survey ]

Image credit: Malachite and rhodochrosite.

hi any life advice for 21yo

no youre fucked

I spend do much time on writing my thesis lately that it's coming to me in my dreams