Study Blog - Blog Posts

Do you ever feel like it was way easier to find friends, when you were younger? I don’t know what happened, but somehow between the age of 13 and now, I lost most of my social skills. I get really bad anxiety when talking to strangers and now I only have one friend at Uni and she’s skipping classes pretty often so I don’t know if she’ll pass the exams. All of my close friends live far away, I’m scared of being lonely.

Well, at least I have the neighborhood cats, that’s step one of my 15-year-plan to become a crazy cat lad 🩵🤍

Obsessed with this song lately

Madly in love with my newest IKEA purchase and the neighbor‘s cat Timmy (even though he constantly tries to break into our apartment -a criminal, but a cute one)

Also I’m already 🌼stressed🌼 about my exams

if academia ever makes you feel like you're not good or smart enough . . . it's not you, it's academia.

-Ali Hazelwood

#Whatwouldmariedo, if she had to take a math test on Wednesday about a, b and c, but in her math lecture they’ve only ever talked about subject a and b and will certainly not cover subject c before next week, so she is not sure, how to solve problems involving subject c

Current mood:

✨ staring at my mechanics assignment humming Adam Lambert’s „Whataya want from me“ ✨

Please send help 🙃

It has come to my attention that drinking an average of five coffees a day is not considered normal/healthy. I also am starting to think that my permanent headaches may be caused by caffeine withdrawals when I don’t meet my coffee average.

I did a quick doodle during my math class, look at this cute little dragon 💕

Anyways, I‘m skipping my physics lecture today in order to get some other things done before going to work. So not ✨academia✨of me

Absolutely no studying today.

Sometimes one just needs to take a break and visit places they’ve been at a thousand times before. It’s a special kind of comfort.

Today’s soundtrack ✨

Went to a beautiful café in my hometown today with one of my best friends 💕 I also decided to start playing the piano more frequently again and bought the Bridgerton Song book, since I prefer modern piano covers

Train rides and physics 🌻

Hello there, I think it’s time to introduce myself ✨

My name is Sophie (actually my second name, but I prefer this one over my first name) and I am 22 years old. I‘m currently doing my bachelor’s degree in Medical Engineering and work part time at a small café

•I‘m very much in love with the neighborhood’s stray cats and currently trying to befriend them (aka bribing them with salmon snacks.)

•I also like swimming, reading cliché romance novels, crocheting and art.

•I‘d describe myself as a quite sensitive and creative person, but I also love the structure and logic behind science, that’s why I chose this field of study.

If you have any book recommendations, questions, anecdotes you think I would enjoy, feel free to send me a message 🦆 I would love to make some new friends on this site

Also I do have an Instagram Account with the same username, but I feel like tumblr is a bit less overstimulating, that’s why I like using this app

Productivity Day #1

Yesterday I went to a cafe and got a little bit of calculus done 🤭. Definitely behind in the course material but I’m proud of myself for putting in the effort. Also super happy I journaled a bit since it’s been months!

2h of calculus

10 pages of Braiding Sweetgrass

2 cups of tea

Hi! I’m Mel, and this blog a project of mine I’ve been thinking about for a while. This is basically a digital archive for all my science thoughts- anything that I feel deserves more attention, published research, or just things I find really cool! Keep in mind that I’m a minor (17 years old) and I’ll be using the block button liberally if I feel uncomfortable 🪐💫

divider by @ianrkives

studying with music was going great until i started crying to "don't you" over my chemistry notes

nothing just demolishing my notebook with my favourite nailpolish

aiming to have arjun's focus, but instead of the bird's eye, all i am able to see is my goal

swapping my craving for brownies with ice cream with the feeling you get after you've done a good amount of practice questions in a designated time period

goals for today:

morning->

maths lecture

physics numericals

1/2 physics lecture

daytime+evening->

chemistry lecture

chemistry questions

maths questions

physics questions

(keeping nothing for the night because i want to go to bed early :>)

it's kind of iconic of me to have an alex dunphy photo as my pfp here ngl

let's inaugurate this blog by taking a solemn oath to wake up at 4:30 am tomorrow to practise physics numericals and watch a maths lecture.

hello there! i made this study blog in the hope that it'll give me more motivation to stay focused, adhere to my study schedule, and devour my subjects in general.

main blog: @clairvoyantly-yours

romanticize studying 📖🪽

• create a cozy study environment for yourself, no specific type of aesthetic setting but whatever makes you feel comfortable and motivated. It could be your room full of candles, a cute cafe, a garden, whatever works for you the best.

• find a playlist that motivates you and clears your mind during your study session: a vampire studying in a castle during 1800s, an animal crossing study call, a window view with rain, the lofi girl, etc.

• take the time to be proud of yourself. You studied today, even if it's less than what you scheduled, you should be happy about it, you prioritized your dreams and did your best, celebrate it.

• live what you are studying. In my opinion/experience reducing studying to a daily activity like another kills motivation. It shouldn't be something that you do, it should be something that you live and breathe.

• create a vision board of what your dream life should look like, how magical everything will be once you achive your goals. Having a clear vision is important to remember that you're not sacrificing your free time, you're investing it.

• find a study buddy. I never succeeded in this unfortunately but I'm aware of how much it can help to stay on track and feel less anxious. I see my brother studying on video call with his friends all the time, they go to the lectures together, to the library, discuss exams, give each other tips, exchange notes and find strength and motivation in one another.

• try as much as you can to see it as a beautiful game that you will ache. Keep in mind that studying is a privilege, it can be exhausting and make you feel burn out sometimes because of the school system but it is not a burden. You are seeking knowledge, you are doing something amazing, don't forget it. 🤍

tuesday, feb 11th

i survived! today was exciting but really stretched my brain. this week is really big for my research- i'm doing my first self-designed experiment tomorrow and i'm excited/scared/uncertain. i'm trying to remind myself that fear and excitement feel the same to our body, it's just how we think about those physical feelings that changes the mental feelings.

i’ve also been grappling with…why i do what i do. like, ultimately we’re all little specs of matter and energy that are so small in the grand scheme of things. and it’s been hard lately to not just give up and let god take the wheel.

but we’re all here for some purpose. ultimately god (whoever they are) has HAD the wheel for a while and we’re all just…going along for the ride. we’re lucky to have the resources, opportunities, and people that we have, and should always work for more.

while it doesn’t seem like it, it’s a blessing to be stressed about school. it’s a blessing to worry about grades. because at least we CAN worry about grades. at least we CAN worry about school.

education is a human right—but right now it feels like a gift.

to do:

finalize experiment for tomorrow

start working through data analysis for instrumentation lab

modeling homework

🎧: mendelssohn string octet

friday, feb 8th

i was truly in circuit jail today. instrumentation lab was so bad that i have to go in tomorrow to get the correct data 😭😭

although the lab in golden hour is unfortunately quite aesthetic. so do with that what you will.

also also also pizza at lab meeting today! i made nanoparticles after ages and spent some time relearning how to do it. my particles were a tiny bit small (they should be around 200 nm).

now i'm just watching my cdrama after eating a delishos dinner. no studying tonight.

thursday, feb 6th

hi friends. i survived today! i had my instrumentation exam and a modeling quiz B2B and...it was rough. but thankfully, the hardest part of my week is mostly over and i'm happy that finished both assessments.

today wasn't a complete crashout –– the instrumentation exam was difficult but i did my best. i high key resented studying for the exam so i'm happy it's over.

i do have things due tomorrow though. but no expectations.

today i won a sunset lamp thingy! it makes my room look really nice. i did go to lab for a little bit of time but then came home as i was too tired.

to do:

instrumentation lab spreadsheet

build circuit for instrumentation lab

🎧: 2000's telugu romantic songs 🥹

monday, feb 3

i'm really stressed/scared for this week. i have my first instrumentation exam on thursday, an instrumentation quiz tomorrow, and a modeling quiz on thursday 😬. but nothing some mint tea and a mug cake w/ vanilla ice cream can't fix

i also have something due almost every day this week. which is scary because everything is huge as fuck. but i'm going to make sure to take care of myself. good grades are nice, but i have to be there to enjoy them :)

today i had polymer chem and tissue engineering. loving both. we're learning about polymer mixing and my professor's slides about equilibrium were so pookarina.

i also went into lab today, and had my weekly research seminar as well. i'm having so much fun now making scientific decisions, and i'm really excited for next week because i have a lot of experiments planned.

i think i ate with today's fit and i wanted to share.

to dos:

finish modeling homework ✅

study for instrumentation quiz

finish modeling lab to get checked off tomorrow

instrumentation lab spreadsheet

(god this is a lot) finish tissue engineering journal club paper + figure

🎧: idyll for string orchestra – janacek😩

thursday, jan 30th

guys lookit this salad i made. normalize unaesthetic food pictures. i lowkey also ate so much deep fried food today. my lunch (is it still lunch if i ate at 3pm) was onion rings+fries with queso and ranch (so basically an oil rig) and my salad had some more of that breaded tofu i made yesterday but cut up.

not that it's wrong/bad to eat deep fried food. life is too short to regret.

i also am so cooked for my instrumentation class right now. we begged and pleaded to get an extension and prof gave us 1 DAY. not even the weekend. it's not like he's going to grade it before next week's exam...so why the rush.

me in circuit jail:

modeling quiz was ok. i finished it! so therefore i successfully served cunt.

n e ways. i'm going to crank out as much as i can before i need to switch gears and do stuff for my instrumentation lab tomorrow.

tasks:

instrumentation homework. just do it. ✅ (big slay 4/6 problems done 2 days before the due date)

instrumentation pre-lab lecture. ✅ (guys this was so much shorter than what i'd thought it'd be)

optional: research proposal (fook dat im going to bed)

🍵: osmanthus tea.

🎧: Brahms Symphony 4, Beethoven Symphony 7 🤤

wednesday, jan 29th

salutations, legumes.

today was good. i did science. i synthesized a polymer last week, and i wanted to see what it looks like...so i stuck it in some big beige boxes and zapped it with some lazers.

I also made this fried tofu bowl after work. the salsa and the pico de gallo are both from an event that one of my roommates stole leftover food from. the tofu is breaded + fried, and i ate it with some rice and cucumber.

today's classes were tissue engineering and pchem. also good classes.

i do in fact have work :(

continue research proposal

study for modeling quiz ✅

instrumentation homework (what the fuck is this)

edit: todo list too long. bed calls.

tuesday, jan 28th

hi beanz. welcome back.

picked up this sparkling lemon soda from an italian deli near my house on my walk home to drink as i study.

today, i had my biomedical modeling and my biomedical instrumentation class. both of these are my most difficult classes, so i have to put quite a bit of work into them.

in modeling, i learned how to serve cunt about partial differential equations and modeled cellular diffusion using a partial differential equation. this class is actually so cool and it's an easy favorite. i have a quiz on thursday, so i have to study for that.

instrumentation is...confusing. this first portion of the course has been a review of my circuits class from fall 2023. which i then basically repeated in my signals/systems class last semester. but somehow i still don't really understand what's going on so maybe i need the review. i have an exam next week and need to lock tf in.

i also have some stuff to do for research. i have a proposal to write due on feb 15th, and ideally would like feedback from prof next week. so that means this needs to get written by lab meeting on friday. i haven't even made a document. absolutely cooked.

to do:

finish start 4 problems in instrumentation homework ✅

redo pharmacokinetics example for modeling quiz

start modeling homework 2 ✅ 1/29

start research proposal ✅

🎧: tchaikovsky violin concerto in d major