9. 11. 2020 - Some Snapshots From Last Week :) Sorry For Periodically Disappearing On You. I'm Straight

9. 11. 2020 - Some snapshots from last week :) Sorry for periodically disappearing on you. I'm straight up not having a good time in this pandemic :D But overall I'm still happy with school and what I'm studying. I'm just unhappy with my student performance sometimes.

How are you doing?

POV: You stayed up past midnight to finish Hamlet for your Literary Studies course and English is not your first language.

source: https://shakespeare.folger.edu/shakespeares-works/hamlet/act-5-scene-1/ 

4. 10. 2020 - I finished reading the first chapter of Demian yesterday. I know, it took me a while :D But this chapter titled Two Worlds instantly reminded me of when we were learning about Melanie Klein and child psychology in high school, so I spent a lot of time reading up on that aswell and adding sticky notes and scribbles into my book.

Semester starts tomorrow but I won't have many classes yet. Still, I'm vibrating with excitement.

A little post about how I stay organized~ What does the heavy lifting is my little ring binder planner. I got it at Lidl for dirt cheap and it's where I write down all my deadlines and a list of the schoolwork I have to do for each of my courses over the semester. Overall, it's just very strictly functional.

With my bullet journal I get to have some fun and I use it most for reflection. It also helps me focus on the present - what I can do just today or just this week and not just for school but also for my well being and happiness. It becomes a precious keepsake that has many good memories and printed photos; while with my planner, I throw away checklists and calendars I don't need anymore.

Kratší post o tom, jak zůstávám organizovaná~

Nejtěžší práci pro mě dělá můj malý kroužkový plánovač. Sehnala jsem ho v Lidlu za pekelně levno a zapisuji si do něj úkoly a termíny odevzdání a také seznam toho, co musím během semestru udělat na každý předmět. Prostě je strikně jen funkční.

V mém 'bullet journal' si užívám více kreativity a hodně v něm reflektuji o sobě a o životě. Pomáhá mi se soustředit více na právě teď - co mohu udělat dnes nebo tento týden a nejen do školy, ale také pro radost a životní pohodu. Je to pro mě taková památková kniha, ve které je na konci spousta krásných vzpomínek a vytištěných fotek; zatímco z plánovače vyhodím seznamy a kalendáře, které už nepotřebuji.

A little storytime: last semester I was writing a paper about a local monastery for one course and could only find one rather old book in the library as a source of very limited information. Then I discovered in our library catalogue that one professor at my uni had researched that monastery and had the copy in existence of her research at their department. So I emailed her asking if she could lend it to me for some time or even just let me see it in her cabinet. And then after some time I emailed it again.

It’s been 10-11 months now and I never got any reply... I’ve since finished my paper using archival material as additional sources, but once in a while I still look out the window and wonder what in the frickle frackle is the purpose of doing academic research if no one can see the results :D

Anyway, some teachers have set days when they clear their inbox so they don’t spend time every day answering emails. I’d say after a week has already passed it’s safe to just send it again in case they missed the first one :)

don’t you love when your teachers ghost you but you don’t want to send more emails bc you’re afraid of spamming them ☺️

1. 3. 2020 - Hello, social media! I took a break as I wasn't feeling well :) In the end I decided to approach one of the school psychologists that my university offers free consultations with. I feel so thankful I did and I have been dealing a lot better this past month ♡ So I thought with my spring semester starting, I could start posting again from time to time.

Trans.: Ahoj, sociální sítě! Dala jsem si pauzu, protože jsem se necítila dobře :) Nakonec jsem se rozhodla jednomu ze školních psychologů, se kterými má univerzita nabízí bezplatné konzultace. Jsem ráda, že jsem to udělala, a poslední měsíc o hodně lépe život zvládám ♡ Tak mě napadlo, že bych se začátkem mého jarního semestru mohla začít znovu čas od času postovat.