I Cannot Emphasize Enough How Tremendously Proud Hannah Gadsby Should Be Of What She Has Created And

Yesterday was hard.

I'm in some courses all this week, and I don't understand anything that 3 of the 4 speakers say. And I've just met the new PhD student of the department, and he's really smart and he's understanding most of the things. And on top of that my advisor is asking me to finish a big amount of writing. I feel really stupid and discouraged.

So, list of positive things to take into account this week:

- All of the courses are about PDEs and not Dynamical systems (which is my research topic). It's normal to not understand most of them.

- It is a great opportunity to see how people of other topics work, and what are they interests. You don't need to understand everything perfectly. Let go and enjoy.

- I learned a lot from yesterday's poster session, and from other students.

- Next year I would have a very smart PhD partner from who I could learn a lot.

- I am a slow-learner when understanding new topics, and that is okay. I could have other qualities that make me a good mathematician.

One of my favorite “never thought of that, but makes sense” facts is that the moon looks upside-down if you see it from the other hemisphere. 

When my friend from Brazil landed in the US for the first time, she stepped off the plane and saw an upside-down moon, which is more than a little alarming when you’re jetlagged and nervous about moving to a new country.

“Loneliness does not come from having no people around you, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to you.”

— Carl Jung

just a very calming gif to watch if you’re having a rough time managing stress :) hang in there, study bees!

Echoes

I made this painting for the Spellbinders gallery show at @gallerynucleus 💕✨ The opening is on 23rd, if you are in LA then come check it out. I’ll be there signing my new books and also holding a workshop ✨

“I don’t know anything with certainty, but seeing the stars makes me dream.” ― Vincent Van Gogh

this morning NASA abandoned their mars rover Opportunity (aka Oppy) because it (she) got hit by a storm on Mars and it knocked her camera and wheels out and her last words to the team were “my battery is low and it is getting cold”. I know she’s a machine but I’m devastated. Oppy is the one who discovered water on Mars. RIP oppy ily space baby

28.03.19 || coffee, a good book and beach sunsets. nothing even comes close to that.

I really love my family, but it was supposed to be a quiet weekend and now it’s not and I am stressing out.

The thing is, my family organized a very small lunch tomorrow with my grandmothers but now everyone is showing up and tomorrow I have an eight-hour long lunch with fourteen people. So I’ve spend all morning shopping and now I got a bunch of work that I need to finish plus I have to bake two cakes and pack as I am spending all next week on a conference. Ok, there are all good things, I know. But I don’t know how to chill out, so now I’m an anxiety ball and my headaches are acting out again. Fun life!