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Happiness Will Come To You.

I think the key to a happy life as an adult woman is to channel your inner weird little girl and make her happy

14.12.15 // Revising Geography and Philosophy notes during my free period.

Sweet potato garlic fries with sriracha dip

18.07.17 

lots of chemistry revision today after being super unproductive for my first week of winter break 🌟 (also sorry i’ve been quite mia for a few weeks, i’ve been SO busy and my queue ran out)

🌻 life lately has been good!

🌻 i've been trying my hand at green smoothies. unfortunately, out blender isn't powerful enough, so there were still some tiny spinach pieces in my smoothie haha. still tasted yummy and felt healthy tho!

🌻 also, i've been trying to stick a bit more to a skincare / health routine, including probiotics for my ibs, lotion after showering, niacinamide in the morning, and retinol in the evening.

🌻 mischa and i recently went to ikea with his mom. our plans to move in tgt are slowly taking more shape, we're looking for apartments that will be free anytime after november, and are thinking about which furniture we need. ikea was super fun, we saw and noted some pieces we liked, and had köttbullar :) also, i got some cute cacti!!!

🌻 i'm still working hard on my ma thesis, but i'm trying not to stress out too much over it. next due date to hand in my final draft is aug 30th!

🌻 tomorrow night, mischa and i will be flying to london for one last time until monday, where i'll be handing in my apt key. i'm really looking forward to hitting up brunch places, going to the saatchi gallery, and browsing brick lane market :)

Regaining Focus

If you’re anything like me, this summer break has obliterated your ability to focus for long periods of time.

I have become so bad at concentrating that I can’t even spend 30 minutes reading the weekly publication I subscribe to.

So how do we go about combating this?

Practise.

Sit down with your work, or if you have none sit down with a nonfiction book or article.

Set a timer for 15 minutes. Most of us can still manage just 15 minutes but don’t be afraid to scale it back to 10 if you can’t.

Read for those 15 minutes and try to only pay attention to your work during that time. Know that soon you will have a break and you can check Facebook, Tumblr etc then. Reading in a quiet place will help.

When the timer goes off, take a 5 to 10 minute break to stretch your legs, grab a drink, check social media or whatever you like to do.

Then repeat the process.

Every few days add an extra 5 minutes to your work time.

Your concentration is a little like a muscle - it takes ‘exercise’ to make it stronger but in this case, your workout is mental.

Within a few weeks your focus will be as good as, if not better than, it was before.

For many of you school starts in about a week. You can make a lot of progress in that time so get to it and you’ll be glad of the results when the time comes to revise for exams!

bro, i dont even care anymore. fuck it! *continues to try very hard*