24.07.2020 | 54/100 Days Of Productivity

hi i’m lauren :) here’s a little introduction to me/this studyblr :

about me

— i am 17 and in my final year of secondary school

— i live in scotland

— i use she/her pronouns and i’m a lesbian

academic

— i’m studying advanced higher (roughly a-level) chemistry, physics, maths, and music performance

— i want to study physics at uni

— my dream job is research astrophysicist

hobbies

— i play violin (abrsm grade 8) and piano (very recreationally lol) but i also pick up baritone ukulele and recorder from time to time

— i love reading! my favourite genres are ya (particularly those with lgbtq rep), sci-fi, and fantasy

— i speak very basic french and am starting to learn some russian so привет!

— i watch a lot of tv, mostly sitcoms. to name a few, i love schitt’s creek, odaat, the good place, queer eye, doctor who, rpdr, killing eve, love victor, and parks and rec

i post mostly studyblr with some bullet journaling and have had this blog since jan 2019. i would love to talk to more people on here so dm me anytime :D 🌈🦕

todays affirmations: i am brave. i know exactly what packages to install for my code to run. ROOT cannot hurt me.

monday 23rd sept

started back at orchestra today, i missed it so much 🥳 love love love paperchase’s planning pads atm, so useful and i got them in a 3 for 2 sale, so it’s a win win.

[4/50 days of productivity] 20 april

physics papers in the evening sun on our hideously green table. i absolutely love the warmth the uk’s getting at the moment, i spent most of today sitting in the sun with my friends- a calm before the storm of exams begins in under a week.

2 more weeks okok!

i daydream of posting “bye” leaving tumblr forever and driving 12 hours away and throwing my phone in a culvert. too bad this will never happen because my phone is my soulmate and instead i tuck her lovingly into bed every night

07/08/20

coded a rock, paper, scissors game! (=> completed one of my summer goals!)

did some mini exercises and summary post-it’s of rotational motion

read a third of the good immigrant

& tonight i’m going cycling with my dad and will do another violin session!

summer studying challenge, 7th aug: what is your favourite summer ‘beach read’?

red, white & royal blue by casey mcquiston!

academia things that genuinely make me happy

large textbooks filled with extra papers which hold the answers to the problems you thought were too brilliant to be thrown away, or the simple short summary of a part you were struggling to understand before

having your textbook absolutely ruined by highlighters and sticky notes all over it, those little tips and ideas you picked up from the lesson. anyone who opens that book immediately knows that you’ve studied the crap out of it and know the concept by heart. “this is the most annotated book i’ve ever seen” is literally the highest form of compliment for me.

solving math or chemistry problems to a soundtrack album or ambient sounds, extra points if it’s in afternoon lol

when you’re so focused and keen on getting to the final answer that your hand physically can’t keep up with your eagerness so you end up with the most incoherent solution. but you’ve finally got the answer right!

being self-taught in a subject or a few chapters of the textbook, and still smashing the quizzes and the exams

coming up with a new solution to the problem, or seeing the problem from a new perspective, and finally being able to solve it because of just that.

confidently walking out of the exam room. 0 doubt in your mind that you crushed it!

actually feeling how you’ve grown academically, and how much more knowledgeable you are compared to the beginning of the semester

casually and confidently having conversations with a professor about your studies, exchanging ideas and discussing the existing theories, methods, on-going research and all

all of this is everything i want in life- god 

finally beginning to reach the end of term two- the easter break is next week and after that i’m back at school for two days and then off on exam leave for a month! and then because the school system is odd here we begin the next year of school at the start of june and break up for summer a month later, not long!!

thank you @chazza-studies-alevels for the tag :)

relationship status: single (very)

fav. colours: navy, lavender

lipstick or chapstick

three fav. foods: peri salted chips, hello panda biscuit-y things, and raspberry ripple ice cream

song stuck in my head: strawberry blond, mitski

last song i listened to: don’t you worry, oh wonder

last film i watched: pride (2014)

three fav. tv shows: good omens, doctor who, and staged

current book: the astronaut wives’ club, lily koppel

current time: 10:20pm

blankets i sleep with: a duvet and 1-2 blankets depending on the temperature

dream trip: iceland to see the aurora borealis and the beautiful landscapes there

anything i want in life: a sense of belonging, happiness, to be remembered

i tag @stellar-kinematics @studyaurore @shootingshadowss @scrappaper (if you want to!)