Electra Heart - Marina

child of the moon

~✧°+* 35/100 days of doing better*+°✧~

07.09.2023

(this post was written several days in retrospect)

Birthday time!

My siblings turned 17. this year and every time I think about that I am reminded of my own mortality.

Things I did this day:

celebrated my siblings' birthday

spent time with family

helped attend guests

Hours slept: ~6hrs Screentime: ~7hrs 15mins Steps taken: ~1.500

Ask yourself: what’s good about this moment right now? Is the sun out? Can you hear birds? Are you drinking coffee? Can you smell freshly cut grass? Is your bed soft and warm? These little things are oh so precious and yet seem so arbitrary.

~✧°+* 15/100 days of doing better*+°✧~

14.08.2023

A very, very eventful day! A friend of mine is staying with me for a few weeks to cut down on commuting costs while she's attending a block course at our university and the whole day revolved around getting things settled and prepared for that.

I didn't get anything productive done because of that but it still felt like a very successful day!

Getting jump scared by the Mollymauk/Lucien book just sitting between Sally Rooneys at the book shop also added some spice to the day.

Positive things I did today:

spend time with friends

went for a walk

Hours slept: ~7hrs 30mins Screentime: ~3hrs Steps taken: ~13.800

The fact that all of the foreign Captive Prince editions have literally the prettiest covers and we’re stuck with this basic shit annoys me to no end

English:

Japanese: (they have ILLUSTRATIONS. Do you understand???😭😭😭 gonna go learn Japanese)

Taiwanese:

Polish: I—This is everything. Like, everything.

(The first cover is literally one of the best arts of Capri I’ve ever seen)

Dear Berkley books,

This is a crime, one i will not stand for. So,

TAKE MY FUCKING MONEY AND GIVE ME CAPTIVE PRINCE, ILLUSTRATED, WITH THESE COVERS

for those of you who don't know "we should write a paper on this" is equivalent to "we should start a band" in academia

me getting my house ready for my long distance bf’s visit

𝑒𝑛𝑗𝑜𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑓𝑒

~✧°+* 10/100 days of doing better*+°✧~

09.08.2023

10% done with the challange!

I finally got to analyzing the poem I wanna write my essay on. I had a blast! I love writing essays and enjoy pretty much every step of the process, but working with primary texts still is my favourite. It reminds me why I decided to study English literature.

I also continued reading All Quiet on the Western Front. I really love this book and should manage to finish it by the end of the week. Maybe I'll check out some of Remarque's other books!

Positive things I did today:

kept the duolingo Spanish streak going

studied at the library

went for a walk

read outside

went to a café to relax after studying

Hours slept: ~9hrs 3mins Screentime: 3hrs 30mins Steps taken: ~6.600