#cosy academia

I know it’s been literal years since I posted on here*, but wow, am I glad to be back!

1) Where have you been, man?

Well, basically - I was testing myself and seeing if my theory on procrastination was any good. tl;dr: I’d say so? I finished my BA in English Literature and Linguistics, I founded a Creative Writing Society, I published three anthologies, I got my first real job as a translator and worked at as an independent contractor at a company for three years, I slept a WHOLE lot and I successfully applied for my Masters in Cognitive Science. Right now, I’m enjoying the hell out of my CogSci classes and trying to figure out whether my procrastination thesis holds up not just to personal experience, but also to scientific scrutiny. 
But most importantly: I had a ball. It’s been a tough few years on a personal level, so I was really grateful to have my productivity and creativity to help me make sense of life in the eye of the storm. And I’d like to help you do the same :)

2) Will you finish your “How to be a good student (again)” series?

I’m certainly planning to! In fact, this is related to the next question.

3) So how about that YouTube channel…?

It’s happening  ~  I’ve finally managed to carve out some free time every week for this and I’m very excited about it! I’m thinking old-school, low-budget, cosy-in-your-bedroom YouTube? 1) Because I miss it, 2) because I like it, and 3) because I literally can’t afford anything else. 

And this is where you come in! 

I’d like to work my way up to the last “How to be a good student (again)” post (in the form of a video), so I’d like to practice my editing, voice-over, etc. skills with smaller, shorter videos on a variety of topics. My head is exploding with ideas, so please let me know which you’d be most interested in - and please suggest topics you think would be cool, as well! This is what I have so far: 

• Study Advice (obv “How to be a good student (again)”, but also my Notion/Calendar set-up, weekly habits, Building Habits for People Who Hate Habits, balancing work/study & life, Study With Me’s, etc.)
  
  
• Manga/Anime(An Essay on the Ghibli Generation, Best Detectives in Anime, Best Female-Led Manga/Anime, Best Underrated Manga/Anime (including, but not limited to, Kino’s Journey, Mushishi, Bokurano, Oyasumi Pyun Pyun, the Promised Neverland (WHAT are they doing with the anime??) and the Magic World of Kai), All the Japanese You Learned from Anime, Opinions™ on Detective Conan, etc)
  
  
• Videogames (Best Otome/Dating Games with Actual Storylines and Fleshed-Out Characters, Underrated Indie Games, On the Magic of Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Games/Novels, Best Puzzle Games, Too Many Thoughts on Dragon Age, The Cosiest Games for a Tea and Socks Evening, maybe even Let’s Plays?)
  
  
• MBTI/Cognitive Functions (Best INTP/INTJ/ISFJ/etc anime/book/series characters, A series on NT characters in anime in general and why they contributed to attracting nerds (like myself) to anime over other art forms, INFP Characters in Anime I Admire And Fear, Why Cognitive Functions Are Superior to MBTI, My Paper on the Scientific Validity of Cognitive Functions, etc)
  
  
• Cognitive Science (CogSci Concepts that Completely Changed the Way I Look At the World, What Optical Illusions Tell Us About Our Brain, What is Cognitive Science and why is it Detectives?, A novice’s look at Artificial Intelligence, etc)
  
  
• Books(On the Superiority of Agatha Christie’s Plotlines, Why the Literary Sherlock Holmes is the Best Sherlock Holmes, The Genius Action of Red Rising, Best Underrated Books, Great Books By Marginalised Authors, My Favourite Poems, Opinions™ on Popular Book Series, maybe some of my own poetry/ readings of my bedtime stories for kids, Creative Writing Advice, etc)
  
  
• Random Info Dumps on Whatever I am Interested in This Week 
  
  
• Artsy Swoosh-Swoosh Whoa Videos

(Oh, and I’d also like to make a video on The Symbolism in “Whisper of the Heart” (where anime study girl below is from) because it’s near and dear to my heart)

And that’s about it! I’d also like to kick things off with a Q&A, so please send me any and all questions (and I mean ANY and ALL questions) to my askbox over here and I’ll get into it on my channel over there.

(That being said, I’ve been gone for a loooong time, so I wouldn’t at all be suprised or offended if only two or three of you are left to look at this post. (…tell me, is the “studyblr” tag even still a thing? Or is it something else now? “studycore”? “quarantisophia”? “Cosy Academia”?) Anyway, to ye veterans that are still around, I’d just like to say: thank you. Thank you for sticking around and for giving this ol’ blog another shot!
And to y’all spring chickens - happy to have y’all on board! :D)

Have a good one, 
Study in Style

*except for the Supernatural rant post which was vital for my continued existence on a three-dimensional plane