#lifeblr

18.4.22

The best parts of today.

- moving in the rest of my stuff

- us

- my fave pasta

- new skincare routine!!!

12.4.22

Productivity since using the iPad to plan out just about every corner of my life.

12.4.22

New Apartment things that make me happy ✨

30.3.22

I love you and our new apartment

23.3.22

Why do I forget that starting the day with a to do list always helps??

22.3.22

The morning so far. After yesterday’s post I decided to switch things up. Got up at 7 and went downstairs to listen to some gospel, sing, pray, read my bible and journal about what I read. It felt good. Mr H says I’m hyper but I haven’t even had my coffee yet lol. It just feels good to not feel so heavy :)

Finally wearing these

21.3.22

It’s been a while since I posted. I mean really posted. I’ve been itching, longing for something I can’t quite put my finger on. I prayed today and that really helped. I’ve been yearning for God too and some peace. I feel scattered. In need of routine and clear goals but most importantly God in the centre of it all.

1.3.22

And just like that February is gone

11.2.21

This week // Lovin life and lovin you treated myself to new perfume after five days of not being able to forget about it. Discovered a new cafe with Mr H and had a date night.

9.2.22

Work has been calming down, the opportunity to catch my breathe during the work day makes a huge difference. Still quite a few tasks and goals I’ve set myself that I haven’t been able to tick off. Hopefully this weekend will fix that.

2.2.22

Guys, gals and all followers of my academic and general journey since summer of 2019. From today this blog is technically no longer a study blog, because I did it. I graduated (class of 2020 but due to covid officially in 2022)! I started this blog after coming a click away from dropping out after my second year but being convinced otherwise. I started it as a way of documenting my progress , keeping myself accountable, keeping myself excited about academia and being able to put it all behind me if I hung on a little longer. I have cried SOOOO much in the past year in the past three years.

This has been a safe space. It’s held deep thoughts and many feelings that I won’t be deleting but continuing to document as I figure out what else life has in store just like I have been doing even after I finished in 2020.

Thank you for being a part of this journey. I hope you’ll stick around.

#lifeafteruni

29.1.22

I loved this day!

28.1.22

I post my own photos because we need more black content on this space

27.1.22

Feel so spread thin at work but this outfit was giving me the energy I needed. Plus my recent Vinted finds

after months of anxiously waiting and overthinking, i finally got the grade for my BA thesis i submitted in september! and it’s much better than i expected, i almost can’t believe it… your girl is very happy now!

i miss uni.

i miss actually going there. waking up early, biking through the morning cold and walking across campus to get to my seminar. or perhaps having to set out a a bit earlier because i need to drop off some books or print my notes. i miss the crowded hallways and getting out of breath climbing up to the fourth floor twice a day. i miss bumping into people i know and chatting with them for a few minutes while we snack, going for lunch and sitting way too long in the canteen. i miss having to eat in front of the lecture halls because the dining hall is too full, and waiting too long in the cafeteria to buy my favourite cookie inbetween classes, only to go running back. i miss sitting next to someone in class. i miss raising my hand, the small talk before the lecture starts and staying a bit longer after. i even miss my heavy backpack and professors opening the windows even when it’s cold outside.

the “i still haven’t done this” and “i don’t really understand this either”. casually going to the library, sitting next to my friends, each of us working on something else. having friends meet me at the cafeteria for a coffee because i need a break from essay writing. the back and forth between campus, library and faculty and the conversations with whomever decided to walk with me.

of course there will be time when i get out of uni and start working and none of this will be part of my everyday life. i just didn’t expect that it would happen now, at the end of my bachelor’s and beginning of master’s. i wish i could go back a year to tell myself to enjoy the mundane, the seemingly meaningless moments that i would now give everything for.

i had my first work meeting yesterday and it went great! i’m starting on monday and i’m super excited to actually use real data from real people (after years of just reading and discussing studies or just doing super small studies for seminar purposes). very curious about where this is going to take me

i hope your january was as good as mine!

Merry Christmas everyone and a good start into 2021!✨

i know this year has been - in one way or another - hard for every one of us. nevertheless, i always like to take the month of december for reflecting the past and planning the future - seeing what was good, what i want to leave in this year and what do i want for myself in the year that is to come. for anyone whose brain works the same way as mine, here is a little companion for you, the year compass. make yourself a cup of tea, light some candle and spend some time with yourself. this is the second year i’m doing it and i’ve been looking forward to it since november.

so, i finally got my dream job! i got an email the week before last and today i got one with more information and i’m so happy! i’m going to be working as a student research assistant with my favourite linguistics prof and i couldn’t be happier

the best cinnamon bun i’ve ever had and some friday afternoon walks around the city with my friends // a quiet saturday morning

another year, another walk through one of my favourite streets

i never schedule anything on fridays because they belong to me - walks, farmers’ market, reading, consciously doing nothing

first week of the new (in person) semester is behind me now, it was exhausting! but glad to be back

there’s just something about it being late august, the sky being grey for days, contrasting with the still vibrantly green trees reminding me of summer. the sound of rain and cold breeze creeping in through the open windows, relicts of the warm evenings.