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

i know most of you are using Forest app to be productive, but I found an amazing time tracking app - Toggl. with online uni, i am really struggling to divide my study time and free time/no-screen time. Toggl is truly amazing because you can track different ‘projects’ and tag them and then see how much time you spend on these.

basically, you just start the timer in the app on your phone (toggl for insights, for widgets the app timery is great), in the desktop version you can even manually add time slots and not have the timer on.

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

Remember Me (2010 dir. Allen Coulter) feat Tyler’s journal

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.

[] Les dejo un pequeño vistazo a mi día a día cuando no tengo clases, pero tengo trabajo que hacer en el laboratorio de Química Orgánica. Ser estudiante de maestría no es fácil pero se vuelve satisfactorio ver el avance

[] Here’s a little glimpse into my day-to-day when I don’t have classes, but I have work to do in the Organic Chemistry lab. Being a master’s student is not easy but it becomes satisfying see the progress

University Update

so far, university has been rather.. tedious and hard to grasp. my university curriculum in particular is by far, so challenging. it’s to the point of nerverending work depending on the professor you’re given. but im slowly making it and next semester will definitely be better!

how’s school for you guys? id love to know! ❤