Hello!

20-21/100 days of productivity

During the weekend i was ill, but now i am so back! I started studying for the exam i’ll have on the 24th of march, which is chemistry. I think i’ll do well enough if i stay consistent now (:

smiley titration flask ft. tulip from an event on monday🌷🤍🧪

god good morning! back on my studying in my car grind, since i’ve been waking up hella early for some reason. the weather is amazing and im getting more comfortable in clothes again! enjoy some notes on blood 😊

11.03.2025// survived a semi-interesting workshop, another busy day at work and a long, long phd brainstorm/writing/reading session. can't wait to unwind in the afternoon!

listening to: cradle of filth, absinthe with faust

sunday | march 9

officially one week til i'm done with the term and my digital to-do list just isn't cutting it anymore. the next seven days will be a haze of lab reports and presentations and final exams, but i'll come out the other end one step closer to getting that degree.

22-23/100 days of productivity

Did two old chemistry exams. I think if i go on with this same pace for the next weeks, i’ll get done everything i need to get done for this exam. Can’t wait!

I particularly focused on a few reactions i have to learn by heart, and how to balance symproportionations and disproportionations without getting confused (:

4 March 2025

The first chemical technology lab was super fun! I'm surprised I enjoyed it as much as I did, given it's kind of... ochem-heavy and I absolutely detested ochem labs. But I had a good time! Fingers crossed that won't change.

Lab partner and I made biofuel via esterification and transesterification reactions. The former was a reaction between oleic acid and methanol in acidic solution. The resulting ester - methyl oleate - has a greater density than methanol which is why it falls to the bottom of the cylinder, as you can see in the gif. It was so cool to see these "bubbles" in the entire volume just floating downwards as the reaction progressed. I love chemistry! 💖

Did I skip my lecture to work on my lab report that I didn't do this weekend...? Yes. But at least I'm getting it done. Been feeling incredibly tired lately, however.

Today's goals:

● Finish Lab Report

● Take notes on lecture slides

● Sleep early

Sometimes you just have to lower your expectations a little and take care of yourself I guess.

🎼 : Blue World - Mac Miller

📖 : To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee

28 February 2025

The new semester started by chewing me up and spitting me out. I told my thesis supervisor today that crystallochemistry turned out to be even more difficult than I'd thought it would, to which he happily said it only means I'll learn many new things. I told him I'm afraid it'll be the first exam I'll have ever failed and he just gave me a big smile and said, "you?". Unwavering faith 🥹

But what else is there to do but to keep going? I'm taking a class on inorganic synthesis this semester and after the first lecture I'm already super excited. Can't wait to have the first lab next week! I have so many great course mates that make getting through hard times at uni a little easier. Spring is coming. I got this.

Coming close to finals and the end of the quarter >.< Spent yesterday fighting the procrastination, but I got a good amount of studying done in the end.

Today's plan:

Go to the lab

Finish studying for physics quiz

Review ochem notes

Call mom

🎼: Bored - Deftones