Saurenson

academia things that genuinely make me happy

large textbooks filled with extra papers which hold the answers to the problems you thought were too brilliant to be thrown away, or the simple short summary of a part you were struggling to understand before

having your textbook absolutely ruined by highlighters and sticky notes all over it, those little tips and ideas you picked up from the lesson. anyone who opens that book immediately knows that you’ve studied the crap out of it and know the concept by heart. “this is the most annotated book i’ve ever seen” is literally the highest form of compliment for me.

solving math or chemistry problems to a soundtrack album or ambient sounds, extra points if it’s in afternoon lol

when you’re so focused and keen on getting to the final answer that your hand physically can’t keep up with your eagerness so you end up with the most incoherent solution. but you’ve finally got the answer right!

being self-taught in a subject or a few chapters of the textbook, and still smashing the quizzes and the exams

coming up with a new solution to the problem, or seeing the problem from a new perspective, and finally being able to solve it because of just that.

confidently walking out of the exam room. 0 doubt in your mind that you crushed it!

actually feeling how you’ve grown academically, and how much more knowledgeable you are compared to the beginning of the semester

casually and confidently having conversations with a professor about your studies, exchanging ideas and discussing the existing theories, methods, on-going research and all

all of this is everything i want in life- god 

22.06.20

i’m now in the last week of term, so compared to last week’s business of zoom calls it’s feeling very chilled out. here’s to the end of the school year! 🥳

reblog and put in the tags something that you were looking forward to and can’t do it because of coronavirus

[ one hundred days of productivity: 3/100 ]

sun 18 august

powering through some physics revision while listening to ‘come from away’ before i retire for the night and watch some himym :)

15-01-20

making some physics notes on onenote:) however i am becoming increasingly aware of and annoyed by the fact that our entire physics course is about men, there is not a single woman mentioned in the entire thing.

hope your studies go well and have a great day! x

thank you !! :) x

monday 23rd sept

started back at orchestra today, i missed it so much 🥳 love love love paperchase’s planning pads atm, so useful and i got them in a 3 for 2 sale, so it’s a win win.

todays affirmations: i am brave. i know exactly what packages to install for my code to run. ROOT cannot hurt me.

07/08/20

coded a rock, paper, scissors game! (=> completed one of my summer goals!)

did some mini exercises and summary post-it’s of rotational motion

read a third of the good immigrant

& tonight i’m going cycling with my dad and will do another violin session!

summer studying challenge, 7th aug: what is your favourite summer ‘beach read’?

red, white & royal blue by casey mcquiston!

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