Day 15 of improving myself until I get a girlfriend

This weekend was great, honestly. I've been in a crappy mental state as of late and for some reason I managed to stay productive but also improve my mental state. I feel serene yk? Like think the riff of Sextape by Deftones and that's exactly how I feel. 

I started the day by reading the first volume of Vagabond which is just beautifully drawn and also Japanese history is so cool. I just cannot believe that at some point in time, Samurai was a real thing. I also watched the rest of Gunsmith Cats and it's a great 3 episode OVA that I will always vouch for. The episodes feel slightly disjointed but I love that OVA to death. I started watching Golden Kamuy which is also really good and reminds me of some of my favorite movies and I started reading Dorohedoro but it's too early to decide how I feel yet.

I spent most of the day studying too but not as much as yesterday. It was a very productive session and I had more time to myself as well. I have a maths test tomorrow but I think I've got it under control.

I also did some light reading this evening. Actually it was pretty heavy for me. I am almost done with The Trial by Franz Kafka, I have literally 6 pages left of the book and I'm excited to finish it tomorrow, I'll update when I'm done and might even do a book club thing. 

I kinda skipped dinner today. I'm not trying to justify meal skipping or anything but I had a really big lunch so I wasn't too hungry. I do feel like grabbing a small bite right now actually but that's after I finish writing this.

I didn't learn anything philosophical today but I did brush up on my etiquette because I go to a military adjacent school and they're very adamant about gentlemanship and chivalry. I'll chat more about it at the end section

Lastly, I took a nice bath and I felt really clean and refreshed after, I gave myself a clean shave. It felt almost symbolic, like if a fictional character showers or bathes it usually represents them turning a new leaf and that's what it felt like for me. I'm not exactly any different from yesterday or the day before but it just feels good mentally to take a nice bath.

Thanks for reading this. Today, I kinda wanted to talk about etiquette and why you should respect it. Or don't, I'm not your boss but think of this as a mere suggestion. I think etiquette and table manners and all that stuff is really important because when you walk into someone's house, you want to show you respect them and their property and their family, this is just how I was taught growing up. So, I've always done this even with people I've been friends with for nearly 10 years now and everytime I walk into someone's house, I try to be as respectful as possible. You don't have to go overboard or anything but just be polite. I feel like that doesn't need to be said or I'd like to think that doesn’t need to be said but I've had some awful house guests who throw my shit around like it's garbage and that makes me feel so angry but this is my guest so I can't yell at them. Just be a pleasant house guest and I'm sure all of you are already pleasant house guests but it doesn't hurt to brush up on manners and etiquette every once in a while.