This is gonna be a bit of a weird blog today but I wanna get this off my chest. Genuinely, what the fuck is my ex playing at? To provide some context, we broke up two years ago. It was a very messy and bad breakup and we didn't keep contact after, blocked each other on social media, etc etc. When I went back to school, I was in her friend group (because her friends are also my friends, fucking he... » Continue Reading
As the title suggests, today's blog is gonna be about some things I found out about how I study and what sort of works for me. NUMERO UNO: Actually being in school! (shocker) I find that I'm a little more focused in school than I am at home. Or at least in an academic-centric location, like the library. Or a cafe. I don't know, I feel that at home I get more easily distracted (games go brrt) and I... » Continue Reading
Genuinely.... Why the hell is focusing on academics so HARD? It's like no matter what I do to try and fix it, nothing ever sticks . I've tried countless apps and techniques and whatever but I just can't keep it for as long as I want. Urghhhhh. I did an ADD test with some mental health clinic a while back and they told me I match 7/9 of the criteria. But it can't be that bad, right? Surely I sho » Continue Reading
So. Retakes are one of those Big Scary Things™ that everyone in IB treats like some kind of morbid fate. Everyone talks about retaking but no one actually explains it properly until you actually need it. But » Continue Reading
Holy shit. So I got my IB results a while back, and I was kinda devastated because I got a 26. I genuinely thought there was no hope. But somehow, I got into one of the leading universities in the Czech Republic. WITH A 26. It feels strange knowing I’m about to leave a version of my life behind and step into something I’ve only imagined so far. Uni has always kinda felt like a... distant checkpoi... » Continue Reading