REFLECTING: JULY 25
a month marked by summer rain and empty days; went by in a flash
highlights
big big highlight of this month has been manufacturing a perfect lovely iced matcha latte almost every morning. i got the whisk & bowl and my first can of matcha powder for my birthday from my grandparents at the start of the month (my birthday’s the 28th of may though, i just haven’t seen them before now because of my vacation and me being ill) and it’s almost empty aaa!!! to me, a matcha latte is the perfect combination of a refreshing drink while having the vibe of a comforting sweet-treat drink like a cappuccino. i hope i’m sick of it soon, i honestly can’t afford buying new matcha powder every month...
i’m done with my exams wohooo! wrote my last one, business psychology, on the 17th and basically spent two weeks just studying for it. so i really put in some effort for this last one – though i don’t think i was able to put all that knowledge to paper in the actual exam. i don’t have my grade yet so i haven’t actually managed to put a real close to it yet… but soon. almost got that degree now! only my thesis and internships are left.
rewatched haikyuu for the billionth time and man, it’s such a good show i don’t think i will ever get over it. i went down the rabbit hole again, with all those memes, edits and fanart. i love it so much… hinata shoyo my dearest little cutie patootie RAAA
it has been a LOT less hot this month, the temperatures were super nice during big parts of it (down to 20 degrees!) and it kept raining a lot too, which i love. often times it wasn’t a dark depressing rain but a sunny sparkly one. gorgeous, one of my favourite types of weather.
i managed my expenses better this month – the crowd is cheering! though i didn’t get to save any either :’D bought those birkies and successfully held off on anything else.
watched “one to one: john lennon & yoko ono” at our local tiny cinema on my own as a study break.
students get free entry during the week! an excerpt of my journal entry on it:
“‘one to one’ is the name of the concert that john lennon and yoko ono organised for the children
of the willowbrook institution. the mentally retarded children lived in inhumane conditions,
without love nor light, and in their own excrements, like prisoners. […] the documentation was
almost entirely made up of original real-life material [as john lennon and yoko ono taped their
calls] – that’s very impressive to me. it’s incredible that such recordings exist, coherent
enough to retell history. […] [yet,] someone who knows more about US-history and the
protagonists of the film would have been able to make better sense of the the information given, i think.”
i spent a lovely day with my bff who is doing a semester at montpellier soon and i’m stuying in the uk for a semester after that… meaning we won’t see each other for almost a year! we did say we’d try to spend new year’s together though. we visited the bauhaus-museum, designed postcards, had coffee and a pastry, took a stroll, and blabbed a lot. <3
my planner-affine mom lent me this lovely little leather-bound journal cover. in it, you can put multiple a6 notebooks in order to organise and compartmentalise your notes and planning. i’ve been consuming some youtube videos on “paper republic” journals. paper republic is an austrian company that manufactures those very pretty high quality leather covers – but they’re quite expensive, of course. so, because i’m lucky and somewhat responsible, i’m using one of my mom’s extras for now to see if i like it! and i do! the a6 size is great for any bag and i love having a notebook with me wherever i am.
i got a pixie cut! i didn’t really mean to, i actually just wanted to go back to a shorter bob but i *did* let the hairdresser have some freedom with it. she was super happy to experiment, that was really cute and i do like how it came out. i’m pretty sure this won’t be a hairstyle i’ll have for long but it’s nice to try out, especially during summer! i look a lot like anna from “when marnie was there”.
what i learned
☆ apparently i complain about food a lot? i know i’m somewhat of a critical person and a hater™ but i don’t actually get upset about the food at the cafeteria, it’s just that i tend to point out what i don’t like about it? i also point out what i do like! i guess i should really make an effort to complain less…
☆ going out more is so beneficial to your health, in every way. that evening i spent at the movies i took the long way home, on foot, and it was so so nice… next month i want to try to take walks more often, sit somewhere and read or go jogging even. i’ve been meaning to go running for ages now but i can’t help feel anxious about it? my social anxiety creeps through something as basic as that, yes. but i’m painfully aware that i can’t overcome that anxiety unless i just do it! (nike help me out here)
i hope august will be good to me!
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