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18|04|2025

Slowly crawling back here to post to talk about books, because ngl, I missed it. At the moment, weirdly enough I only have one book on my currently reading and it still is Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales. This is the third and final book in this series, and despite me being a little over 100 pages into it I am not vibing with it. I loved the previous two books, and flew through them, but I am so stuck with this one. I don't even feel like picking it up. It is partially due to my mental health and energy levels at the moment, but also I feel like it's also this book's fault too. It's been very slow so far and I don't really see where it's going? Not much has happened so far, which also makes me wonder why this book exists in the first place. Maybe this could have been a very good duology? I feel like it's dragging a lot, idk. If someone has read the whole series and can give me some spoiler free opinions that would be lovely. I am really hoping that the plot will start doing something for me, because I want to read so bad, but at the same time this book is not keeping me interested to have a good reading session.

28.06.2024

imagine how i managed to get a tarot client from a spanish lesson? we were asked to introduce ourselves and the teacher asked what I did for a living and I was like "How does one officially say that they read tarot cards for people?" lol

it's very literal, by the way - "Leo las cartas del Tarot"

we had a small talk about our professions and then one of my classmates asked if i had whatsapp or something so she could get a reading! i hope that this inspires you to just "do the thing" because this wouldn't have happened if i didn't bully myself into buying the spanish lessons!

what i did today 📤:

gym session with my sister (1.5hr)

bought new skincare products bc i'm breaking out again

ancestral reading for a new client

spanish revision + input (1hr)

duolingo (15min and 488 day streak)

currently listening 🎧 : las calles de mi ciudad by Bilbao

today: trying to froth milk barista-style without a frother and failing miserably, dinner, mandatory snickers and the bill

thinking i should do a reread soon

oat milk matcha + vegan muffin + things i've been doing

🎧 abattoir blues/the lyre of orpheus, nick cave & the bad seeds

📖 bestiario, julio cortázar

April reads, not including what I read on my kindle. Having them in a pile like this makes me realize just what an absolute mix of genres I read in the past couple of weeks. It's hilariously chaotic. Anyway!! May is here! I was just telling a friend it feels like a yellow month for me, the kind of month that gives you unrestrained courage. Everything is bright and vivid. May you soak up the sun and grow confidently like the plants outside this month🌻

I shouldn’t treat my body like a shore for others to shipwreck onto. Somehow no one has told me this yet.

— Coexistence, Billy-Ray Belcourt

how is it may already next week

Day 43

2025.4.15

Classes start today.

Feeling a bit apprehensive because I decided to take as many classes as possible this semester, and it's going to be tough. But as much as I love studying, and as much as I worry about the future, I really really want to get closer to the finish line.

On top of my classes, I also need to come up with a research question for my master's thesis (hence the book in the picture – hoping for some inspiration). I have a few ideas, but so far, I'm not in love with any of them.

At least the weather's nice! (although we desperately need some rain...)