nightystudying

academia is ruined, we need to throw it back to the days when scholars were only after the cure for death, i want to wear a cool robe and get funding from the king to just do whatever the hell and kind of poison him

wear your favourite outfit with your tallest shoes. order that ridiculous drink and ask the server to add espresso. run that extra mile and see the river. make your favourite breakfast and add more flavour. clean your room with ghibli music in the background. do your homework with your feet on your desk. live life to its fullest extent, but don't push off your responsibilities. find your balance. dont settle for mediocre. take care.

Books, art, galleries and museums are the best material things in the world, aren’t they?

Current read: ‘Smile Please: the unfinished autobiography’ of Jean Rhys.

What is your dad’s weird hyperfixation??? They all have one

it's so easy to deny yourself basic things, like food and sleep, in order to punish yourself. but you deserve better. you deserve tasty foods that make you smile, to sleep in and go to bed early, to be warm and cozy. you never have to "earn" that. you deserve all of that and more just by existing. you're allowed to be kind to yourself. kindness is brave.

A brand new study corner full of sun lights✨

This entire lockdown has felt like the Richard alone in the wintertime chapter of The Secret History, I’m not going to lie

if you don’t remember, it will be something that never happened.

I find these carrels with views over Bloomsbury completely irresistible. I had a really productive morning here looking through philosophy periodicals (and daydreaming about living in those terraces)

my daydreams lie buried in autumn leaves

lately i’ve been waking up at 12pm & procrastinating every assignment i have