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  • Review week 44/2025

    Grateful

    • I’m thankful for all the support I got while I was finishing my master’s thesis research proposal.

    Failure

    • That there is no way to get my reMarkable device to connect with my Zotero account or even an easy way to import all my annotations from my reMarkable into my Zotero library.

    Take Away/Doing Next

    • Instead of reading articles for my study program on my reMarkable I’m switching to my phone where I can use the Zotero app for Android. This way I already have my annotations where I need them for continued work.

  • Review week 43/2025

    Grateful

    • To have persons in my life who understand the difficulties I’m dealing with on a daily basis and support me each in their own way.

    Failure

    • In the office I got again misgendered by a colleague whom I yet again corrected. Instead of apologising they started laughing and continued the misgendering.

    Take Away/Doing Next

    • I will continue standing up for myself and correct misgendering, especially in environments I plan to or have to stay in for a longer period of time.
    • Looking to become part of an environment in which my gender is acknowledged and accepted.

  • Review week 42/2025

    Grateful

    • I reached out to colleagues from my study course and got some helpful tips for researching literature.

    Failure

    • Only two weeks left to hand in the research proposal for my master’s thesis and I’m behind schedule writing it.

    Take Away/Doing Next

    • Schedule time for exclusively working on my research proposal, either reading articles or writing.

  • Review week 41/2025

    Grateful

    • Because of technical difficulties at the office this week I unexpectedly got days off and used that time to work on my current study course assignments.

    Failure

    • Every time I think about work or being at the office I feel my muscles tensing up.

    Take Away/Doing Next

    • To help me better cope with the current situation I’m going to visualise the moment where I no longer need to go to the office.
    • Seeking out opportunities to find potential future collaborators.

  • Review week 40/2025

    Grateful

    • I’m grateful to have people in my life who accept me for who I am and I love that we can mutually enjoy our time together.

    Failure

    • I got late to bed on several occasions this week resulting in having to catch up on sleep on Sunday.

    Take Away/Doing Next

    • I want to surround myself with people who are good for me, from whose company I can refill energy and draw inspiration.

  • Review week 39/2025

    Grateful

    • Many thanks to a rhyming snail providing content for this week. I don’t know how I would have managed without them.

    Failure

    • This week was packed with lectures giving me nearly no time for anything else. I barely managed to finish my homework and assignment on time.

    Take Away/Doing Next

    • Define and block time in my calendar reserved for study course work and blog posts respectively. Thus meeting deadlines and maintaining a regular update schedule, which under the given circumstances will be adjusted.

  • Review week 38/2025

    Grateful

    • I’m very grateful to all of my readers and celebrate the 100th like this week! 🎉

    Failure

    • While the workload from my study course is increasing, I’m starting to struggle keeping up the daily blog posts.

    Take Away/Doing Next

    • Exploring potential options and making necessary adjustments in my publishing routine.

  • Review week 37/2025

    Grateful

    • receiving the understanding of others that certain situations are more demanding of me

    Failure

    • Construction work started in the neighbouring house and it is loud. My colleague suggested to drown out the noise with music from a radio. When I stated that I couldn’t work in such an environment, I wasn’t taken seriously.

    Take Away/Doing Next

    • still going to state my needs and choose my environment and/or contacts accordingly

  • Review week 36/2025

    Grateful

    • my colleague from my study course understood the reason why a meeting during the summer pause was simply not possible for me

    Failure

    • wasn’t as prepared for the start of my third semester as I would liked to be

    Take Away/Doing Next

    • finding a routine that helps me work on my study assignments while keeping the daily blog updates

  • Review week 35/2025

    Plus

    • finished summer school and learned about topics that really interested me and I can benefit from
    • managed to publish a post everyday regardless of complete exhaustion thanks to timely preparation on my part

    Minus

    • couldn’t do and prepare everything I wanted to do/prepare this week due to complete exhaustion caused by the strain from the constructing site near my office
    • felt miserable because I needed a good portion of a day just to get some of my strength back from this very exhausting week

    Next

    • make schedules to reserve time for specific activities like my study course, creative pursuits, blog posts, etc.
    • evaluating the last two months and making necessary adjustments