My Winter Study Session Essentials: Lots Of Blankets, Hot Chocolate, And A Cozy Sweater (or An Oversized

10 years, 10 goals

I was tagged by @crumpetofcuriosity !!! Thank you!!!

List 10 goals you have for the next 10 years, write it down or save it somewhere you can find it again, then tag 10 people.

To be happy with where I am. Hardly anyone knows if where they are is the right place, I want to understand that.

Be confident!!! I have come so far and have loved to watch my confidence grow. I can’t wait to see where it has gotten to in 10 years.

To be working hard. As long as I am showing some serious effort, I can be satisfied. 

To still be learning Latin, because truth is, I am nowhere near where I want to be. Hopefully, ten years is a good time span to improve…

To befriend more people!!! I have made so many new people in the past few months and it has made me such a better person. I want to continue.

To read more. I have just started reading more and finding time to read, so I hope I continue that.

To make changes where changes are necessary. A lot of people don’t quite believe in quitting, but I think sometimes quitting is healthy. Sometimes, we give things our all, but they are doing us more harm than good. Some changes are necessary.

To take risks!! Some risks are good and can teach us important lessons. Risks don’t have to always be scary and huge. Some are beneficial.

To laugh at myself more. I take things wayyy too seriously and I hope to change that.

To stop procrastinating. I have literally had this in my drafts foorreevveerr, so I hope to get things done when I can, rather than just when I feel like it.

I can’t think of ten people to tag, but I encourage everyone to try this out! It really helps to put things in perspective, even though ten years seems like a really long time.

I love hearing about the vibes I give off cause I honestly have no idea

09/17/15 // Mind mapping for an overwhelming genetics section. Sorry I haven’t been super active — I’m having kind of a rough week, personally and academically. Much love. ❤️

Physics time!

I was gonna do my laundry but when I turned the corner and saw this on the ground I stopped what I was doing and decided to make a snapchat story of science (I’m @thescalex on snapchat, if you want my username)

*cue Charlie Brown soundtrack of kids cheering*

There’s your science for the day. Go try it out for yourself!

*UPDATED* in the final picture of the original post, I made the mistake of saying “light as a particle” - I should have repeated the initial description (which is now fixed): the effect is from light passing through a single slit and diffracting, which is more accurate to what is being observed, because each bulb is a “point-source of light.” While the general scientific consensus is that light does indeed have particle properties, this single slit experiment is not a true depictor of those properties. While fewer photons do indeed get through, diffraction still (faintly) occurs between the lines. It’s the double slit experiment where things get REALLY weird, though.

twenty tags, twenty questions!

Tagged by @study-beaver thank you hun!

Rules: Answer 20 questions and tag 20 followers you would like to get to know better.

Name: alex

Nickname: halex, wren

Zodiac sign: aquarius

Height: 6’

Orientation: aromantic (im on the spectrum im not completely aro!) asexual!

Nationality: american

Fav fruit: peaches, bananas, mangos, strawberries

Fav season: halloween!!

Fav scent: that really heady scent from body wash that tries to smell like flowers but just smells like sugar

Fav colour: 💛💛💛

Fav animal: I love bears!!! so much!! and more recently, mice!

Coffee, tea, hot chocolate: don’t make me pick

Average hrs of sleep: like 6? but with weekends more like 8

Fav fictional character: it changes with every story i read or watch

No. of blankets you sleep with: tres

Dream trip: italy, or Huntington Beach

Blog created: late 2017

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26.05.18 | tuesday | 6/100 days of productivity here’s my Mess ™ feat. DNA notes. sometimes i stress out over how little i achieve but then i remember that everyone’s speed is different and that’s okay! today i studied DNA and RNA and did some trigonometry practice. also i did some bio tests in the format of my state exam an the result was surprisingly good - i scored 40-something points when i actually don’t know anything - my goal is to make it at least 80 points in one year and a half.

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2/100 My anatomy study guide for the final: done! The final itself is tomorrow as well as my geometry one. Super nervous, but confident I can do well! Also: my notecard I can use for the anatomy final! I wrote very tiny. 🎧Crime - Skott, Grey