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Beware: talk about language learning, college, and writing is expected, but anything goes. |
   THE AJM SAGA According to Dictionary.com a saga can be defined as the following: a medieval Icelandic or Norse prose narrative of achievements and events in the history of a personage, family, etc. Essentially, I think that definition sums up one thing I want to do with this blog: talk about myself. But, also, I kind of like the vibe it gives because I love Scandinavian things (especially concerning Norway and Iceland). The thing is? I have done blogs in the past about writing. While I intend to continue blogging about my writing process, I also want to branch out and talk about other things. However, this is my first time blogging in this format. In essence, this blog is also an experiment of sorts. |
| September lurks. Tomorrow, I have a soccer game I am attending with a friend, a festival with fireworks to celebrate the next school year, and a meeting with my building for the next school year. Just like that, Monday I am back in the game. Classes begin, and there will be celebrations and free food for most of the week. I guess I have been so focused on the present that I haven't thought about September too much. But, now that I think about it, there are a few things I would like to accomplish. This next month is going to be very busy, but I am okay with that. This list will be from the low priorities to the high priorities. First off, I would like to transition from writing one novel to taking a short break, and then preparing for NaNo in November. I had originally planned to work on Graves of Magic during the month, but since my current work in progress is fairly heavy, I am debating writing something that's more lighthearted to give myself a break. And Graves of Magic is fairly heavy, as it is a combination of grimdark, horror, and tragedy. My two other contenders would be under the fantasy romance category. That's my writing goal for the month. Since NaNo will be two months away, I will leave it as my lowest priority to figure it out. The second priority is sort of related to NaNo in a strange way. I would be learning Swedish. My plan right now is to try to be somewhere closer to conversational than I currently am. I am a part of an online NaNo community that primarily speaks Swedish, and while I can understand most of what they say from my experience learning Norwegian, I would like to be further along so that I can participate in Swedish as well. This is also a low priority, as I have other things that take a higher precedent than language learning. Next up would be figuring out a practice schedule. I'll be honest: figuring out something that works for me is challenging. However, I would like to practice every morning before class for at least an hour. As a note: I do have a digital piano and headphones. My next priority would be to maintain my social life. This includes working as a board member for the Queer and Trans Services. My main goal will be welcoming any new people, facilitating one of the support groups, and helping to plan events. But I also want to spend time with friends. Whether that's playing Mariokart with some of them, or if it's studying with them. My next priority will be to build my research experience. I have two labs I am currently taking part of. One works with human animal interactions—primarily dog research, but some of the work I have done in the past with this lab deals with the conservation efforts of zoos. The second lab works with wetland ecology, and it deals with figuring out how much chlorophyll and algae are in the streams. Now we are onto my three top priorities of the month. Both are pretty insane, so are you ready? My second most important goal for September would be to find a new job if I haven't already. I am currently in the job search process, and I am hoping to find something that will work with my school schedule. And this means spending the next few weeks applying like crazy to other jobs. My next big priority would be to focus on schoolwork and to build a solid study habit. I did just fine with my psychology degree without studying too much, to be honest. Although I did study, I realized last year that my study habits weren't efficient at all. With psychology, it mattered, but I got by. But biology is completely different, and it does matter. Especially when I still have challenging courses coming up. My most important priority for September will be to make sure I have time for my personal health. To me, this means sleeping enough, eating a balanced diet, and exercising. But it also means taking time to meditate when I can, and it means taking care of my mental health. This one is especially important to me. |
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