Semester 2!

So today my semester 2 of college starts! And not going to lie, I’m quite nervous. The thing is, last semester didn’t go so well in terms of both academics and mental health. So I’m a little worried for this semester.

But I have goals for this sem. I’m working really hard to improve my mental health (therapy and shit) and I’m going to try much harder for academics and attend classes, submit assignments and all that. I’m even aiming to get up at a decent time everyday and hopefully get some breakfast.

I also want to work on improving some of my relationships with people. Like just talk more to people I want to get to know more. I have a solid friend group but I want to explore a bit more.

I’m prepared for this semester, but I’m also worried. But that’s okay I guess, I’m still learning to deal with things. I think I’ll be fine. Worried but also excited I guess. And excited is good! yes okay this is good okay I have to go for my first class of sem 2 now so byee!

I Love Winter Tag!

Okay let me be honest here, I don’t particularly like winters. In fact I borderline hate them! But this tag seems fun so I’m going to do it anyway!

So I was nominated for the I love Winter tag by an amazing blogger who writes at The Finicky Cynic. Thank you so much!

And here goes –

1. Favorite Lip Product: Body Shop lip balm! I don’t know what flavour it is exactly but it’s a berry flavour (strawberry I think) and it has a little bit of colour and I love it!

2. Favorite Drink: Chai or coffee are great! Especially chai with adhrak (ginger) in it! Occasionally, hot chocolate does the trick too.

3. Favorite Nail Polish: I don’t wear nail polish very often so I don’t have a favourite but no yellows and bright blues. Otherwise it kind of depends on my mood.

4. Favorite Candle: I don’t really use candles much!

5. Favorite Attraction: What does this even mean!?

6. Favorite Accessory: Pyjamas! I have these cow pyjamas which say “I’m moody in the morning” and I love them! Besides that, fuzzy socks omg!!!

7. Favorite Candy: Twix! Or Snickers! 

8. Favorite Movie: Dead poets poets’ society is amazing and well I usually just watch this Tv show called Gilmore girls.

9. Favorite Blush: I don’t use blush at all! 

10. Favorite Thing: About winter? Um well it’s probably siting in my blanket in front of the heater with family and watching a nice movie or Tv show. Besides that, nothing! Don’t like winter at all!

So that’s it! This was fun! So now my nominations are –

My Irrelevant Thoughts 

Child of Cynicism

Hope Says…

Life of an Inspired Teen

Misstery Blog

Okay so you guys can do it or not, no pressure!

Have a great winter guys! (And summer to those in and around Australia!) 🙂

 

Goals for 2017

Okay I know I’m really late with this post but I was travelling so here goes! – 
Personal 
1. Mental health – get help. Go to therapy. Get my shit in place. I want to feel better. 

2. Travel to a new country – okay so I put this on my list every year and it never happens cuz zero funds but hoping. 

3. Get better grades – yes. This. Because I don’t like not doing well. So put more effort. Do more. Will feel better in the end. 

4. Make more friends – just want to socialise more. Let’s see where this one goes. 

5. Come out to my mother – I don’t even know why but okay???

6. More art and photography – I have mixed feeling about this one but I’m good at it and I want to improve so why not!?

7. More reading – I used to live to read but since life got shit busy I haven’t been doing any recreational reading and I want to get back into the habit of doing it. 

8. Exercise – health is important. 

9. More adventures in my city – now I finally have the freedom to explore my city and there’s lots to do here so why not!? 

10. Cook more – cooking makes me happy. It’s as simple as that. And if something makes me happy then I should definitely do more of it! 
Blogging. 
1. 700 followers – I’m at about 580+ right now so hoping. 🙂 

2. Interact more with bloggers – I used to do this earlier and it was fun but I got really busy and stopped and I want to start again! 

3. Improve content – don’t really need an explanation for this one! 

4. Post at least 1-2 a week – I used to post almost everyday but I sometimes just randomly don’t post for very long so I want to try to maintain a semi regular schedule. 

Yeah so that’s all, hoping this year goes well! 🙂 

Revisiting 2016

Okay so I started writing this post in the last week of December but I’ve only just gotten around to completing and posting it! Oops!

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So last year around this time, I did a post called Revisiting 2015 and I basically wrote down the major events from every month and so I decided to do that again for this year! This year has been quite eventful so this might be a long post but here goes –

January –

January was when the college application process was going on and most of the month I was busy with that. I also hit 300 followers on my blog in Jan. In terms of mental health, it wasn’t the best month but I managed. I also wrote a post about mental disorders at that time and about how they’re not a joke. Mom also fell a little sick at that time but it turned out okay.

February –

Valentines day! Even though I’m not a huge fan of that holiday, it was still pretty fun. We had some very cute celebrations in school and then my then girlfriend made some very lovely plans and it was a nice day! Then I also heard back from the one art school I applied to and found out that I got in. It was a very bittersweet moment and I wasn’t able to go but I’m happy now despite the choices I made so it’s cool!

March –

March is when Easter is and reminded me of a friend who recently passed away with whom I used to celebrate Easter. March is also when my sister’s birthday is! She turned 13 last year and I made her a Harry Potter cake and wand and map and all that stuff. I also asked a friend of mine to prom this month. And finally, I started a new Instagram account about feminism etc (here).

April –

I wrote a series of posts about graduation this month. We also had prom this month which meant lots of preparations for that too! Post that we had gratitude day and scribble day. We expressed our gratitude for our teachers and then we scribbled notes on each other’s t shirts. It was a lot of fun! The next day we had our graduation ceremony which was unreal and amazing and slightly overwhelming! Had to make a huge decision regarding college and finally decided to stay in my own country for college. Also, April was so busy with studying for finals! Also, I was one month clean in April.

May –

My finals for high school were in May! they went on for pretty much the entire month till about the 20th! Then I went for a friend’s birthday the day after exams ended and two days later I left for my Graduation trip to Goa with my friends! It was AMAZING!

June –

To be honest most of June is a big blank for me. I think I was so relieved that high school was over that I wasted most of the month!

July –

I was doing an internship in July. I also got my results back for my exams and I was pretty happy. I also got a drastic haircut. Basically I used to have long ans wavy hair and I got it cut quite short and straightened! And finally, I went on a trip to Bangalore and I met my baby cousin and it was great!

August –

I started college in August! And I also turned 18, on the second day of college actually! August was so crazy with college packing and I was so restless and it was no nice and bad and ahhh! So basically summer ending and college starting.

September –

September was insanely busy. I was getting to know my roommate, making friends, getting adjusted to college, learning to manage my studies and everything all at once! I only wrote one post about college this month!

October –

So by now college was in full swing. I had 4 courses and I was finding things pretty difficult cuz well stupid mental health but I was managing. I was also crushing on a bunch of people and idk it was nice. It wasn’t a bad month tbh.

November –

November was a horrible month in terms of mental health. Slept through most of the days tbh. But there were a few good bits. Finished two years on WordPress!!! Also attended my first Pride parade, IT WAS AMAZING OMG! Also, I wrote a post that I’m quite proud of and it was about like people watching on the metro.

December –

So I started my second internship this month. Finished my first semester of college. Christmas!!! And I wrote two posts that I was really happy with, Calcutta and A yellow couch. I also wrote a post about the good bits of 2016.

AND THAT’S IT! DONE WITH 2016!!!