22-23/100 Days Of Productivity

Hello!

I'm a biochemistry undergrad aiming to go to grad school (*^.^*)

I've recently struggled with my mental health, which has made school tough, so now I'm trying to get back into the grind >.<

This blog will document my progress. I hope to keep myself accountable and maybe provide some relatability and/or inspiration to others!!

28 February 2025

The new semester started by chewing me up and spitting me out. I told my thesis supervisor today that crystallochemistry turned out to be even more difficult than I'd thought it would, to which he happily said it only means I'll learn many new things. I told him I'm afraid it'll be the first exam I'll have ever failed and he just gave me a big smile and said, "you?". Unwavering faith 🥹

But what else is there to do but to keep going? I'm taking a class on inorganic synthesis this semester and after the first lecture I'm already super excited. Can't wait to have the first lab next week! I have so many great course mates that make getting through hard times at uni a little easier. Spring is coming. I got this.

smiley titration flask ft. tulip from an event on monday🌷🤍🧪

Biochemistry and the best Peach I've ever had

Bioquímica y el mejor durazno que comí en mí vida

god good morning! back on my studying in my car grind, since i’ve been waking up hella early for some reason. the weather is amazing and im getting more comfortable in clothes again! enjoy some notes on blood 😊

Coming close to finals and the end of the quarter >.< Spent yesterday fighting the procrastination, but I got a good amount of studying done in the end.

Today's plan:

Go to the lab

Finish studying for physics quiz

Review ochem notes

Call mom

🎼: Bored - Deftones

sunday | march 9

officially one week til i'm done with the term and my digital to-do list just isn't cutting it anymore. the next seven days will be a haze of lab reports and presentations and final exams, but i'll come out the other end one step closer to getting that degree.

March 4th, 2025.

Today was BUSY, but good! What mattered most was that I continued to show up to everything. I really didn't want to drive to campus twice, but goddamnit, I did it!

My boss told me that he wants me to be team lead for a big project. I'm super excited for this! Promotion in a year or so, here I come!

Now I just need to catch up on my homework backlog... lol.

What I accomplished:

Edited ep 13 of the podcast

Started, finished, and submitted the grant application for my research

Fixed up the grant proposal for my workplace

Had a Zoom meeting with my boss where he said he wants me to be team lead for this project!!!

Attended office hours for a class

Recorded a podcast episode

Had a club meeting on-campus

spectrophotometer lab & physical chemistry notes

25 FEBRUARY 2025 | 34/100 DAYS OF PRODUCTIVITY

started the day with physical chemistry lab!

then went to work - waiting on a couple of other departments to send me stuff, so had a chill day

evening bioethics lecture!

had a dance rehearsal after class

then finished a couple of problems for physical chemistry

🎧: everybody else is doing it so why can't we? - the cranberries 📚: ulysses - james joyce (i WILL finish it by the end of the month)

Intro

Hi! You can call me lettuce (he/ they), i’m 22 and currently a physio therapy student :)

Life didn’t quite go as planned and i didn’t do abitur (german entrance requirement for university) so i was unable to go to med school. While PT isn’t the worst, i quite like the job, im not willing to give up on my goal. So i guess the plan is to:

1. finnish physio school with the best grades possible (1.5-2 years)

2. redo abitur (2-3 years depending on which courses i have to do)

3. during abitur: get 3 months of nursing experience (really helps with getting into med school here), do the TMS (test for medical studies) and potentially do some more social volunteering if i find the time for it

4. convince a university that im a good pick lmao