Tuesday 19th April

Things have been kind of rough at home recently, so I've been struggling to get much motivation to do anything. I have about 7 days left to do my assignment, which is about 80% complete I would say but I've got the hardest part still left to finish which is the discussion and I just can't get my head around it. The introduction is just sections from my literature review thrown together at this point. I'm not feeling very proud of my project at the moment, but I'm hoping to redeem myself in the final two essays.

I'm feeling tired and worn out and I'm looking forward to the freedom of no deadlines tbh, which is probably why I'm steering more towards my hobbies atm.

I have been spending more time on my 'business' and sorting out my social medias; I set up a Ko-Fi shop which I originally was going to delete. I have set up a pay what you want shop on there with commission information and membership tiers, not that I have much of a following for that but hey ho. I've also reinstated my fiverr just to increase side income but I don't know how successful that will turn out, but I think it's just something different to do and a bit of fun. I think it's nice to essentially be your own boss.

My creative side is really squeezing itself out of me and keeps distracting me from what work I should be doing!

Monday 11th April

Recently it was my birthday, it was a quiet and uneventful one but that's okay, I didn't really feel up to celebrating it. I got a new video game which is exciting and I plan to play that when I've finished the game I'm currently playing. I went to a car show yesterday which was something different and a good break away from everything.

I bought myself a new large, foldable frame for my cross stitch which I've been working a lot more on. I already know what I want to stitch next which will be a custom design. I've definitely got the stitching bug back which is nice. It's probably come back because I can see the end in sight of my degree, because that means more hobby time!

I had a statistics workshop today but it wasn't very helpful. I have spent most of today working on this report which is absolutely breaking me down. I feel like it's impossible at the moment but I've forced myself to sit in front of this computer all day to get something done and it's kind of veryyyy slowly forming into something, but I'm so far away from being done. But, because I've worked well today and I've not been feeling too good mentally, I'm planning on some self-care this evening which will include a Disney film and cross-stitching, so I look forward to that and I hope I can de-stress a bit because I'm definitely feeling the stress. 

I have done a small amount of reading, but not as much I should be but I've still got plenty of time to catch up on my 10 book goal this year. It will work out easier to do when I'm not perpetually stressed from uni!