Essentials for this time of year are as follows– keep warm, keep
healthy, keep it simple, and avoid wasting time to your best ability. As we paddle
through the last of our term assignments and dive head-first into exams, these
rules keep us alive. At least physically. Also Mumford and Sons.
Always Mumford and Sons.
For even the most skilled time managers, University means
December creeps up faster than you can say “wait why are there Christmas decorations
for sale in September?” Even more so in your final year when the last week of
November means scrambling to complete “why you should accept me and not the
hundreds of more superior, qualified candidates” personal statements for Grad
Schools while attempting to maintain respectable marks. Executing such obligations
with five hours of sleep a night (if you are lucky) renders nearly impossible
without a few
I’m keeping hella busy
essentials.
One: an incredible day planner for jotting your schedule to the
minute and scrawling all assignments and notes. Might I recommend
one of thesehelpful fellas.
Two: Caffeine. This goes without saying. I take mine in the
form of Iced Soy Chai. Milk makes my stomach churn and coffee gives me anxiety.
Three: An
over-sized, comfy sweater and chunky scarf to keep warm and try to give the casual-cute
vibe (*disclaimer, I am bad at successful casual-cute vibing).
Four: a pair of large
spectacles to successfully mask your nearly larger under eye circles and to
give your drying eyes a break from contacts.
These are a new favorite of mine –
incredibly comfortable and, importantly, they do not slip off my face as my
nose stares straight down into my Orchestration textbook. Bonus points for making me feel as geeky as I am when I talk about my favorite Marvel an DC characters.
Five: A pretty, flowy
dress which gives the illusion that you indeed have your life together and have not yet given up (however untrue
this may be).
These photos were taken a week ago at the Toronto Christmas
Market. Occasional breaks are required to maintain some level of mental sanity,
therefore Sunday was spent swooning over unaffordable (for students, at least)
trinkets and hot Apple Cider. This miniature vacation was followed closely by a
seven-hour retreat to a nearby coffee shop for hydration and homework.
I must now continue on with cramming.
