Hello I'm strawberries
I graduated VCE in 2015, took a gap year, and now I'm a first year at The Australian National University in Canberra :)
My degree is pretty complicated to explain, so let's just say I'm doing a kind of specialized arts degree :)
subjects I'm taking
Last semester I took intro courses in philosophy, politics, international relations and international security. In winter I took a course in political theory/philosophy, and this semester I'm doing a course in political economy, a course about how to write political science essays, and another intro course in IR (continued course of what I did in sem 1). I really enjoy what I'm doing in uni (although it's kinda hard!)
last semester
Last sem was quite ok! Do have a distinction average, which is ok, and I've literally learnt so much last sem! (although I've forgotten quite a bit, but still)
Uni social life is quite difficult though
But strawbs, what do you want to do after your degree?
Honestly I have no idea, in terms of future study, there are many things I'd consider. Perhaps honours in either international relations or political science, maybe a masters degree in this area? I'd also like to do a PhD but yeah, still early days yet :P (also love to explore other fields)
Also, have been considering a UoM JD for a while, don't know if I should start prepping for LSAT yet, as I'm still not 100% sure I want to go, and idk if I want to spend a long time studying a law degree. Have also wanted to do an MBA before...but yeah I'm so ambitious :P
Part of me just wants to get out of uni asap
In terms of career, I would probably like to work as a diplomat tbh (ideally but not realistically though, although my career ideas will probably change over time). Getting into DFAT is very competitive, so yeah.
Also I'd like to be a politician one day, but just as a job not as a career (still need to work out my political affiliations first).
I'd probably like to start up my own business or be a CEO or something, and I'd love to be working in somewhere like London or NYC #onecandream
I have a problem aiming high rather than realistic so tbh I have no idea what I'd realistically be able to do
diary today (22/8):
- had a tutorial and a lecture (very confused)
- I read like a tiny little bit for my essay that's due in a month, but yeah, spent a lot of today eating and doing chores :(
- i'm pretty happy I finished my readings last week for my political science lecture tomorrow :) (even though I'm still fairly confused)
I do have a long to-do list though: mainly just making more notes, I took notes of my readings all sem but I need to make them neater and combine into a doc so I get a booklet :)
yep...this post turned out rather long...and I spent time doing this...rather than doing actual work :P #procrastinationwins
24th April
been over 2 months, time for an update I guess? :P (if anyone's gonna read this)
So it's week 8 already, had our midsem break not long ago, also had a few assessments as well. I'll be honest, I haven't been doing too well and I have been struggling :/ I really don't know why. Sometimes I procrastinate and get unmotivated but most of the time I put in a lot of effort and don't see results.
assessments
I don't know what I should write haha...I have 2 essays due in <2 weeks (one I will probably be writing on theories of the EU formation for IR, and the other will be on theories of the European Parliament for my EU subject but I might change my mind on the second one lol) and I haven't finished researching/drafting yet...I also have a politics essay due in like <3 weeks and I will probably be comparing the ideas of Hobbes/Locke/Rousseau (which I need to re-read or at least read Sparknotes so I make sure I fully understand haha). I haven't even thought about finals yet...I feel like I need to start making notes already but idk :/ haha
right now
With French, I feel like that's the one I'm putting in the least effort in but I still find it qutie okay cos we get online homework (modules) each day and I complete them right after class most of the time. I did scrape a HD on my midterm/first test which we got back today but I made so many silly errors. With my other subjects, I seriously feel like I don't have enough background knowledge but idk if it's just me haha...like I've done okay on the assessments so far...and I generally seem to 'get' what they're saying in class, but I don't feel like I know enough extensively.
misc
Also, I'm super hyped about going on exchange next semester!
Re non-academics, I am really uninvolved in clubs and extracurriculars, I really dunno what to do because everything seems 'full' already and I don't hear about anything. I probably should get involved re resumes/future careers, but I also feel like I don't have the time?
strawbs x
25th Feb 2019
So uni officially started today! For the first time, I have classes on all 5 days (but only for weeks 1-6), and then 3 days from weeks 7-12.
Honestly, since my exchange, I haven't been feeling 'it'. I don't know.
Random points
- This semester I'm taking 4 courses: foreign policy, media politics, public policy and US politics
- I honestly don't know what I want to do with my life. I kinda wanna change degrees. I have been interested in studying history, I'd like to further continue studies in French, so I'm not sure. Most likely though, I'm gonna stick it out with what I have because I've already come so far.
- I feel like I'm really disorganized. I've moved into my new place, it's small. Very community-like though. But it takes twice as long to get to the shops which kinda sucks. I feel like I have a million things to do - some of which are the simplest tasks yet I find extremely demanding that I don't even feel like starting. All I want to do is literally lie in bed at the moment.
- Today, I just had a 1hr lecture. It went fine cos it was an introductory lecture. What sucks is that I have a timetable clash so I will have to skip one lecture each week. Oh well.
- Last week was o-week. I signed up to a bunch of clubs. Maybe I'll actually go this year?
my to-do list this week (some non-uni related)
- print necessary readings
- finish readings for this week, commence readings the next week
- perhaps think about my first 2 assignments
- tidy my room and re-organize my desk. it isn't so bad right now, I just need to rearrange a lot of stuff.
- go to Officeworks/Typo/stationery shop and buy stuff so I can be inspired to study lol
- start exercising
- touch up my CV and apply for more jobs
- search up recipes and pre-plan meals
someone pls pray for me so I hope I can survive. sorry this was kinda a depressing entry lol
strawbs xx