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"There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that is your own self. So you have to begin there, not outside, not on other people. That comes afterwards, when you have worked on your own corner." // Aldous Huxley

catch you later,

Karleigh

“Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.” // Anton Chekhov

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I've talked to you guys about studying before, because I love school and academia and everything about learning. It's kinda my thing, which is why I am basically going to university to read and write and enjoy the architecture of my campus. Another of my things is architecture -- I freaking love buildings. But studying is kinda weird for me because I never had to study in high school, which some people look on as a blessing. Let me be the one to tell you that not having to study in high school is not a blessing. It's not because you go into college not knowing how to study and so you have to quickly figure out how you study and how you learn. I've had two years of college already so I'm fairly versed in studying and writing notes. I enjoy the note taking process because I like to write stuff down and I like to copy my notes. The thing that I have figured out already is that I cannot study in my dorm room... or well I cannot read in my dorm room. 

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I don't know if it's because I read in bed or because it's later in the day but reading in my room makes me sleepy and my mind wanders. It's not good so I've taken to reading in the library -- pretty good, but still almost fell asleep -- and on campus -- my favorite so far but it's been raining off and on so. Since school is starting back, I think it's nice to remind yourself that studying doesn't necessarily have to happen at a desk. Sometimes a new location can open your mind in a lot of ways that you could have never imagined.

catch you later,

Karleigh

"I am so clever that sometimes I can’t understand a single word of what I am saying.” // Oscar Wilde

231/365

You travel blindly through life, seeking guidance in small decisions and asking what you think are life's big questions. So here is my question to you: Why do you ask yourself questions that the universe never asked you to answer? Answer: Blah blah blah. Satisfaction/Comfort in knowing answers in the way the world works. 

Sometimes we should just sit back and let things happen, because they will. No matter how much you think about something or plan for something, things will change and you will be forced to adapt. You have to go with the flow. For me, that's hard. I don't like flowing; I like determined steps on mapped out sidewalks. That doesn't always happen though so... just go with it. Be like a tree, unmoved by the happenings around it but swaying with the changes of the wind. 

catch you later,

Karleigh

"Sometimes I'm terrified of my heart, of its constant hunger for whatever it is it wants, the way it stops and starts.” // Edgar Allan Poe

230/365

You can write about anything, you know? I do; I write about whatever comes into my head. Sometimes I write more poetically that other times. Sometimes I don't write anything at all. I think about how everyone is different, everyone views things differently. You can write about one thing while another person writes about something completely different. 

In my dorm, there are multiple places that have drops of purple nail polish. I'm not a fan of purple, but I guess the person before me was. They really liked purple nail polish or they were very clumsy with the bottle. Do you ever pass by someone around campus or in the store and just wonder? Do you wonder about what nail polish they like, why they decided to follow the Birkenstock trend, how they came to have the haircut that they do now?

Try it. Let me know what your mind reveals.

catch you later,

Karleigh

“She’s a full-on Monet.” // Clueless (1995)

229/365

I started a new school today. It was pretty cool but I have to go drown myself in reading assignments now.

catch you later,

Karleigh

"Don't create limitations." // unknown

228/365

Do you ever feel like you are wasting time, like you should be doing more, living more? There are 525,949 minutes in one year and, on average, you will probably live for 41,024,022 minutes. That's roughly 78 years, which is the average lifespan for people in America. That's not that long. So it's easy, I think, to feel like you should always be doing more than you are, like you aren't living your life to the fullest? It's a hilarious thought actually because who decides to what maximum you live your life but you? Everyone has a different sense of adventure and a different idea of what you want to do. I just think maybe we should stop comparing ourselves to other people in our age bracket. 

catch you later,
Karleigh

"Sometimes I can't help but feel // That I'm wasting all of my time" // Over My Head, Fleetwood Mac

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 “Yet each man kills the thing he loves,
by each let this be heard.
Some do it with a bitter look,
some with a flattering word.
The coward does it with a kiss,
the brave man with a sword.”

—Oscar Wilde, The Ballad of Reading Gaol





catch you later,
Karleigh

"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." // Oscar Wilde