It's only too late if you're too convinced it is.
Trying, anyways | Weekend Edition. 18
I find myself coming back to this quote a lot. Especially now as we are halfway through the year, yet I don’t really feel like I am halfway through my thesis. Nothing feels “good” enough but I don’t even know what “good” is. I keep convincing myself that I am too far behind to even start - that I’ll never reach the finish line of a final, thoughtful thesis.
But I think this logic applies beyond a certain 18,000 word project. It’s telling yourself you’re a terrible chef because you didn’t cook much growing up or a lame excuse to not write because you didn’t study journalism at uni.
Everyone is a beginner at some point, and it’s a marathon, not a sprint. But you have to start to even qualify for the race. So, you can start right now, and still cross the finishing line with flying colours. And I can write my thesis.
The Weekend Edition is a curation of everything I’ve been loving this week such as:
What I’ve been shopping/had my eyes on
What I’ve been listening to
Movies and shows I’ve watched / stories I’ve read
What’s caught my attention via searches & screenshots
Sunday Snippets
What a week! Tried out a few new things - a boxing class, my latest night at uni (yet), new fishbowl store post river walk, coconut matcha latte from AllPress cafe, a run (?!), matcha from Speed Dial - anything to distract myself from looming thesis deadlines.
Sunday Saves and Shopping
You’re going to hate me… but I couldn’t help myself!! As soon as my friends agreed to go bouldering I couldn’t help but search up fits. The last time I went rock climbing was in Madrid and I had the best time messing around with my mates on the fácil climbs.
Monday Moodboard:
Soundtrack
In the search of new music I stumbled across the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die which conveniently has a website that randomly selects one album a day. Anyways today I found a new fave song: Cowgirl in the Sand
An oldie but a goodie (and more my vibe than the above):
Stories & Shows
I was mislead and told Voicemails For Isabelle will make you shed happy tears. We wept streams of sad ones. Rom Coms are SO back!!!
Also have to say I did love Every Year After (oops!)
Searches
Lately I have read far too many books on political economy about the meaning of liberty, so I am in a desperate search of a classic fiction book to take my mind of things.
Library Science is the first place I hit up for some recs because Kaia Gerber is the one who introduced me to my favourite novels: Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino and Play It As It Lays by Joan Didion. Next on my list is Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay.
Screenshots
this stunning painting by Veronika Blyzniuchenko a beautiful Ukrainian contemporary artist.
Cove a restaurant i’m saving for when i’m next in new york
eye candy rings from a Portuguese mother-daughter duo NUUK
Signing off,
Ella x