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Back in the gym.
Let's hope it sticks this time.
Owl shaped glass jar and lots of slips of white paper with book titles written on them. Ready to be folded up and placed in the jar so that I can pick a book at random (or by the will of Athena)... who knows.
Making a reading jar 🥰
In honour of Athena.
Owl shaped glass jar symbolic of knowledge, wisdom, and learning as well as Athena herself.
All my books I have to hand are on slips of paper ready to be placed in the jar so that I can pick a book at random (or by the will of Athena)... who knows.
It should give an intentional start to the day, but also an accurate record without all the scribbling out and rewriting people end up doing every time they deviate from the plan. So here's my first day in progress. Added some stickers because if you're gonna do something, why not make it cute 🥰
So I think I'm going to do away with the expensive planner and just use a regular notebook. Use a two page spread per day. Also means I won't waste half the book if I miss days. On the first page I'll time block my intentions for the day. But on the second page I'll log my actual activities.
I used a planner to do interstitial journaling. Thought I was just failing at timeblocking, but turns out it's a whole different system I was using. Timeblocking is planning ahead. Interstitial is basically Captain's Log style where you record activities as they happen.
Changing my planner situation this year.
Continued in comments...
#timeblock #planning #planner #yearlyplanner #academicplanner #timemanagement #interstitialjournaling #captainslog #dailylog #habittracking #undergrad #woodlandecology #university #student
Photo of a laptop decorated with stickers, green headphones, and a stack of forest mensuration books.
Study time.
#undergrad #study #assignmentsdue #undergraduate #woodlandecology
Photo of a book The Birdcage By Eve Chase
Book 47 for 2025.
The Birdcage
By Eve Chase
⭐⭐⭐1/2
#booksky #readinggoals #reading2025
Photo of a book Spirited by Julie Cohen
Book 46 for 2025.
Spirited
by Julie Cohen
⭐⭐⭐⭐
#booksky #readinggoals #reading2025
Photo of a book Vulture Capitalism by Grace Blakeley
Book 45 for 2025.
Vulture Capitalism
How to survive in an age of corporate greed
By Grace Blakeley
⭐⭐⭐⭐
#booksky #readinggoals #reading2025
Book 44 for 2025.
The Bone Clocks
by David Mitchell
⭐⭐⭐1/2
Wasn't particularly a fan. Some really good bits but also some really annoying bits. Felt like I needed a glossary for the ridiculous unexplained made-up terminology in the more sci-fi/supernatural parts.
#booksky #readinggoals #reading2025
If anyone knows of a book that dumbs down this subject and actually makes it understandable for the mathematically challenged, I'd greatly appreciate any suggestions 🙏
Photo of a book Forest Mensuration A Handbook for Practitioners From the Forestry Commission
Book 43 for 2025.
Forest Mensuration from the Forestry Commission
I'm not giving this a star rating because it would be zero. Not because it's a bad book but because I detest maths.
#booksky #readinggoals #reading2025 #undergraduate #woodlandecology #uoc #universityofcumbria #student #forestry
Book 42 for 2025.
The Nightingale's Castle
by Sonia Velton
⭐⭐⭐1/2
#booksky #readinggoals #reading2025
Photo of two shih tzus using my leg as a pillow
The cutest teddy bears 💚
Photo of a book The Wood Age by Roland Ennos
Book 41 for 2025.
The Wood Age by Roland Ennos
⭐⭐⭐⭐
Very interesting history of how human evolution and civilization has been dependent on our relationship with trees.
#booksky #readinggoals #reading2025 #undergraduate #woodlandecology #uoc #universityofcumbria #student #forestry #history
Photo of a book Effective Note-taking by Fiona McPherson PhD
Book 40 for 2025.
Effective Note-taking by Fiona McPherson PhD
⭐⭐⭐⭐
Excellent book. Really helpful and definitely recommend to students.
#booksky #readinggoals #reading2025 #undergraduate #woodlandecology #uoc #universityofcumbria #student
Photo of a book Plant Anatomy by Richard Crang, Sheila Lyons-Sobaski, and Robert Wise
Book 39 for 2025.
Plant Anatomy by Richard Crang, Sheila Lyons-Sobaski and Robert Wise
⭐⭐⭐⭐
Excellent book. It would be five stars if it weren't for the number of typos 😔
#booksky #readinggoals #reading2025 #undergraduate #woodlandecology #uoc #universityofcumbria #student #botany #plantanatomy
This dude just landed on my book 🥰
Photo of an open book discussing plant anatomy
You know you're a nerd when this is how you spend your summer break...
#nerdlife #undergraduate #student #woodlandecology #readinggoals #reading2025
Photo of a book English Pastoral By James Rebanks
Book 38 for 2025.
English Pastoral by James Rebanks
⭐⭐⭐⭐
#booksky #readinggoals #reading2025 #undergraduate #woodlandecology #uoc #universityofcumbria #student #regenerativeagriculture
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Photo of a stack of books The Forgotten Bookshop by Daisy Wood Common Ground by Rob Cowen Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell David Copperfield by Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Spirited by Julie Cohen The Nightingale's Castle by Sonia Velton Art History 101 by John Finlay
Second hand book haul!
Some great finds today 💚📚💚
The list is in ALT text
#reading #ilovereading #secondhandbooks #bookhaul #booksky #bookstack #newbooks #books #homelibrary
Photo of a book Once Upon a River By Diane Setterfield
Book 37 for 2025.
Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield
⭐⭐⭐⭐
Excellent, gripping, keeps you guessing, and a satisfying ending 💚
Definitely recommend
#booksky #readinggoals #reading2025
Day six - nature observations journal.
Fagus sylvatica
European Beech
Time- 30 minutes
and one from a couple of days ago
Aesculus hippocastanum
Horse chestnut
Time - about 2 hours
#draweveryday #adrawingaday #dailydrawing #drawingaugust #thedailysketch #naturediary #naturejournal
Pen sketch of three acorns amongst oak leaves
Day five of my nature observations journal.
My favourite tree 🌳💚
Quercus robur
Pedunculate Oak
Time- about 2 hours
#draweveryday #adrawingaday #dailydrawing #naturedrawing #fieldsketching #woodlandecology #drawingaugust #thedailysketch #naturediary #naturejournal #observationdrawing #drawtolearn
Photo of a book Woodland Management A Practical Guide By Chris Starr
Book 36 for 2025.
Woodland Management by Chris Starr
⭐⭐⭐⭐
An excellent introduction to woodland management. I just wish there was more of it. It could also do with an update.
#booksky #readinggoals #reading2025 #undergraduate #woodlandecology #uoc #universityofcumbria #student
Photo of pen leaf sketches
Day four of my nature observations journal. Just a quick one today.
Acer campestre
Field Maple
Time- 15 minutes
#draweveryday #adrawingaday #dailydrawing #naturedrawing #fieldsketching #woodlandecology #drawingaugust #thedailysketch #naturediary #naturejournal #observationdrawing #drawtolearn
Cozy evening with the pups and a good book 🥰