let me be tired
okay but for real. did somebody actually read “the secret history” without realising it’s a satire?
because from time to time someone posts something along the lines “i cannot understand how anyone would want to be like these characters”/”i don’t get how this is something that people romanticise” and i just. genuinely never realised someone might’ve taken tsh as a serious piece of inspiration as to how to act and behave.
to me dark academia has been just an aesthetic. just a set of ideas and aspirations, a source of inspiration for my passion of learning, a way of dressing, a veil of mystery and romance and the spirit of “carpe diem” decorating my presence. just an aesthetic, rather than the desire to engage in elitism and unhealthy behaviours and acts of instability with the excuse of “being a dark academic”.
i joke about wanting to throw a bacchanal and about wanting to commit art theft, sure. i just always thought it was obvious to everyone who’d read tartt’s books that it’s only a joke, nothing more.
revisiting some old sketches and book notes inspired by leonardo da vinci.
I got my heart broken and I survived, I failed 3 courses in university and graduated, I got rejected in the very first job I applied for and got promoted yesterday, I went through hard times with my family but then two years later, we laughed our hearts out over lunch, The closest friends disappointed me several times but I made new friends and loved them with all my heart. I did it once, I can do it again.
blue anime packs
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✨ HAPPY DIWALI ✨
Fuck I'm so inspired by Grey Academia because I'm pretty salty!! So let's break shit down!
- Favorite stationery can be that pen you found on the ground that works pretty damn well
- Bullet journal with spreads every now and then, mostly handy notetaking paper. Pretty lettering right alongside scratched out modules started in ink. Bujo can mean a dotted notebook, or a piece of blank paper, or the next page in your class notes
- Your desk decor includes unwashed mugs and your electric bill
- You've needed to buy batteries for your fairy lights since you bought them
- Library books. Rented textbooks. Reserve textbooks. Pirated textbooks. Photos of the problem set on your phone.
Watch Good Will Hunting.
Bro, DON'T tempt me, I don't wanna pull out my sword and flirt with you. DON'T.
Dark academia things you should NOT strive for:
Caffeine addictions. this shit ain't cute, learn better ways to manage you sleep and energy.
Workaholic culture, working hard is great but not in exsess
Romanticizing mental illness, you are just as valuable and talented healthy, happy. don't convince yourself otherwise
Elitism, you aren't better than other ppl for being more educated if your not polite.
Eurocentric: Dark. Academia. is. Not. Just. For .White. Skinny. People. In. Blazers.
Neurotypical lifestyle and studying patterns. If you can't do things the way neurotypicals do then don't force yourself. I tried to force myself to tale notes and memorise things the way is been taught in high school rather than what was best for me.