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[21/100] days of productivity

Slowly but surely, I'm making an analogical version of my Storygraph. A journal dedicated to tbr lists, monthly wrap-ups, favorite books of the year, etc.

[20/100] days of productivity

Worked on my Substack, started reading White Nights by Fëdor Dostoevskij and listened to Aly and Aj's new album.

Treating myself to a cup of Greek yoghurt, blueberries and redcurrants while reading White Nights by Fëdor Dostoevskij.

Summer is here. Time to carry thick books and read them at the park, eat something refreshing and delicious, go on long walks, admire the pretty flowers and get your daily dose of vitamin D.

[19/100] days of productivity

Finally finished reading Babysitter by Joyce Carol Oates. Omg. So dark and intense! I'm so glad it is over. Now I've just started White Nights by Fëdor Dostoevskij. As for other stuff, I washed my black clothes and went to the grocery store. Pretty casual day.

[18/100] days of productivity

Did a lot of reading. I'm almost finished with Babysitter by Joyce Carol Oates. Such a "traumatic" read, so dark and uncomfortable, but beautifully written. Worked on my Substack. Then went for a little walk at the park.

Summer hopefuls 🍓

It's an ambitious list, so I don't know how many of them I'll manage to read till September.

But I'm up for the challenge!

Paperbacks:

• White Nights, Fëdor Dostoevskij

• Daisy Miller, Henry James

• Mr Salary, Sally Rooney

• Autobiography of Red, Anne Carson

• Women in love, D.H. Lawrence

• Moll Flanders, Daniel Defoe

• Sappho of Lesbos, Alexander Trocchi

• Lady, Thomas Tryon

• The lady of the camellias, Alexander Dumas (fils)

• Senility, Italo Svevo

• Pillars of the earth by Ken Follett or The name of the rose by Umberto Eco...if I can manage! Not both obv 😅

eBooks:

• A little larger than the entire universe, Fernando Pessoa

• The honey suckle, Gabriele D'Annunzio

• A lover's discourse, Roland Barthes (paused, need to continue this!)

• Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys

• Sonnets to Duse and other poems, Sara Teasdale

• The book of the city of ladies, Christine de Pizan

Started commonplacing and the first thing that came back is my writer's bump!

[17/100] days of productivity

Sunday...do I need to say more?

House chores, a long walk in nature, a little second hand book haul and then just relax for the rest of the day.

Simple pleasures: eating seasonal fruits, enjoying nature, going to art museums, getting lost in a book and savouring a cappuccino and croissant for breakfast.

[16/100] days of productivity

Finally decided to tackle reading something by Fernando Pessoa. I don't know why but his most popular one, The Book of Disquiet, intimidates me so much, so I decided to start with his poetry. So far so good. Exquisite, I should say!

[15/100] days of productivity

Did research for some articles for my Substack, wrote one, and read a lot while enjoying a delicious afternoon snack.

5 words I learned recently (as a non-native English speaker) that I particularly love:

ubiquitous, adj.

present, appearing, or found everywhere.

sizzling, adj.

very hot / very exciting or passionate.

red herring, noun

a clue or piece of information that is, or is intended to be, misleading or distracting.

oblivious, adj.

not aware of or concerned about what is happening around one.

unhinged, adj.

mentally unbalanced; deranged.

[14/100] days of productivity

I'm making progress with my process of copying my most valuable screenshots in my commonplace journal. Anything like quotes, interesting facts, useful websites, articles and so on.

I've started transcribing things from Sept. 2023 a couple of days ago, and now I just finished the ones from Oct. 2024!

This is such a therapeutic activity. I love it.

[13/100] days of productivity

I've been really into this task of copying all the good stuff i screenshotted into my commonplace journal. The screenshots started in September 2023 and now I'm transcribing things from June 2024.

I'm slowly catching up!

[12/100] days of productivity

Spent hours copying quotes and other random things collected during the months―thanks to my "obsessive screenshotting mania"―into my commonplace journal.

So relaxing. Almost therapeutic. I recommend.

'Good is dull. What novelist ever succeeded in making a good man interesting? . . . Evil on the contrary, is exciting and fascinating and alive. It is also very much more mysterious than good. Good can be seen through. Evil is opaque.'

Loved it!

[11/100] days of productivity

It's Monday, so...you know the gist.

Read, eat, write, repeat.

[9/100] days of productivity

Read...A LOT.

and that's all.

[8/100] days of productivity

worked on some articles for my Substack, made a lot of progress with Babysitter by Joyce Carol Oates (this book is...devastating and kinda traumatic), did house chores, and went for a walk.

May 2025 wrap-up

The Closed Doors by Pauline Albanese - 4/5

The Ravishing of Lol Stein by Marguerite Duras - 4/5

Vladimir by Julia May Jonas - 4/5

The Beautiful Summer by Cesare Pavese - 5/5

Among Women Only by Cesare Pavese - 5/5

A Fairly Honourable Defeat by Iris Murdoch - 5/5

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart - 4.25/5

10 Days in a Mad House by Nellie Bly - 4/5

wonderful reading month!

check out my reviews here 💌

[6/100] days of productivity

I finished reading Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Laurence and started adding my favourite quotes on @literarymood

made notes about a couple of interesting articles (I'll share them soon)

the weather was miserable, but I went to the bookstore just to browse and walk a bit

ate pasta with chickpeas...it was delicious!

current reads:

• Babysitter by Joyce Carol Oates

• Sappho of Lesbos by Alexander Trocchi

• The Triumph of Death by Gabriele D'Annunzio

• The Dead City by Gabriele D'Annunzio

[5/100] days of productivity

Made some notes about this article on the Romantic movement and Friedrich's paintings.

Such a nice read!

I'm really enjoying this new commonplace practice, and keeping you posted about it.

[4/100] days of productivity

read this great article about journaling and went through my current notebooks to sort them out.

[3/100] days of productivity

Today's Sunday, so...relax time. The only productive thing I did from my list was reading. Started this little book about Sappho that I found in a thrift store recently.

Obviously, I also did some house chores etc but I don't track that stuff here. Then I watched several episodes of Dark. So unsettling, tangled and raw. I'm addicted.

articles to read instead of doomscrolling.

Demonology

A Question of Free Will: Inside the Final Days of Katherine Mansfield

The Humiliating Act of Falling In Love

How to read a painting

When Horror Is the Truth-teller

Love Is Like Cocaine

Lizzie Siddal: The life of a Pre-Raphaelite supermodel

Joan Didion Against a Performative Life

Women drawing nudes: a history of forbidden bodies

How midlife became a crisis

and more to come!

[1/100] days of productivity

starting my new commonplace journal with some notes about this article on demonology. such a fascinating read.

I want to keep this practice up. keep me accountable!

So in 2 weeks I have 4 of the most important exams of my life and I haven’t felt more unprepared for anything like this. So to get me going I made a to-do list of what I would like to manage to do in these 2 weeks

daily 2 hour study session - Math

daily 2 hour study session - Psychology

finishing reading the novel

finish reading the Greek tragedy

finish reading the poetry book

make the presentation for thesis defense

write 8 practice essays (e&c)

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