a week in my life 📚 the reality of college: studying, getting sick, learning how to adult™️

I was this close to skipping class today. Hello everyone, I did not vlog much today because literally the only thing I did was go to class and edit a video. People always ask me like, how do you balance doing YouTube in college and having a social life and doing dance? And the answer is, um, I have no balance. I don't know how other college youtubers do it, but usually if I'm uploading in a timely manner, I'm behind on some sort of assignments. If I'm not behind on my assignments, I'm probably behind on video editing and in the rare chance that I'm not behind in school or on YouTube, I am very behind on sleep. And lately I've been really prioritizing my sleep. Like I've noticed that I really cannot function without like a good seven or eight hours of quality sleep. Honestly, I think it's very good that I've come to that realization because in high school, especially senior year, I would literally be at school from like 7 a.m. Sometimes up until like 9 or 10 p.m. Running on like five hours of sleep and honestly, high school Debra was built different. Like I don't know how she did it, but college me needs sleep and don't get me wrong. I still will be up until like 4 or 5 a.m. editing a video, but college has just been a wonderful journey of re-evaluating really what my priorities are in life. It's almost finals week, so I thought I would kind of vlog what my week is like during finals. But hopefully this video isn't too boring because I can already imagine like half of the footage just being me at a desk working or procrastinating or both. Time to do more work. I'm cold. I didn't eat much today. And so I am so hungry right now. Still have so much work to do. Last night, I started getting like a stuffy nose and this morning I woke up with a sore throat. I have a final for my nursing class that I still need to finish studying for. Also gonna upload a video today, but I don't think that will happen because I'm just... I just have too much stuff going on. I woke up a bit later than I was supposed to today. Like two hours later to be exact. I just felt like my body needed the rest. But yeah, great timing to get sick right in the middle of finals week. I might actually go get a COVID test because I just want to be safe. I haven't gotten sick in a really long time and I forgot how shitty it feels. Oh, one-handed! Okay! 2,000 people? Let's go! Something to look forward to. Time to go back to sleep because I feel miserable. So it is the next day. I have a big bowl of chicken noodle soup. And I thought I'd just give y'all a little bit of an update. I know I don't sound that great, but I feel a lot better both physically and mentally. But I'm still gonna stay inside my dorm for most of the day because I am not fully recovered yet. But today I'm definitely not gonna stay in bed the entire day. I'm gonna try and do things that I know will make me feel better. Right now my room is a mess or like my side of the room is a mess. My room inside the room is always very clean. But I've just not had the energy to keep the space tidy like I usually do. And so I'm gonna do that and also take care of some household errands. Do my laundry, things like that. And yeah, today's just gonna be another chill day. I really was not expecting to get sick this week. I guess this is just the reality of being a college student. It's not as glamorous as it seems all the time. You get sick, you struggle through finals, you learn how to take care of yourself. It's all part of the process. I'm gonna go finish my soup now. Ugh, that's disgusting. Time to clean the bathroom. I know my room in the bathroom isn't really like visually dirty. But my roommate and I take turns cleaning about once a week. And that way filth doesn't accumulate over time. And funny enough, cleaning is actually a lot easier when there isn't much to clean. I made myself a little rice bowl for dinner. This was so easy. It took literally like five minutes. But I'm eating it with some of my leftover hand-pulled noodles. I know it looks fancy, but it's literally just rice and eggs. Some smoked salmon, green onion, sriracha, kewpie mayo, and some furikake seasoning. And I'm very excited to eat it. It is Monday, and I didn't vlog yesterday because I needed a break. I am still sick. I'm trying not to be frustrated with my body for taking so long to recover. It's not even been a long time. It's literally been like three days. But I just have not been able to get any work done during this time. And it's really unfortunate because I have a paper that is due tomorrow that I literally have not started yet. Thankfully, my professor was really flexible and they gave me an extension on it. So I have a little bit of extra time to work on it. But it's not the greatest thing in the world because it just means my break is going to be delayed because that was my last final. Not gonna lie, I'm feeling a little bit pessimistic today because even though I did my makeup and I got ready for the day, I can't really leave my room because I'm coughing a lot. And I don't want to worry the people that are around me if I were to go to a library or a cafe. I also literally cannot focus in my room. So I don't know what I'm going to do and how I'm going to finish my paper on time. Time to stop procrastinating. If you're watching this video as a form of procrastination, it's okay. Stop being afraid of not being your best. Stop being afraid of being a failure and just do the thing that you're supposed to do, okay? Just do it. You'll feel better after you finish it. Thank you. Some food and tea from the dining hall. But I had two random people come up to me and say that they watch my YouTube videos and really like my channel and so that made my day. But I also picked up a package and I honestly don't remember what I got. So, let's see. What is this? Oh! Simple Retro kindly sent me some clothes. This sweater looks brown on camera but it's actually green. And they also sent me this really cute yellow pullover. Very excited to wear these for the winter. Thank you, Simple Retro. I decided to come outside and take a walk because I've barely left my dorm in the past four days and I really need some fresh air. So, I decided to come outside before it got too dark. The sun is already starting to set. Gonna try this konjac jelly. I don't think I'm gonna vlog tomorrow because I'm just gonna be spending the entire day working on my paper. But I'll see you guys once I am done with my finals. Tammy's gonna get me through this. Good morning, everyone. It is like 8am right now and my paper is due tonight. But I am so sick of writing this paper. I'm going to make the deadline for myself to be noon. So, I have like three and a half hours to finish this paper, revise it, edit it and turn it in. Thankfully, I don't have to do any citations for it. But we still got a lot to work on. How do you open this? Cheers. Yesterday, I was using the Pomodoro method and it was actually pretty effective. And so, I think I'm gonna do that today except I'm gonna do the 50-minute and 10-minute timer. Timer is on. Music is on. And we are ready to go. Honestly, this isn't that good. I'm sorry, BTS. My ears hurt. No getting distracted. Oh, God. Oh, God. Yes! I'm done. Don't worry. It's not actually late. I got an extension. But I'm done. I'm done with my first quarter of sophomore year. I'm back and I got ready because I'm about to go out on a little solo outing. And I'm honestly so excited because I haven't really done anything fun just by myself in a really long time. All dressed up. And so, I'm about to go out and I'm gonna take the link down to Capitol Hill. And you know, just kind of treat myself a little bit. This is my outfit. Let's go.