This morning, I polished and submitted RFI 7 for the Concrete Materials in Practice course. In the afternoon, I focused on reviewing class lectures to prepare for my final exam. I attempted to use Copilot to develop a Zotero plugin that would export vocabulary words directly to Eudic, but unfortunately, it performed very poorly (or didn’t deliver good results). After finishing my work, Amir and I made our first-ever trip to the Cameron Library. ...
Today was a fulfilling day! I woke up early and found that my preparation time was much shorter than usual, thanks to having the microwave. I spent the morning finalizing the slides for our group presentation. As is often the case, I didn’t enjoy the group meeting, and I realized I might have a somewhat unhelpful mindset. I’m constantly worried about the professor’s judgment of me. Worse, I find myself adding my own negative personal thoughts to what I imagine the professors think, which then reflects negatively back onto myself. This cycle leads me to underestimate and doubt my own abilities. This process is genuinely damaging to my self-esteem. ...