what’s on my desk: messy person edition by Rona W. '23

ever see one of those social media #inspo posts featuring an aesthetic workspace with color-coded notes, DIY pencil holders, and marbled laptop cases?

this is not that post.

this is a post about my desk, which seldom has enough free space for me to actually get work done. 

here’s what’s on my desk, from left-to-right, top-to-bottom:

my friend Katie Zhao’s new novel, The Dragon Warrior  ⁠01 Katie and I have the same agent, and I actually got to see her at Boston Book Festival last month. she signed my book!

a binder containing a draft of my novel manuscript ⁠02 I meant to revise this throughout the semester but balancing school and writing is hard

printouts of my 18.200A (Discrete Mathematics) lecture notes

The Art of Problem Solving, Volume II

a box of contact lenses

a random notebook I made freshman year

Writing Irresistible Kidlit

a Pusheen notebook

more contact lenses

Brookside dark chocolate, acai and blueberry flavors

Complete Minimal Poems ⁠03 lighght

daily moisturizing lotion

empty plastic bottle that really should be recycled

A Cup of Water Under My Bed ⁠04 an MIT Reads selection. the author came and spoke to us a few weeks ago!

hair dye, ⁠05 I dyed my hair last month and kept the box 'just in case' fuchsia

another empty plastic bottle

charcoal makeup remover wipes

peach pressed powder

earbuds

lip balm

cloth hair elastic

retainer

eyeshadow palette

lip gloss

glasses

knit hat ⁠06 blogger points to anybody who can guess which flag it is

folder of critiques from CMS.307 (Critical Worldbuilding)

mug containing toothbrush & toothpaste

hair brush

blush

concealer ⁠07 stress acne is a rip :(

powder foundation