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last updated April 04, 2026Tempe, almost packed
currently rehearsing the moveout by worrying about it in advance. graduation is close, my room is slowly becoming boxes, and everything feels slightly too symbolic.
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current inventory
- reading
- forms, emails, deadlines, and other exciting literature from the graduating adult genre.
- working on
- moveout logistics, graduation things, small site edits
field note 01
the room is becoming boxes
everything is slowly sorting itself into piles. keep, donate, pack, throw away, deal with later. moveout has not happened yet, but it is already the main character in the room.
every drawer is an argument with a past version of me who thinks keeping receipts, cables, and random objects is a form of preparedness. i am trying to want less, which sounds great until you actually have to decide what to do with all your stuff.
field note 02
graduation weather
graduation is close enough to feel real and still far enough to be mostly emails, dates, forms, and family logistics. very glamorous. very cinematic.
it does not feel like celebration yet. it feels more like rehearsal for celebration: checking dates, confirming things, and making sure nothing quietly collapses at the last minute.
field note 03
goodbyes, slowly
the goodbyes are starting before anyone officially calls them goodbyes. last meals, last walks, last visits to places i stop noticing because they are always there.
tempe is doing that thing where a place becomes sentimental the second you realize you are leaving it. i am keeping photos, screenshots, receipts, and other evidence because memory cannot be trusted with this much admin.
field note 04
coffee, tabs, and final loops
coffee is winning over tea, which feels like a personality shift and probably also a symptom. my open tabs are drafts, youtube watch later, taxes, graduation tasks, and things i must do this month because apparently leaving a place requires paperwork.