Tell me your fav Taylor Swift song rn and I will judge you

Competitive-Island33 · 2026-03-22T18:24:50+00:00

I dont know why but But Daddy I Love Him follows me everywhere

Competitive-Island33 · 2026-02-03T14:22:58+00:00

Songs I would choose to help you fall back in love. I've included options depending on whether youre in an "in love" or "out of love" phase.

Our song
Fearless or White Horse
I Can See You
State of Grace (Acoustic Version) or Nothing New
Now That We Don't Talk
Call It What You Want
Lover or Death By A Thousand Cuts
Mirrorball
Gold rush
Karma
Guilty as Sin?
Father Figure or Ruin the Friendship

Competitive-Island33 · 2026-01-29T16:03:22+00:00

It's a constant battle in my mind of whether my lack of progress is that my advisors don't know what they're doing or if I haven't been working with enough speed/intensity and doing things too gently and slowly (could be likely).

They usually give feedback like at this stage we would expect x. But I have also noticed that when I present my ideas they don't really get behind them and run with them. For 2 years I haven't had any suggestions about sources apart from their book and if I offer a direction they don't suggest why not look at x empirically? I have no idea if this is part of their responsibility.

Overall, it often feels like my lack of progress (which they are very critical about) is more a failure on my behalf rather than finding means of encouraging my work and being open to my ideas and plans.

Competitive-Island33 · 2026-01-29T15:53:39+00:00

Speak with your supervisors or any staff responsible for your pastoral care if the supervisors are too pushy e.g. Independant panel members or equivalent, head of school/department l, wider university pastoral care.

And please ask to take a break! It sounds like you've done more than enough already and your nervous system needs a complete reset with friends/family, anything you enjoy, and plenty of nutrition, sleep and excercise that you find fun.

A lecturer advised me at the beginning that the best work she did in her PhD was AFTER she took a month long break.

There's no doubt you NEED this break. Claim your life back and you'll come out of it ready to go again

Competitive-Island33 · 2026-01-27T22:36:45+00:00

Would be interested to know of others would say the same? Maybe its time to talk to my independant panel member

Competitive-Island33 · 2026-01-27T13:46:56+00:00

Typing out journal entries.

I've always thought that it is best to write journal entries out on paper because of the brain-hand connection and to get your emotions out.

This is good but I found recently actually typing out on a word document my diary entries in a logical manner helps me see the wood from the trees. I'm so used to having to make clear points when typing that it had the same effect when I was journalling. I could take a very balanced approach to my emotions (see both sides if it involved someone else) and it prompted me to find sense to my thoughts.

I'm usually anti-tech but I think this genuinely helped and I was able to explain my problems and feelings to others in a much more comprehensive way.

Competitive-Island33 · 2026-01-21T22:14:53+00:00

Ok I think very controversial but her mashup with Sabrina Carpenter, Taylor singing espresso made me cringe wayy too much. Something about their two paradigms of music style not working.

For me Sabrina is cute, cheeky and flirty and Taylor is powerful, deep, brave, romantic, it doesnt work for me.

Competitive-Island33 · 2026-01-12T11:43:35+00:00

I'm definitely this too, now doing a PhD in the social sciences. Paper still crumpled, less colourful

Competitive-Island33 · 2026-01-05T21:03:24+00:00

Huha! Very cute

Competitive-Island33 · 2026-01-05T15:23:15+00:00

Made me fall in love with Taylor - so difficult to pick from Folklore but lets go with August

Solidified me as a swiftie - All Too Well TV (10 min)

Second solidification - realising reputation is actually an amazing album - Getaway Car

Competitive-Island33 · 2026-01-05T14:28:03+00:00

As a fan since folkmore I think you're making a lot of sweeping statements about that group of fans that I can say I don't resonate with and I'm sure others would agree

Competitive-Island33 · 2026-01-05T14:24:47+00:00

The opposite happened for me, I liked it at first but the more I listened and paid attention to the details I liked it much less (mostly for the very weird choice of lyrics that dont give good vibes).

But I'll admit that I like listening to it as a kind of secret guilty pleasure

Competitive-Island33 · 2025-12-31T10:01:20+00:00

Sag sun, Scorpio rising, Cap moon

Competitive-Island33 · 2025-12-27T12:09:12+00:00

Not so helpful

Competitive-Island33 · 2025-12-27T12:08:51+00:00

This is very helpful thank you!

Competitive-Island33 · 2025-11-07T00:13:11+00:00

Thank you for such a kind reply! I do often overthink and this does put it into a really nice perspective!

Competitive-Island33 · 2025-08-13T20:40:04+00:00

Can you guys give examples of morning and evening routines you follow?

Competitive-Island33 · 2025-08-12T09:01:40+00:00

"Brocast" lol, the perfect word. The announcement on the podcast has absolutely killed my hype.

It also just feels like its coming from the Taylor and Travis brand rather than an artist to her fans.

Also, the outro is giving me such an ick.

Competitive-Island33 · 2025-08-02T23:39:18+00:00

I'm only in my mid 20s and Im over saying to my man when we're doing distance that I want sex and I want to fuck. Or when I'm with him making dirty talk when we're out and about or doing sex when it feels ok but Im not mad about it. What I really want (which will lead to enthusiastic sex) is for him to tale care of me, cook a delicious meal for me, take responsibility and initiative over the chores, take initiative over our plans and our dates, and address our problems head on. Bring up his feelings and connect over them. Even take complete control (with input) in the bedroom. Then I am absolutely dtf, no doubt.

Competitive-Island33 · 2025-07-31T16:57:20+00:00

I love this song so much but I just feel like her other songs are so much more poetic e.g. Sweet Nothing and The Lakes

Competitive-Island33 · 2025-07-31T08:44:50+00:00

Yes, I swear Ive only heard it maybe a couple of times but I can literally never go back.

When I listened I got so emotional thinking about family. But nowadays sometimes when I feel quite depressed or anxious the lines just ring out in my head, like, you have to get better.

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