How Being an Avid Fiction Reader Can Make You Feel Dumb

Before I knew it it was four in the morning and I had to be up in six hours and I simply didn't care. I momentarily thought about going back to that academic reading since I was now so awake, but I knew it wouldn't work. I knew that my energy was really adrenaline from the plot, and that no matter how much I live and love to learn, working-class politics of Victorian London was not going to inspire the same kind of focus and alertness in me as Dashner's plot twists. And to be honest, I felt a little dumb for it.

It’s Just Been One of Those Weeks

Little victories matter. Feelings matter. So please, if you're feeling down, know that it's okay. Tomorrow is a new day. As they say, Rome wasn't built in a day, and neither will your success be dependent on one day you may spend in bed because you just really don't want to see the sun and the people enjoying it

Quirky Cultural Differences #4: Norway

Professors don't only use slides/whiteboards, but it is still very common to see chalkboards in the classes. Instead of an eraser for said chalkboard, the professors use a wet sponge. Girls lift weights just as much as the guys in the gym. In humanities classes in particular, it is common that the student must first … Continue reading Quirky Cultural Differences #4: Norway

Of Morning Classes and Motivation

I'm not always a doer, but I am a planner, so I have all these plans now, and I'd love it if you could help hold me accountable for seeing them through. I'm posting them here, so even if no one reads this post, it's out in the world that these are the things I am setting my mind to do.

And So the Blog Begins…Again.

On this, the eighth of May, 2014, I have been home for officially one week of summer vacation. This was the first time coming home for more than two weeks since I moved to Vancouver for school, and I didn't even buy a return ticket, because we didn't know when I would go back. It … Continue reading And So the Blog Begins…Again.