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Goal: Learn to Surf
Once University is over for the semester, I always get a burst of energy to make plans and set goals for the summer. This year, one of my goals for this summer is to learn to surf.
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Questioning the Idea of a ‘Dream Job’
In school, we get asked: ‘What do you want to do with your life?’ That question usually means: ‘What do you want to do for work?’ We are encouraged to foster a dream for our career and to make any manner of sacrifices to achieve that dream.
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What to Do When You Don’t Have Much to Do!
I have recently found myself with not very much to do. Apart from keeping you all entertained with these blogs, I have no actual commitments at the moment, having finished my Honours thesis and not yet started work.
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Breathtaking
I climbed to the top of a mountain. I say mountain, but that’s a misleading statement. I mean, it is called Mount Lofty, but it’s a bit more like a big hill. We don’t really have mountains in Adelaide. In spite of Mount Lofty not being quite like the mountains in this image, I looked […]
The Will to Live
I’ve come up with a new task for myself to complete every morning. Something to be the first thing on my agenda for every single day: find the will to live.
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Mid-Year Resolutions
I feel like I need a reboot on the resolutions I thought I had already set for myself in January. I honestly don’t think I did any of them, so I guess better late than never in this case. These are a few of the ones that I will focus on for July. I am […]
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A Mission to Watch More Films
My relationship with films is funny. I love seeing them, listening to podcasts about them, talking about them, and writing about them, but truth be told, I don’t actually make a lot of time to watch films at home. This wasn’t always the case. One of my favourite things to do used to be going […]
Why You Shouldn’t Make a Resolution
New Year’s Resolutions are outdated. The idea of “New Year, new me” seems kind of arbitrary—changes aren’t instant, epic, and permanent. Those three things just don’t work.
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Making a Daily Schedule
A huge, looming problem in my life is that I worry too much about the future and never live in the present. Thinking about the future and the Big Things—finishing my PhD by January, finding a career, navigating the world as a single person—just make me curl up into an anxious fetal position, which is […]
11 Resolutions You can Really (Maybe) Keep
Struggling to think of some reasonable ways to challenge yourself this New Year? Here are some suggestions to get your started.
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