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Endings and Beginnings
All good things must come to an end, as goes the old cliché. So it is for me at present with relation to the end of my share-house experience, as I embark upon the adventure of living with, and only with, my boyfriend of two years.
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Surviving a Long Distance Relationship
My boyfriend went to Canada and didn’t come home for 8 months. Within the first few weeks of meeting Lee, he told me he planned on working overseas for his gap year. So there I was, in the midst of the delightful honeymoon period of our relationship, knowing that soon we would find ourselves living […]
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Christmas Traditions
As someone who dislikes change, when I find something that works, I stick with it. I think that’s partly why I’m so big on Christmas traditions. To be clear, I’m not talking about throwaway Christmas activities like eating mince pies. I’m talking specific, intricately-planned, and carefully sequenced traditions.
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A Tiny Pick-Me-Up Dose mid-PhD
I have been told many, many times that I am wasting my time getting a PhD because I’ll just end up unemployed and poor. It could very well happen, I guess. Still, after being part of the workforce for over a decade, I believe I have a unique skill set that should allow me to […]
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Do We Understand Sex?
Five-year-old me, ‘Where did I come from?’ Isn’t it strange, the answer is sex? You see any person walking down the street—bam, someone had sex and that is how they got here. As humans we all want love, friendships, relationships and to belong to a community. So why does the word sex send an awkward tingle down my […]
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Staying in Touch
Now that the university year has finished, it can also mean friendships formed at university and in classes are lost. It can be a shame when classroom friendships aren’t continued outside of university and you lose touch.
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Bickering, Squabbling, and Heated Arguments
So much yelling. The hurling of opinions. Attempting to phrase something in a clever (but somewhat disingenuous) way to make an opponent look foolish. Why is it so common to fall into this situation? Bickering, squabbling, and heated arguments.
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When to Step In?
I did psychology as a subject in year 12. One of the topics was bystander apathy. Our teacher outlined the case of a horrific murder taking place in an apartment block. People in adjoining apartments did nothing, in spite of very audible cries for help. All it would have taken was for someone to make […]
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The Trouble with Empathy
Have you ever wondered if you’re a good person? If any of us are truly good people? Recently, I’ve been consuming a lot of Mister Rogers-related media. For those unfamiliar, Fred Rogers was an American television presenter and host of the kids’ series Mister Rogers’ Neighbourhood, which ran from 1968 to 2001. The show emphasised young […]
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Family Away From Home
The first time I moved out of my parents’ home, I was already 24 years old. That’s been the very same house I had lived in since my parents brought me home from the hospital after I was born. I had such a happy, meaningful childhood. I also enjoyed a relatively comfortable and privileged childhood. […]
