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#Femlead chat on informational interviews
I’m leading the #Femlead chat on Twitter this coming Tuesday, 16 April, between 2 and 2:30pm EDT (GMT-4). Please join me! From the University of Venus description: #femlead is for those who lead, those with vision, those who seek to support one another in the challenges and opportunities facing us in all areas of academic…
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Tackling “scholar’s hunch”
For a long time I’ve felt generally physically uncomfortable. I have to make a point of standing or sitting up straight. When I’m trying to sleep, I can’t figure out where to put my arms. All chairs seem designed to ruin my day. As a student, I spent hours at a time hunched over a…
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Stress and illness
Back in the summer I had a flare up of eczema . I’ve had persistent little dry spots appear before on my skin, primarily on my hands but also on my feet and arms. This time, it was different. By the fall, the dry patch was still there and growing ever larger. It had spread…
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Quick trip
It was a long weekend here in Ontario, so when Bernard offered me a ride to Ottawa, I jumped at the chance. (Ottawa’s my hometown, and my parents still live there.) The only caveat was that Bernard wanted me to take a few pictures of him posing in front of a few landmarks. We left…
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Changes ahead
I’ll be playing around with different themes, layouts, and header images over the next few days. Don’t mind the mess and here’s hoping for positive changes!
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Scheduling
I’m an organized person, mostly. But I am easily distracted, and often forget to keep focused. I make endless to-do lists, cross some things off, and then the rest of the items just sit there, never getting done. It’s not that I don’t want to do them, or can’t, or don’t have the time. I…
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Welcome
I defended and finished my dissertation in February 2012, graduated in June, and now we’re in December. It’s been six month since I received my PhD, and I’m still not sure what I want to do with my life. And that’s ok. I wish the transition process was faster, but you can’t hurry progress. And…