academic

Blog posts specifically discussing academic concepts/thoughts. Includes essays, writing, philosophic ramblings.

Literary Commentary
ideas || i know who you are because of the words you use | The Midnight Library and my own emotional voice
I just finished reading The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, and filmed a short IGTV which I posted to Instagram yesterday. But there’s one thing I briefly touched upon in those five minutes that I need to dive deeper into. There was something about his…

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Psychology

snapshot

videos
ideas || a journal entry about journal entries + how i take notes to have better conversations
The focus of this episode is on 4 tips to improve your relationships, conversations and meetings using your bullet journal, but I also steered into some personal growth territory! It’s really just a long heart-to-heart chat and journal entry mixed into one (which you can…

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bullet journal

Psychology
ideas || using cognitive behavioural therapy, in your bullet journal, for anxiety? i need your input!
I was just reading an article that a psychology professor at Queen’s University (my uni) posted to help in dealing with social distancing during our current COVID-19 crisis. In it, he linked to a resource on cognitive behavioural therapy that I found absolutely incredible. Here…

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economics

History
ideas || The Transition from Amsterdam to London as Financial Centers of the World
Last semester, I took one of my most interesting elective courses yet. It was an economics course called the Emergence of the Modern Industrial Economy and was similar to an economic history course. We covered the economic factors that led to the Industrial Revolution beginning…

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economics
writing || Ontario Teachers are Essential: The Economic, Social Safety, and Human Rights Consequences of Teachers’ Right to Strike
Particularly in the public sector, strikes are an integral element of the collective bargaining agreement negotiation process. With an employer as powerful and politically driven as the government, employees’ best option for leverage is delaying a resolution and using the population’s subsequent outrage to pressure…

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Psychology

things i learned
writing || vulnerability in a professional context
The two papers stare desperately back at me. Am I missing anything? I go through the checklist in my head: examples, explanations, something creative. A lady clears her throat and my heart rate shoots up. Grabbing the pencil, I scratch three straight lines on a…

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economics

Psychology
writing || time is not money: on storytelling and sunk costs
They say time is money, but that’s not exactly true. Since being exposed to the research field through my professors at university and Richard Thaler’s “Misbehaving”, I’ve found it fascinating to read studies that explore the bridge between psychology, decision-making and economics. At the moment,…

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Literary Commentary
writing || flowers for algernon
What a book. Not only did Flowers for Algernon make me cry, but it made me think. In an explosion of ways, in all directions, about everything life and death and in between. I loved this book. I don’t even know where to start, but…

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Psychology
writing || brief thoughts on private journaling vs public writing
Journaling. It’s great, but I’m starting to think blogging may be a better practice. Writing for others forces you to make sense to minds other than your own and be a coherent personality. It’s a bit more challenging but also requires more effort to ensure…

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