Earlier today I took what will likely be my last bathroom selfie in Goodes Hall. (Hopefully in equal part because I’ll grow out of it and because I’m about to graduate from undergrad. 😋) Isn’t it an amazing feeling to be fascinated by an area of study? The utter excitement that comes along with it!…
ideas & perspectives
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book review || The Course of Love by Alain de Botton
I started off really liking this book, and to be fair by the end I still feel that there were some great messages. What intrigued me the most was the start, which refreshingly challenges our obsession with how two people “fall in love” rather than…
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☕ 2: Writing is an act of ego: the problem with Atomic Habits and why I’m giving it 2 stars
This post first featured in my bi-weekly Sunday newsletter, Idea Café on January 24, 2022. Find out more about Idea Café and read the archives here. I’ll be discontinuing the classic WordPress blog updates today, so please make sure you’re subscribed to my new list…
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ideas || notes on the tipping point by Malcolm Gladwell
Okay, I’m going to make a confession. I finished this book weeks ago. And writing a blog post summary of my thoughts and notes has been a majorly recurring to-do list item. It went somewhat like this in my to-do list: write blog post blog…
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lifestyle || my morning routine when social distancing
On Friday, March 13, my university announced that classes would be suspended for one week, to start again remotely afterwards. I had already begun to pack my bag, so that day I loaded everything into the car and drove home. I don’t visit home very…
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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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creativity || 120 title and divider styles + FREE printable | ideas for your notes and bujo
This is probably one of my favourite spreads I’ve made. Like, ever. Super excited to share it with you AND to have made it into a PRINTABLE that you can download and print for yourself! Here are 65 title styles and 57 divider ideas for…
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writing || The Ghost and the Boss: Power Dynamics throughout History in Hamlet and Death of a Salesman
There’s a very good reason the most widely published books in history were works of fiction, chronicling the tales of ordinary men locked in an often fatal battle with a fellow man or a supernatural monster. Fiction captures the nuances of those ideas and imbues…
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writing || Parenting is like a Fencing Match: Scene Analysis in “I Know why the Caged Bird Sings”
The ultimate coming-of-age story that doesn’t shy away from even the more difficult topics, Maya Angelou’s “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” is immensely honest and vulnerable. Her experience being sent from mother and father to grandmother several times throughout her life is a…