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Everyday Stories, Lived

  • Learning more about geospatial analysis

    I have already taken quite a few classes on geomatics and GIS since the start of the semester, and all the hours we spent learning were sure fun! I’m now seeing things in a new light because I know that I am there to learn, not for the grades I’ll get from exams and lab Read more

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  • Why are decisions hard?

    From the book Making Hard Decisions, there are four sources of difficulty: Read more

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  • Hello iOS! 👋

    I may be decades too late, but as someone who just entered this well-trodden space of the iOS ecosystem, I finally had the experience of what it’s like to use a minimalist but powerful device. I never said goodbye to my Android phone. In fact, I’m using both the Android and iPhone for separate reasons. Read more

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  • A narrow background

    Been thinking about being in a career rut and how to get out of it. Any ideas? One of the remedies would be to learn something new. Being a student keeps you humble and allows you to grow out of your previous accolades and chart a new course, a new beginning. And beginnings bring life and productivity Read more

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  • Used to the old way of doing things

    The body and mind resist new things automatically. You can even feel your mind protest about turning away from the old way of doing things, which is familiar and comfortable. In most cases, stepping into the new and unfamiliar gives you unease. Starting something new makes you feel uncomfortable. And we don’t like to feel Read more

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  • Meeting new people in class

    There’s always this fear of rejection that nags at you if you don’t intend to socialize, keeping you from interacting with the people in the same room you’re in unless there’s an ice breaker moderated by the person all of you are connected with(the instructor). This shared relationship allows the invisible walls to slowly go down, Read more

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  • Previous accolades

    complacency (noun) a feeling of calm satisfaction with your own abilities or situation that prevents you from trying harder Cambridge Dictionary Your achievements often trick you into becoming complacent or being in a state of complacency. Where you bask in the glory of what you’ve attained, the gleaming accolades from your past, and stop there. “I’m too old for new learning” or “I’m old enough to know many things.” In Read more

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