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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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Why I go to libraries
I just read about how “Gen Z seems to love public libraries,” and it reminded me of my relationship with libraries growing up, which you can read here. Although the last time I was in a physical library was when I was taking my master’s in energy engineering, I still read books (these days, mostly non-fiction Read more
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Reflections on becoming
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