Tag: Life
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In 2020, I set my phone to monochrome to help me overcome my phone addiction (which I wrote about in my previous blog). However, once I was able to manage my relationship with my mobile device, I eventually reverted to using my phone in technicolor. When the tools started to rule over me Snapping out…
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Like having a pebble in my shoe, I’ve been feeling a little uncomfortable—which did not happen overnight but has been building up like grit—having ads in my email inbox. I don’t feel like I have the right to be full-on uncomfortable because I am using the service for free, but I am disturbed about how…
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You almost reached your screen time limit for today. Dismiss. The same way I keep reaching for the chips that are crunchy but soft in the mouth, with almost no friction between munching one handful and the next. Sometimes I think I am too good for the system. I am a grown up with free…
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Manners don’t often come with degrees. One can be highly educated but without manners.
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Was there anything I’d like to change (if I could) while being in college? Yes. And that would be part of a research team while studying. I wish I had access to research teams before, access to resources that would enable me to improve how I conduct my research, and connections to research-affiliated instructors/professors. We…
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I empathize with the people around me because I recall what it was like to be in their situation. It feels like I’m reliving those moments from my past, reflecting on how I would want to be treated if I were in their shoes. It feels like I’m doing things on the outside, looking in,…
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While learning about blogging and exploring my writing style, a simple online search I did a decade ago led me to various blog posts about how to write for the algorithm—providing me with tips on what topics result in traffic as if traffic is the only goal. When I was still new to the space,…