A Day of COVID-19 Self-Isolation
I wake up groggy, lift my head to decipher the red glowing letters across the room. 7:37 am. I roll over a few times, but…
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Taking Rest into the New Semester
In my last post, I wrote about exhaustion and its many forms. But it would be impossible for me to spend so much time thinking…
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PhD, Semester 4: An Inventory of Exhaustion
At the end of last semester, I stopped telling people I was “good.” Instead, when they asked, “how are you?” my answer went from “tired”…
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Researching the Margins: A Qualitative Symposium
From Thursday, Nov. 14 to Friday, Nov. 15, I attended a new symposium at IU on qualitative methods. The theme and title of the event…
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Why I Wake Up at 6am (Morning Time Part 2)
A few days ago, another student asked what time people woke up in the morning. My reply – “6 am” –was followed by gasps and…
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Morning Time Part 1 (Or a Tangent on Blogging)
Most days I wake up at 6 am. “Most days” excludes weekends and days I don’t have to be on campus. I wake up early…