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Stage fright
I’ve previously written blog posts here on being nervous about conference presentations and public speaking in general. As a postgraduate and mature-aged student, it’s reasonable to expect that I’ve experienced plenty of them, and so when a request for a radio interview came through, I was surprised that I was more terrified than excited about this opportunity - don’t even take into account the huge wave of imposter syndrome feels that came over me!
My first concert experience
How delightful it was that my first concert experience happened to be of an artist whose songs soundtracked my teenhood?
Your kind of creativity
Most artists would love an audience. But it’s all too easy to fall into the trap of putting audience before our art. This is not always the wrong choice, but it is a choice that we need to consciously make.
Two types of friends
A conversation with a group of people made me consider two particular type of friends.
New rituals
I’m usually pretty good about my social media consumption, but lately, I’m finding that it’s using up valuable time and head space. On top of setting social media on to silent apart from a certain time during the day, I am also trying to swap scrolling time into something that I’d feel is rewarding, but also calming and intentional.
I accidentally deleted my project
“Just clear out your Downloads folder,” my brain advised me. “You would never leave something important stored in there.”
Incorporating movement into my daily routine
In conjunction with Health Week, I share how I keep myself moving throughout my busy university schedule.
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Free things to do while you wait for your next class
I have this thing where I vow to cut down on my screentime every time my phone sends me a shameful weekly report of my screentime average, but I always end up failing to make any improvements.
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