Data visualizations help me see bigger schemas. I have learned to develop an easy chart, highlighting projects, my personal participation, and how I can ask for help through partnership(s). This is (tentatively) called the 3P chart. This is due in part to my shifting schedule. As I transition from class to work, social groups and…
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Goals Progress Report: October 2023
Grad school is hard in the sense that I have built a life already, and I “have” to squeeze education (and an additional job, networking, PD, etc) in. Compared to undergrad, grad school – just like work – isn’t my complete life. Yet I am learning so much about the world, who I am, what…
Goals Progress Report: July 2023
I type this on my boyfriend’s Chromebook, and in the distance, a pup snatches a bug with his snout. My pores dry, still salty from the morning’s run. This is work, but it is also very much play. Both are true. Adjusting expectations has been a theme this month, and while I am grateful, life…
Goals Progress Report: June 2023
Summer slides by, and I don’t want life to just happen to me. One reason why I document my goals progress report every month is to show the process, respecting some days are full and others require sitting… Or vacuuming. My patience was tried a handful of times this month, due to changes in and…
Inner Compass: Change, Confidence, and Contemplation
Welcome back to my meditations on “inner compass”, my word for 2023! On the 10th of every month, I’m sharing different thoughts from each letter within these 2 words. We’re halfway through the year, so today is brought to you by the letter C of inner compass. Read on for some courageous sharing on personal…
Goals Progress Report: April 2023
Wow, April. My, my, my, how things have changed since March. Not to alarm anyone, but today marks a third of 2023 gone to pass. How have you spent it? This last month has seen a change in my temperament, from occasional melancholy to hopeful, as I am learning to share stories and be vulnerable…