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Staying connected in exam season

A library with a large window and floor-to-ceiling bookshelves.

Posted on Nov 9 2022 by Anushka

Exam season can be such an isolating experience. I find myself sitting at my desk for hours with only my desk lamp and emotional support water bottle to keep me company.

Resilient spirit

Photo of the back of a climber ascending Mount Everest, blue sky and clouds above one of the peaks

Posted on Nov 3 2022 by Ember

I have entitled the draft of my Ph.D. thesis, ‘BRUNO’ because ‘’. We don’t talk about my thesis. Or graduation.

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Feeling overwhelmed and paralysed

A laptop and phone are placed atop a park bench with sticky notes fully covering the laptop screen.

Posted on Oct 20 2022 by Anushka

The assessments just seem to keep coming.

Saying no

Posted on Oct 1 2022 by Ember

I’ve only recently watched the Friends Reunion. It’s a show I literally have seen so many times over they years but I never tire of.

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Oh August, I feel like you went by too quickly. The last weeks of winter have always been celebrated with a migration of sorts and this annual retreat has become a tradition. One that always felt like a rebirth, and I will always be grateful to winter’s chill for the darkness that makes fires burn brighter and hotter.

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