News: What messes with your head
Stage fright
I鈥檝e previously written blog posts here on being nervous about conference presentations and public speaking in general. As a postgraduate and mature-aged student, it鈥檚 reasonable to expect that I鈥檝e 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鈥檛 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鈥檚 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鈥檓 usually pretty good about my social media consumption, but lately, I鈥檓 finding that it鈥檚 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鈥檇 feel is rewarding, but also calming and intentional.聽
I accidentally deleted my project
鈥Just clear out your Downloads folder,鈥 my brain advised me. 鈥You would never leave something important stored in there.鈥
Incorporating movement into my daily routine聽
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.聽
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