This winter quarter has been CRAZY so far.  I say that, and tomorrow starts the first day of week 5.  We are about to be halfway through winter quarter and I feel like I have no semblance of a routine, no semblance of “normal”. I hate that. One thing I’ve learned about myself is that […]

I read a great post over the weekend called What’s Your Actual #1 Priority and it got me thinking about what my priority is.  I’ve let it slip a bit over the summer, but for a while my number one priority has been my health – specifically, migraines.  It’s been a huge challenge for me, as […]

This winter and spring have been really hard for me, hence the lack of blogging.  I don’t really want to share my emotional ups and downs because a lot of times, I don’t even know how to express what I’m going through, and I end up writing a lot of drafts of blog posts that […]

I remember exactly where I was on St. Patrick’s Day last year: in Grand Central Terminal in NYC with my dad, returning from a grad school visit and generally trying to avoid the crazy people running around dressed in head-to-toe green.  It’s amazing to think about how much has changed in that year. Actually, I’m […]

As a graduate student, I see a lot of articles every day from other students like me who are commiserating over how tough grad school is.  And I totally agree – it’s tough, and I know there are tons of programs out there even harder than the one I’m in (hi, Ph.D. students, you’re the […]