A #Reclaiming2020 Thread For so many of us, the end of 2020 can’t come soon enough. The allure of a new year and the proverbial blank slate is something that has incredible psychological power. Well now we’ve got 30 days left and, though the last few months have given me hope for a brighter future, my own personal future is […]
Hello all! For those who are new here, three months ago I moved halfway across the world in the middle of a Pandemic in order to start Grad School in Sweden. And while it has certainly been an adventure, one of the most interesting things that I had not even really expected was in how different the holiday celebrations would […]
A #Reclaiming2020 Thread School can be a lot for students under the best of circumstances, and this is equally as true for grad students as it is for kindergartners Burnout, Screen Fatigue, and Other Anxieties Mental health, establishing healthy study habits, and knowing how to find an appropriate balance is something we put a lot of focus on her at […]
I have been in Grad School for a grand total of about three months now, studying Experimental and Medical Bioscience here in Sweden. And if I said that the road to get here was a smooth one it would be a bald-faced lie. I struggled as a student for many years in a lot of different areas. Mastering difficult concepts, […]
As we dive further and further into the school year, and I dive further and further into my first year of grad school, it feels like a good time to review one of the best study methods in the known universe – Outlining. Yeah, I know, not super complicated, and yet somehow so many of us seem to have pushed […]
2020 has been a weird year, and while in some places life has returned to close to normal, in other areas some families find themselves on the search for an alternative way to enjoy the spookiest night of the year
If you have ever happened to google the terms ‘study’, ‘productivity’, or ‘efficient’ at all in the last several years you may have come across the term ‘Pomodoro Method’. Named after the Italian word for Tomato, this 25 minutes on five minutes off study and productivity technique derives from the use of a tomato-shaped timer and is hailed as the […]
With the fall season well and truly upon us, and with me missing out on most of my usual Spooktacular celebrations, I thought I would bring us a little Halloween Joy with these mini pumpkin pots! Now I call these pumpkin pots because some years ago I found 4 black oven safe ceramic dishes which, while I think were supposed […]
Halloween is going to look a little different for many people this year. But what does Halloween look like in other parts of the world?
2020 has been an absolute nightmare of a year.
But there are 3 months left to make up for the last 9… and I intend to use every second.
