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ENTRIES OF Things I am learning. Things I have learned.
Reflections. IdeaS. DREAMS.

Summer Planning

6/21/2019

 
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This is one of my favorite bullet journal layouts, and marks the beginning of how I start planning of the summer. I'll upload later next week what my summer goals will look like, but for now, the key thing is the "KEY." ​
I do my best to keep it to 4-5 color-coded groups because more than that, means I spend more time keeping track of pen colors than doing my work. In the past, the four I stuck with were
  1. Dissertation/Writing
  2. TA-ship/Classes
  3. Network (like conferences, other organizations, etc.)
  4. Personal (for cleaning my apt, etc. haha)
But the summer marks where I am usually done with my academic work so that my key becomes:
  1. Dissertation
  2. Writing (to catch up on all the side projects I had planned)
  3. Network (same as before)
  4. Personal (same as before)
For me, this is a huge shift in my brain because I've been trying to make this summer a summer of writing. Any tips are greatly appreciated on how you all stay productive! 

Keeping Up With... One's own imposter syndrome

6/10/2019

 
I had a meeting with my advisor today. Prior to our meeting, our program asks us to fill out a "mentoring form" where we reflect on the year, achievements, goals for the next year, etc. During our meeting, while we talked about this form, she asked me point blank: 
​WHICH JONES ARE YOU TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH?​​
The question, was based on the multiple times I had written in the form, that I felt "not competitive." She asked me to name names: who were the people I kept comparing myself to? And in that moment, I realized I couldn't name any. They were all figments of my imagination-- an amalgamation of my own insecurities and a person I would never measure up to...  

I don't know if I'll ever get over imposter syndrome-- and from all the TedTalk videos I've watched, it doesn't seem like it's something to "get over," but the conversation, and this question was a much needed reminder, and somewhat of a relief, to realize I was competing against an impossible me. 
    What's On My
    ​Bookshelf
    In a year, I read somewhere around 100-200 books. I don't have a TV and I use reading as a form of escape, and I especially like reading outside of academia. It also helps with improving my writing :)

    WHAT'S ON MY
    SPOTIFY
    When I'm trying to concentrate, I like having background music that's super dramatic. For some reason, instrumental music is instrumental (pun!) in helping me concentrate. Most of the songs are Korean-drama OSTs (original sound tracks), w/ a few classical music scores in the mix! 

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