I’ve been back into the swing of things this week, including back to my full time schedule now that I have largely recovered from the initial accident. In this post, I’ll talk about how I use the pomodoro method and how I structure my day to get a lot done with less time. What is […]
This week, I was one of those lucky few chosen to go to Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour show, or at least that is what it felt like with all the hullaballoo of ticket sales and social media posts, and all the extra people who rock up outside the stadium just to hear Swift play. I […]
When I was a student leader at ANU, we had a training session on self care. We were told about how we needed to take time for ourselves, to relax and look after ourselves. They proceeded to give examples. One of their examples, was cat videos. Is that really self care? I’ve noticed that’s a […]
You’ve probably heard of David Allen’s Getting Things Done philosophy, which (very broadly) states that the brain was not built to remember things, and so we should use other systems (to-do lists, etc.) to help keep track of all the things we need to do. It is probably one of the most mainstream and fundamental […]
Over this past week, I’ve been importing my notes into Obsidian, a notes app I’ve heard much about and have finally taken the plunge to using. If you haven’t heard, Obsidian is a notes app which uses markdown note files (ending in .md) on your computer and presents it nicely. What that means is that […]
Greetings from Australia’s Central Coast! Although my ankle is still recovering, I am able to sit in a car now for decent length of time and I am looking forward to spending some time in the coastal air before joining my parents for a few weeks. This is going to be very important to me […]
Whenever a new year starts, it always feels like everyone is keen to reinvent themselves. As soon as January 1 (or perhaps 2, or perhaps whenever you go back to work or school) rolls around, we tell ourselves that this is our year. We look at productivity blogs and YouTube videos for advice and we […]
It has been a big week for me! When I was at work on Monday, I slipped while riding my bike and broke my ankle in 3 places. This has reduced me to being unable to walk unassisted for 6 weeks, and not being able to run for 3 months. I’m a very active person who likes to do some sort of physical activity every day, so this has been a hard adjustment to make!
In 2023, I wrote down everything that I read, watched, or played to completion. I’ve tracked books on Goodreads since 2017, and it’s nice to see my progress over time. Tracking books helped me to read more, because I was aware of how much I was reading and it gave me a little thrill to add them to my Goodreads account. Last year, though, I got a Hobonichi diary, which is a fancy Japanese brand of diary. The diary helped with my productivity and mental health immensely (more on that another time), but it also has a two page spread at the back entitled “My 100”. Upon seeing this, I thought it would be the perfect place to write down everything I finished in 2023, books and all (I ended up spilling into other pages, for a total of 108 things finished in 2023). In this post, I’ll go through my favourite media that I finished. Not all of these are from this year, so instead it’s more just my personal list from things I finished this year.
Recently, ANU announced it was closing the Art and Music library branch. Of course, they have been very tight-lipped on the details, so we don’t know exactly what that entails. What we know is: that the physical location of the library will be repurposed into study spaces for students; some materials will be moved into ANU’s main Chifley Library, and the rest will be stored in a repository and can be borrowed by request online. I was very disheartened by this news, so I went on a big borrowing spree last week before the doors closed and borrowed about 30 books. Anything that looked remotely relevant to my research, I borrowed. Yes, I probably should have done this earlier anyway – I have typically done most of my research online, which I suspect is a reason for this decision. But as I’ll go on to explain, I think this is a short-sighted reason to close a library.