My friend LLS says stress helps her work. I differ (no begging) with the position that this is the case in general. A large part of my big problems over the past two years were a result of undue/self-imposed stress. It just isn't an ideal state
At first, I despised the primeval nature of this college. Our dormitories were old, unmodernised. The websites for academic majors looked the same as they had 10 years ago. I looked to Harvard and Princeton for comparison; their effortless animations and elegant font made Yale seem tame. In some sense
A long stream of revelations/realisations/just reflection. I'm feeling fairly melancholic. I've been distanced from civilisation, out of routine, did something new that makes me feel really weird emotionally and miss Olivia and how close we were. I also feel a bit wasted and unhappy
Duque: We prioritised policy over politics. Made sure people could see the data. Mahuad: Politics is way to decide who gets what and who pays what price for it. Gettysburg Address, despite being <300 words, is one of the greatest speeches ever. {They're both very "wow,
Feeling so sad right now. Had E-board elections and senior speeches. I'm gonna miss all these guys so much. Seeing them around, looking upto them in many ways, just having them be here; I can't imagine that changing and not being the case next year.
This is not the first time this has happened. I hate this feeling so excruciatingly that not releasing a barrage of expletives onto my screen feels like exceptional self-control. Math AAHL 2024, somewhat same thing. Froze. Linear Algebra, froze. Now today, easiest fucking midterm of my life, chance to
I tweak in my head too much and it affects how calm I am, how much I can focus, what habits I revert to and the new things I do. I ought to relax. I'm "going hard" on the wrong things. Being tunnel visioned about this
I feel daunted at the thought of living by myself, if I'm being honest. It's not as much a factor of being alone as I think it is of the opportunity cost of living alone. It obviously sucks to not have a living situation of choice
Incredible team; one of the best I've been a part of. Edit: post writing this, maybe this is a bit glazey and not completely true. However, fantastic trip and experience regardless. I'll begin with the short criticism I have: Nick gets upset over seemingly unimportant things
Let me begin my saying that I don't quite like how I write at the moment. I feel the need to take a class on it, read shorter books and generally just improve a lot. Summer is a tense topic. On the one hand, I feel calm when
Right now–ideal summer would be spending six weeks learning French in Paris, one month in San Francisco figuring my shit out & meeting people and then one month in India doing my research. I think this would be quite awesome because I'm genuinely hoping to be able
I love this class in case I haven't already said so. I am learning a lot. -The 'creative process' isn't coming up with genius idea after genius idea; it is being able to generate 100s of ideas. Hopefully, you and your team can determine