quarterlife crisis

Job Market

February 1, 2012

Look, I understand that the job market is tough right now, but I did not expect to see this in my school email: I am not that desperate for a job.

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Happy New Year! There are many exciting things on the horizon in 2012 for me– finishing my PhD, a new job, a new city, and once I graduate I’ll allow myself to start making new friends again! (I imposed a a “no new friends rule” in the fall of 2010 so I could be more [...]

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Free Fashion Magazine Subscription

August 2, 2011

I am a bit behind the times, but have been informed that digital magazines are all the rage these days. If you would like to jump on the bandwagon with me, you can get a FREE 12 month subscription to MyRetailHeaven’s new digital magazine. This is a magazine designed for intelligent women who are climbing [...]

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Look at your life, look at your choices

June 7, 2011

A friend showed this to me last night and I was absolutely dying. This is totally true. Think twice before going to graduate school! And with that I am off to write some things my advisors will never actually read.

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A free lesson on adulthood

October 15, 2010

Dinner party conversations for 20-somethings

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Happy ending

June 9, 2010

Once upon a time there was a princess who lived in a beautiful kingdom. The princess liked to visit other kingdoms, and she enlisted the help of her trusty companion to travel from one kingdom to the next. One day, the princess’s companion was parked on one of her kingdom’s notoriously small dead end streets. [...]

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Overcoming shyness

May 19, 2010

I wasn’t feeling this WSJ article until the very end when I read I had a psychiatrist once who said shy people need great clothes so they can walk into a room and let the clothes do the talking at first… A fantastic excuse for me to make a new dress– it’ll help me make [...]

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Commencement II: O’Brien

May 17, 2010

I’m planning on posting a commencement speech every Monday through mid-June. Feel free to nominate your favorites for future inclusion. Commencement II: Class Day with Conan O’Brien I remember well the great uncertainty of this day. Many of you are justifiably nervous about leaving the safe, comfortable world of Harvard Yard and hurling yourself headlong [...]

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Commencement of commencement

May 10, 2010

It’s graduation season! I graduated from college 6 years ago, but graduation speeches still move me. For the next few weeks, I’m planning on posting a commencement speech every Monday. Feel free to nominate your favorites for future inclusion. Let’s start with my homegirl, H-dawg. One of the most tragic things that happened yesterday, a [...]

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Act without reference to others

March 15, 2010

I am only resolved to act in that manner, which will, in my own opinion, constitute my happiness, without reference to you, or to any person so wholly unconnected with me. -Elizabeth Bennet

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