Procrastiprogress – Page 2

My education is a luxury good.

In this weekend’s series of #cataloguingconversations, @wishcrys 23Aug14 1424hrs Ex-student: “I’m so happy to finally not be at work so I can come here [library] to do school work.” /tbh […]

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a letter to the universe.

dear universe, some days i feel like i can conquer the world. others, i can barely pry myself out of bed. today is one of those curious in-between days. i […]

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This semester, I pledge to

1) have lunch away from my work desk as much as possible because I need air and some form of social interaction with nature and/or people 2) set some time […]

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Hiatus? Hiatus.

I think I am going to take a mental health month all of July (sort of), and also spend some time pursuing my non-academic interests terrorizing strangers with my globe-trotting […]

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Lifestyle upgrades.

I have been making a few tweaks in my lifestyle, in a bid to have some semblance of a (restful?) quality of life – I don’t actually know if this […]

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Counting down to a brief respite…

For the rest of May, all I have to do is: – conquer another 7 days of teaching – grade 100 oral presentations – grade 55 communication folios – revise […]

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SOS.

I desire nothing more than to laze along the river with some Fay Weldon right now. My life has been overtaken by undergrad marking of late. Just completed a first […]

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The level of inertia is over 9,000…

Am having a really off week in thesis land. Set aside an eight-hour block to work on my chapter today only to end up sleeping six of those away. Sleep […]

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one week.

Sitting here at the Uni Club attempting to look intelligent and write this chapter when all I really want to do is be at the beach. It all […]

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Separating the person from the product

Greetings from day 3 of 5 of the Postgraduate Writing Retreat that I am attempting to survive this week. I am also secretly blogging from the retreat because I need […]

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Reeducating my writing habits.

I don’t know about you, but I would definitely pass out and die in a marathon. My writing habit is to, to borrow from the ever fabulous Mean Girls, “word […]

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401.

I endeavour to be as calm as this gentleman looking out to sea at Broadbeach. – My scholarship runs out in exactly 401 days. Having just returned from fieldwork and […]

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Hello Perth, I’ve missed you.

Back in Perth for a quick breather with several missions in tow. It’s been a hectic yet restful two days thus far, if that makes sense. Lots to accomplish before […]

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Life…

… has been a hectic blur in the past couple of months. Creative Colosoul Copyediting for the coping issue of Colosoul has been completed! I’ve had tremendous fun vetting through […]

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I survived my first TWG!

The Thesis Writing Workshop, or TWG, is one of several initiatives by our very loving postgraduates here at the department of Anthropology & Sociology at UWA. Postgraduates submit a piece […]

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