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Sunday, March 6th, 2011
One of the things I discovered about myself during the past year is that I'm a student, not a scholar. I've always thought of myself as a "lifelong student," but I'm not sure I really understood what that meant till recently.
In my view, a master's candidate is a student, a ...
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Saturday, March 5th, 2011
Of my master's degree progress, that is.
I took my comprehensive exam on Friday. At SILS, that is writing 6-8 pages on one of two essay questions that are emailed to you at the start of the day. You have until 3:30pm to finish the task. I started mine at about ...
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Friday, February 4th, 2011
In trying to implement some new behaviors, I'm finally listening to advice and looking at how to piggyback the new behaviors on existing behaviors. The best way to introduce a new habit being to start small and link the new behavior to an existing behavior.
These are basically implementation intentions [1], ...
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Monday, January 3rd, 2011
2011 begins much better, in many ways, than did 2010. At this time last year, I was involved in helping to put on some events that scared me and my companions witless. My vacation time had been spent working on a paper so I could finish an incomplete. I had ...
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Friday, September 24th, 2010
Here's what the local newspaper's horoscope had to say for those lucky enough to be born today, whether this year or earlier:
During the next four weeks you need to keep a low profile and not take any gambles with your career or money. The stars are not dire, but your ...
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