Digital hoarding and organisation tips from your friendly neighbourhood librarian. I make playlists. Every year Spotify unwrapped tells me three things consistently: I listen to more music than most people, I statistically make my own playlists, and I am a top listener of Taylor Swift. I would like to assert that in order to make... Continue Reading →
How I Journal
A step-by-step guide to creating custom growth, commonplace, reflection and daily planning journals. I have kept a journal on-and-off for what feels like my whole life. I have diaries dating back to being 12, and I currently go through one notebook in about three months. Neither the past or the present is more awkward, or... Continue Reading →
Five ways to build community as an introvert.
The club sucks but so does staying in forever. As a teenager, one of my friends threw a murder mystery party annually for her birthday. We’d be assigned characters and all get together in costume, eat food, and play pretend. Those days were always delightful, and I’m gratified to see that halfway across the world... Continue Reading →
Girl Dinner with Late Romantic
A recipe that isn't a recipe. It’s the moments we are alone that we truly decide who we are. When my husband went away this week, I found myself living just as quietly as I do when he’s here: I listened to music, I cooked my favourite lazy food, and I went to bed early.... Continue Reading →
Lessons from Sherlock Holmes: the PhD student way to combat imposter syndrome
A PhD is something like a good mystery story: the aim is to show the world you see something the rest of us don't. Let's look at the method common between mysteries and PhDs.
How To Study – tips, hacks, suggestions, advice for academic success
The method of studying is probably harder than the content, and I've got some ways of making it easier.