"GRIT" By Angela Duckworth | Book Reflection

This book was the validation that school never gave me. It taught me that while I didn’t know how to write proofs for theorems, what I did have was grit. While I didn’t know the intricacies of all the biological systems, I did have the tenacity to get up everyday and try to understand it.

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"ATOMIC HABITS" By James Clear | Book Reflection + Review

I never even opened the book when I borrowed it from the library, until 4 days ago when I went to a bookstore and saw it again. I knew the new year was coming, and I knew I wanted to start implementing better habits so I bought and decided to actually open it this time.

4 days and 264 pages later, I sit here typing this out as a brand new person.

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Ahh, Post-grad...

It’s so easy to scroll, to hear, and to see people who appear to have it all together. A job lined up before they graduate, or maybe a week after. Maybe one friend found their life partner, and another became a CEO of a company. Maybe one friend is traveling the world, and another is having a blast doing a bunch wild, adventurous stuff-–and then there’s you.

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Life is worth living

This blog is a mishmash of free-writes, topics I feel aren’t discussed enough, things that bring me joy, and things that bring me pain. But most importantly, my mindset on life. It’s changed the way I navigate through each day for the better, and if I am given the honor, maybe it can do the same for you.

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