Category: Foundations in Graduate Studies
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A Monster in our Newsrooms
↓ Download my White Paper Here! ↓ Well, here it is. The culmination of the past 7 weeks of research and reading on the topic of focus and attention. This is the first time I’ve ever written a white paper, and it was quite the undertaking. I opted to write about how focus impacts work…
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“Kids these days.”
I’ve been feeling nostalgic recently. I think I’ve been feeling uneasy with the world. There’s so much going on that I won’t even try to get into right now, I just want to slip into a time where I wasn’t so tuned into the bad things happening all around. I mean I doubt the world…
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What’s a Work-Life Balance?
I’m still a student, but I do have a great internship over the summer at a news station back home. I love this internship more than I can put into words, they treat me great, trust me with important tasks, and are looking to give me a job when I graduate. But it’s also bringing…
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If it Ain’t Broke…
I think it’s safe to say I’m kind of a disorganized person. I don’t make to-do lists frequently, and when I do I rarely stick to them. I think I just really hate being stuck to a “schedule” or being told what to do, even by myself. I have one Google spreadsheet where I’ve listed…
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A Small Fish in a Big Pond
I’ve always struggled to feel like I, individually, can make an impact on the world. There’s a sense of helplessness to how small we each are. Like a little fish in a big pond. I still try. I vote, I call out injustice where I see it. I know if we all do these things,…
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Poor Little Lump of Tissue
My poor brain. I recently deleted Instagram for a week to see if it’s really the problem or if it’s just me. And I think I’m killing my brain. For just one week, I didn’t scroll for over 2 hours daily through brain rot, cat videos, car crashes, horrific political takes, ads for fancy sponges…
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Resistance is Futile?
Falling off the grid sounds so cool. As Johann Hari details his experiences of living with no technology for 3 months in his book “Stolen Focus”… I find myself growing extremely jealous of him. Weirdly, I also find myself being mad at him when he goes back to his old habits after coming home. Like…
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The Foie Gras Goose
“I fattened myself with information every waking hour to make myself a more productive writer” – Johann Hari, Stolen Focus chapter 1. Like Hari, I too am a journalist. Also like Hari, I too fatten myself up like a foie gras goose on all the latest headlines. It’s our job right? Knowing what’s happening around…