Dear friends, Updates from my corner of the world: (tl;dr: Passed orals. Made things. Read things.) Grad school: I PASSED ORALS! This is one of those things where, in retrospect, it didn't necessarily have to be so stressful or so much of a time suck, and yet I don't know how I could have gone about it any other way. It's scary to make claims about what you're excited about and then hold your breath and hope that other people are also excited about them. But it wasn't scary in the moment, I feel like there are multiple paths forward, it was an affirming moment, and I'm excited about diving back into the work. Also my committee is full of wonderful humans and I'm grateful to feel supported, encouraged, and challenged.
letter eight
letter eight
letter eight
Dear friends, Updates from my corner of the world: (tl;dr: Passed orals. Made things. Read things.) Grad school: I PASSED ORALS! This is one of those things where, in retrospect, it didn't necessarily have to be so stressful or so much of a time suck, and yet I don't know how I could have gone about it any other way. It's scary to make claims about what you're excited about and then hold your breath and hope that other people are also excited about them. But it wasn't scary in the moment, I feel like there are multiple paths forward, it was an affirming moment, and I'm excited about diving back into the work. Also my committee is full of wonderful humans and I'm grateful to feel supported, encouraged, and challenged.