tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37424043507808489362024-03-13T12:24:23.494-07:00Jessie's Daily PenningsCapturing an exchange at the University of Pennsylvania.Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00878793880731453949noreply@blogger.comBlogger132125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742404350780848936.post-35386373575668359582014-05-16T21:05:00.000-07:002014-05-16T21:09:25.733-07:00Days 126-127: New York with family<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So our great US family road trip has gotten off to a rocky start. We've learned many lessons. Such as:</span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Be a traveller, not a tourist (i.e. don't buy a New York Pass, go on bus tours, or get around via the sightseeing bus). We ended up wasting a lot of time, and didn't make the most of our trip. Walking or subway is always faster!</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Take the weather into account before going up the Empire State Building! Here was the view yesterday:</span></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From the 86th floor. A patch through the fog...</span></td></tr>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shit happens! The weather was just not on our side today either, and my parents didn't even get to see the Statue of Liberty which they were really looking forward to since it was actually stormy. And then, when they tried going to another museum, they got there 2 minutes after it closed. So unfortunate. (I ditched them after the failed attempt at seeing the Statue, and went to the Museum of Sex instead - which was actually pretty legit!). But hopefully this means that the rest of our trip might go a bit more smoothly?</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Try and see less, and see it better. I personally would prefer less photo-taking and more engagement.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't think I could live in New York. Just wayyy too many people (aka tourists like me :P). But I haven't seen enough of it aside from Times Square, which is not really representative, so I should reserve judgement!</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">US roads are so dark at night and pretty scary to drive on in the dark, especially with pouring rain. Even my dad, the expert driver, was finding it difficult to even stay in the lane!</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But of course, there are always things that make me smile, like:</span></div>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The moment we drove into the parking lot at Princeton even though a sign said "Do Not Enter' (you were supposed to drive to the next entry) and my mum was just like, "Well, I guess we have to enter". LOL.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Princeton is stunning.</span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Getting a really helpful reply from an academic I reached out to regarding a book chapter he'd written. He generously sent it so I could read it since I won't have access to a university library till August.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had dinner at <a href="http://www.hangawirestaurant.com/">Hangawi</a>, a Korean vegan restaurant!!! The food and the ambience made for an excellent and very satisfying experience. It was probably the highlight of my visit to New York this time. I will definitely come back next time I'm back in New York (I'm sure I'll have another opportunity to return). I recommend the stuffed shiitake mushroom appetiser especially.</span></li>
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Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00878793880731453949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742404350780848936.post-7457864149600831482014-05-14T18:35:00.000-07:002014-05-14T18:35:45.920-07:00Day 125: Goodbye, Philly!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What went well?</b> </span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Managed to finish downloading journal articles for the literature review I'm part of, before my parents woke up in the morning.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Took my parents on a tour of Penn. Then they helped me move out. Which went really smoothly. And we were able to waive the fee for the parking garage because we had move-out vouchers! Yusss.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bought a new bag and dress at Macy's. Wow. That place is HUGE.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Had dinner at Mi Lah again. It was fabulous as usual. My non-vegan parents were impressed!</span></li>
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Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00878793880731453949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742404350780848936.post-90641852846742025332014-05-14T05:46:00.000-07:002014-05-14T05:46:00.973-07:00Day 124: GMH<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What went well?</b> </span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The postdoc I'm working with wrote me a really sweet thank you card. And we walked to the BioPond together.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My professor is going to help me with the process of getting my term paper published - from revising it to teaching me how to write a submission letter. Just wow. I am so grateful that he believes in me (a lowly undergraduate!!) and is willing to give his own time to help me with it. He GMH. I'm so excited to move forward with this.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My parents arrived in Philly! It was lovely to reunite.</span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My professor's mindset with judging the quality of work. Basically, we both know that my paper was unpolished (probably the least polished piece of writing I've ever turned in) - but he doesn't care!! He says that students at Penn are really good at polishing, when they should have spent that time actually researching. As he says, you can't polish nothing. So he looks for substance. I think that's a great mindset to have - vs. having marks taken off for an APA formatting error for e.g., in psychology.</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00878793880731453949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742404350780848936.post-8638308571481908622014-05-12T19:49:00.000-07:002014-05-12T19:49:25.403-07:00Day 123: The "A" in my PERMA is particularly strong today!!!!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What went well?</b> </span><div>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rocked up to my Buddhism professor's office to give him his thank you card. He didn't have time to chat today, but will see him tomorrow. But he did tell me that my grade was the only A+ he'd given in the course this semester!!!!! So that felt great, especially given all the grade inflation at Penn. It makes it feel like it was a grade that I'd really earned (and oh my god, I put a lot of effort into this course and that paper!!). He also said he reserves A+'s for work that goes beyond the course and is publishable...!! So we'll be talking about what I could do with my paper. It made my week. I am satisfied.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Visited the BioPond again. Again, experienced the joys and peacefulness of being surrounded by and feeling connected to nature.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Managed to hang out with a friend this evening. It was so lovely to share and catch up before we both leave Philly. Again, it's just, gahhhhh why do I have to leave now that I've established all these genuine relationships with awesome people!!?? At least the depth of our conversation made up for the short time...sigh.</span></li>
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Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00878793880731453949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742404350780848936.post-41091882961183980262014-05-11T20:45:00.004-07:002014-05-11T20:45:31.993-07:00Day 122: Turtles yawn?!?!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What went well?</b> </span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Woke up to some cute pictures of my dog that my friend sent me :)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Had another relaxing day. Went and checked out the Penn Museum again, then sat by the BioPond and read and watched the turtles.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finished writing a gratitude letter to my Buddhism prof.</span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Turtles yawn?!?! It was the craziest thing ever. And so so so cute. Also, what else was cute was watching them struggle to climb onto the ledge from the pond. So much effort involved!</span></li>
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Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00878793880731453949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742404350780848936.post-66452195146115892422014-05-10T20:47:00.002-07:002014-05-10T20:47:56.000-07:00Day 121: Vedge<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What went well?</b> </span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Checked out the community fair down in Clark Park this afternoon. It was a really wonderful sight to see so many people in the community there and enjoying themselves. Also, thought this jewellery was MASTERFUL:</span></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's made of REAL FRUIT!!!!!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span></td></tr>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Had the most special dining experience ever, at Vedge Restaurant. It's an upscale vegan restaurant, and I highly recommend it!!</span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Went back to my friend's place where I finally watched Pitch Perfect!!! Great movie.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My parents landed safely in San Francisco!</span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vedge Restaurant is amazing!! Have a look at their pictures: http://vedgerestaurant.com/</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00878793880731453949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742404350780848936.post-49740382509539827482014-05-09T22:25:00.001-07:002014-05-10T20:48:44.625-07:00Day 120: The (Official) End<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wow that went fast. I will write a more reflective post later.</span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Had my last exam today, and it went really well!</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Had a really productive lab meeting.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Checked out the BioPond!!! Finally!!!!! I can't believe it took me this long to go - it's only 5 minutes from where I live. And it was so peaceful and recuperative.</span></li>
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<li frilled="true"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Skyped my parents :)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Had a wonderful, wonderful and profound conversation with a friend. So excited to continue to keep in touch and hopefully collaborate in the future!!</span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've realised that I have recently developed a <i>serious</i> sugar addiction. And that I need to break it now.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The end of exams is more anticlimactic than OMG FREEDOM WOO! It was more of an "Oh, that's it."</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00878793880731453949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742404350780848936.post-85002411210660174132014-05-08T20:19:00.001-07:002014-05-08T20:19:28.854-07:00Day 119: Final stretch!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What went well?</b> </span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finished and handed in my Mindfulness-Based Positive Education paper!!!! Felt great to get that done. (But I will edit it again in a couple of weeks before sharing it with the world on Academia.edu)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" frilled="true" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="frill"><span class="frill-character">G</span><span class="frill-character">o</span><span class="frill-character">t</span><span class="frill-character"> </span><span class="frill-character">m</span><span class="frill-character">y</span><span class="frill-character"> </span><span class="frill-character">B</span><span class="frill-character">u</span><span class="frill-character">d</span><span class="frill-character">d</span><span class="frill-character">h</span><span class="frill-character">i</span><span class="frill-character">s</span><span class="frill-character">m</span><span class="frill-character"> </span><span class="frill-character">m</span><span class="frill-character">a</span><span class="frill-character">r</span><span class="frill-character">k</span><span class="frill-character"> </span><span class="frill-character">b</span><span class="frill-character">a</span><span class="frill-character">c</span><span class="frill-character">k</span><span class="frill-character"> </span><span class="frill-character">(</span><span class="frill-character">a</span><span class="frill-character">l</span><span class="frill-character">r</span><span class="frill-character">e</span><span class="frill-character">a</span><span class="frill-character">d</span><span class="frill-character">y</span><span class="frill-character">!</span><span class="frill-character">!</span><span class="frill-character"> </span><span class="frill-character">1</span><span class="frill-character"> </span><span class="frill-character">w</span><span class="frill-character">e</span><span class="frill-character">e</span><span class="frill-character">k</span><span class="frill-character"> </span><span class="frill-character">t</span><span class="frill-character">u</span><span class="frill-character">r</span><span class="frill-character">n</span><span class="frill-character">o</span><span 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class="frill-character">)</span><span class="frill-character"> </span><span class="frill-character">-</span><span class="frill-character"> </span><span class="frill-character">a</span><span class="frill-character">n</span><span class="frill-character">d</span><span class="frill-character"> </span><span class="frill-character">a</span><span class="frill-character">m</span><span class="frill-character"> </span><span class="frill-character">v</span><span class="frill-character">e</span><span class="frill-character">r</span><span class="frill-character">y</span><span class="frill-character"> </span><span class="frill-character">h</span><span class="frill-character">a</span><span class="frill-character">p</span><span class="frill-character">p</span><span class="frill-character">y</span><span class="frill-character">!</span><span class="frill-character">!</span><span class="frill-character"> </span><span class="frill-character">I</span><span class="frill-character"> </span><span class="frill-character">d</span><span class="frill-character">i</span><span class="frill-character">d</span><span class="frill-character"> </span><span class="frill-character">i</span><span class="frill-character">n</span><span class="frill-character">v</span><span class="frill-character">e</span><span class="frill-character">s</span><span class="frill-character">t</span><span class="frill-character"> </span><span class="frill-character">a</span><span class="frill-character"> </span><span class="frill-character">d</span><span class="frill-character">i</span><span class="frill-character">s</span><span class="frill-character">p</span><span class="frill-character">r</span><span class="frill-character">o</span><span class="frill-character">p</span><span class="frill-character">o</span><span class="frill-character">r</span><span class="frill-character">t</span><span class="frill-character">i</span><span class="frill-character">o</span><span class="frill-character">n</span><span class="frill-character">a</span><span class="frill-character">t</span><span class="frill-character">e</span><span class="frill-character"> </span><span class="frill-character">a</span><span class="frill-character">m</span><span class="frill-character">o</span><span class="frill-character">u</span><span class="frill-character">n</span><span class="frill-character">t</span><span class="frill-character"> </span><span class="frill-character">o</span><span class="frill-character">f</span><span class="frill-character"> </span><span class="frill-character">t</span><span class="frill-character">i</span><span class="frill-character">m</span><span class="frill-character">e</span><span class="frill-character"> </span><span class="frill-character">a</span><span class="frill-character">n</span><span class="frill-character">d</span><span class="frill-character"> </span><span class="frill-character">e</span><span class="frill-character">m</span><span class="frill-character">o</span><span class="frill-character">t</span><span class="frill-character">i</span><span class="frill-character">o</span><span class="frill-character">n</span><span class="frill-character">a</span><span class="frill-character">l</span><span class="frill-character"> </span><span class="frill-character">e</span><span class="frill-character">n</span><span class="frill-character">g</span><span class="frill-character">a</span><span class="frill-character">g</span><span class="frill-character">e</span><span class="frill-character">m</span><span class="frill-character">e</span><span class="frill-character">n</span><span class="frill-character">t</span><span class="frill-character"> after all. 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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Met with a friend for dinner! It was great to see her before I leave Philly.</span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh my. The lecture slides for my exam tomorrow are even more disorganised and convoluted than I remember. I am definitely learning things about how to teach, just from seeing how different teaching styles are more effective than others. Presenting information as facts with no narrative, for instance, is not conducive to memory or meaningful learning.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wow. I really don't care! It's amazing how little I care about this last exam. I don't know if this is "homeostasis" operating again, or if it's just me finally being able to be rational because this last exam realistically doesn't matter that much in the bigger scheme of things!</span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alllllmost did a comprehensive edit of my paper. Well, at least I have all morning tomorrow till 2pm. I'm really forward to getting it done and polished, and sending it off to quite a few people who have expressed interest in reading it!</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" frilled="true" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="frill"><span class="frill-character">One of our lab members provided really detailed feedback on a post-test survey and helpfully suggested a way for us to make the feedback process efficient. <3</span></span></span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Psychophysics is cool but the stuff today was so over my head. The gist, though, is that subjective time perception matters for temporal discounting. Also, there are really novel methods for measuring people's subjective sense of time (e.g. in millimetres!! or spatially).</span></li>
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Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00878793880731453949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742404350780848936.post-54966728722566302252014-05-06T20:24:00.000-07:002014-05-06T20:26:08.179-07:00Day 117: So much better<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What went well?</b> </span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have to say, I am super happy with how this mindfulness paper is going. Especially when compared with the STRUGGLES of my other mindfulness x Buddhism paper!!! I'm taking it as a good sign that perhaps I actually might kinda know what I'm talking about when it comes to mindfulness and positive psychology in education. So today, I finished my first draft, and did a complete overhaul of the introduction (so it's now 2 pages, not 6). Now the paper is sitting at 23 pages (excluding figure and table), which makes it a much more manageable piece to edit. I'm sure I can get it under 20 pages. Concision is good. It just makes such a huge difference having at least a whole day to edit it. To think that I usually prefer having a week to edit, my expectations have shifted since the Buddhism paper nightmare, and now having a whole day feels like a luxury!</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" frilled="true" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="frill"><span class="frill-character">The brainstorm we did in our lab meeting last week was really good, because when I met with the post-doc I'm working with this afternoon, we were able to transform them into prose for emails we'll be sending to participants really easily.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" frilled="true" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="frill"><span class="frill-character">Also revised another lecture for sociology of mental illness.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" frilled="true" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="frill"><span class="frill-character">It was such a beautiful day outside today. :)</span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" frilled="true" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="frill"><span class="frill-character">Buddhism prof sent us this video of <a href="http://gothamist.com/2014/05/05/watch_tibetan_monks_breakdance_for.php#">monks breakdancing</a>. Forget the quiet, serene, peaceful stereotype! These monks are badass!</span></span></span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I relearned that writing and editing can be an enjoyable process. It is so satisfying and rewarding to transform very roughly noted ideas into something that's flows logically and coherent, is nicely phrased, and engaging to read. (Good) academic writing is a form of craftsmanship.</span></li>
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Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00878793880731453949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742404350780848936.post-16627701811690680592014-05-05T19:16:00.001-07:002014-05-05T19:16:52.558-07:00Day 116: Nearly there!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What went well?</b> </span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Got another subject out of the way!! Handed in my sociology of education final. So, only one more paper and one more final to go.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Got through two lectures revising for my sociology of mental illness final.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wanted to recognise how lovely my GA for our section is!! She keeps putting out study snacks for us and even baked us brownies. I was so impressed by her niceness!</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Saw this on Facebook and it cracked me up. So. True.</span></li>
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<li frilled="true"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm constantly surprised by how lenient the systems for handing in assignments here are compared to at Melbourne. So I went to hand in my exam at my professor's office at 5pm, and all I had to do was slide it under the door (he wasn't even there, he was in his other office). No time stamp, no Turnitin for any assignments. So weird. Also, my professor for another subject just told us, "For those of you who really cannot turn your paper in on Thursday, you may put a copy of your paper in my mailbox by 5PM on Friday May 9th". I can't handle these constant extensions and vague deadlines!!!! Definitely going to get it in on Thursday so I can study for my other final that's on Friday morning and be done with exams!!! I don't want to extend my exam period!!</span></li>
<li frilled="true"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Woah, so I thought today was productive, but apparently yesterday was pretty much my most productive day ever:</span></li>
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Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00878793880731453949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742404350780848936.post-60503094989819080762014-05-04T21:27:00.001-07:002014-05-04T21:28:28.688-07:00Day 115: Don Giovanni<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What went well?</b> </span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Went and saw Don Giovanni for free this afternoon!! Thanks Open Arts Philly!! It was really interesting and there was some really good quality singing.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And it was with a friend, and hanging out with great people is always a good thing!</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wrote another ~2000 words for my mindfulness/positive education paper, and finalised my conceptual model. It's going well! Just have to write up the rest of the integration section now - maybe another 3-4 pages, max - and the conclusion, and then do a massive restructure + edit.</span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Mozart's) Don Giovanni supposedly had over 2000 conquests (i.e. women he womanised). And over 1000 in Spain alone!! He went to hell in the end though, so he definitely got what was coming!</span></li>
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Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00878793880731453949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742404350780848936.post-41865825903214558032014-05-03T19:57:00.001-07:002014-05-05T19:05:08.740-07:00Day 114: No guarantees<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finished my first draft of my sociology of education take-home exam.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Found this amazing cover of Let it Go. I am so obsessed with it!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXqWVWHW8dA</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cooked. So I officially don't have to cook again!!!!!!</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What did I learn?</b> </span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Coffee doesn't guarantee productivity and focus.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I need to deliberately schedule in at least one thing, preferably with people, on empty days, because otherwise my productivity plummets - it's about setting healthy limitations!<span id="goog_1181714892"></span><span id="goog_1181714893"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a><span id="goog_1181714888"></span><span id="goog_1181714889"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In fact, looks like today was my least productive day ever...Wow.</span></li>
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Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00878793880731453949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742404350780848936.post-31849038837972746692014-05-02T20:22:00.001-07:002014-05-05T19:06:24.760-07:00Day 113: Let's go!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What went well?</b> </span><br />
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<ol>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Saw my friend perform a duet at her singing recital. It was so lovely and beautiful and uplifting :)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Had a really productive lab meeting. We did a really comprehensive brainstorm of what we'll be including in our email tips to our study participants.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Looks like I wrote about 2000 words towards my sociology of education final. Nearly finished the first part of it.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Got dinner with a friend at a great vegan restaurant - <a href="http://www.milahvegetarian.com/">Mi Lah Vegetarian</a>. I've been twice and have been impressed with it both times. Will definitely take my parents here when they come!!! It is amazing. Highly recommend.</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What did I learn?</b> </span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm pretty good at driving stuff forward - the flipside of mild impatience with vagueness and meandering - let's go, get it done, woo!</span></li>
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Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00878793880731453949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742404350780848936.post-50377364355154038682014-05-01T19:56:00.000-07:002014-05-05T19:06:47.930-07:00Day 112: Presence<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 800;">What went well?</span> </span></div>
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<li>Dr Michael Baime, Director of the Penn Program for Mindfulness, was the guest speaker (or rather, facilitator) for our mindfulness class today. I have never been so attentive in this class before. There was something about his presence that was compelling and just made you want to listen and pay attention. It was a real privilege to hear his insights.</li>
<li>I am currently thanking myself for all the work I've already done on my (other) mindfulness paper. I just had a look after not touching it for three weeks and had completely forgotten where I was with it, but was pleasantly surprised to see that it's about 60% of the way there already. I think another solid day of thinking and writing and I will have a solid first draft.</li>
<li>The check-out lady at Fresh Grocer is so genuinely friendly.</li>
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<b>What did I learn?</b> </span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An interesting and effective way of facilitating a discussion. Dr Baime chose not to give a formal Powerpoint presentation ("the easy way out") but asked each of us what our biggest questions about mindfulness were. Then, he collapsed them into three big questions which he shared his thoughts on. A great way to address the interests of the group.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The effect of one's presence on everyone else's presence.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sleep deprivation has adverse effects on self-control. I don't know if there's been research on it but I definitely felt it!</span></li>
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Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00878793880731453949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742404350780848936.post-51825768949010585982014-04-30T23:23:00.002-07:002014-05-05T19:07:19.185-07:00Day 111: Cognitive Impairment<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What went well?</b> </span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3.5 months, 33 pages, 9500 words, and 100+references later, handed in my Buddhism paper!</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hung out with a couple of friends tonight and played Cards Against Humanity.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hilarious email from Buddhism professor:</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What did I learn?</b> </span></div>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sleep deprivation causes serious cognitive impairment. I had been confidently reproducing that Pali text passage across the week, but wasn't so confident this morning or convinced that I'd gotten in 100% right in the actual exam. Oh well. I think it was right, but again, not sure.</span></li>
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Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00878793880731453949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742404350780848936.post-19222046178230795462014-04-30T01:51:00.002-07:002014-04-30T01:51:49.711-07:00Day 110: An almost-all-nighter<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What went well?</b></span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Definitely got a lot done. That is all.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Actually enjoyed writing my intro Buddhism take-home exam because it was very creative and hilarious.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My Buddhism prof is ok with me being way over the page limit - he told me not to worry about the length! Saves me a lot of struggle with cutting stuff down. Unheard of at Melbourne.</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What did I learn?</b></span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stuff really gets done when the deadline is impending.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Looking up citation details for old books is a drag and takes far longer than expected.</span></li>
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Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00878793880731453949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742404350780848936.post-9646182299036861672014-04-28T22:11:00.001-07:002014-04-28T22:11:10.491-07:00Day 109: Singing recital!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What went well?</b> </span><br />
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<ol>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Had my singing recital today, and it went really well and so many (ten!!!! ahh so exciting!!) friends came to support me!!!! Here are the videos: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpWpGMJ2rC0">Ah! non credea mirarti</a> & <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yah8ET9sCuE">Ach, ich fühl's</a>.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ended up bumping into two of my friends to came to my recital at HipCityVeg where I went with another friend afterwards, and we hung out together over dinner and had a great conversation about singing, then hung out for a bit more after dinner. It was awesome!!! We are all planning to hang out again together.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Decided I want to do more with my singing, so am entering the SAPACS in July in Auckland. Even though I missed the late entry date by a week, the organiser is allowing me to enter. Also, I really appreciate my singing teacher's efforts in helping me to figure out my repertoire for these competitions.</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What did I learn?</b> </span></div>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The economics of Buddhism is an underresearched field.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The American religion view that spiritual life is more important than the material may be a culturally specific view. A lot of Buddhists don't see the problem with commodification and commercialisation - e.g. selling amulets, Buddhist amusement parks, offerings at shrines. The commodification and commercialisation of Buddhism isn't destroying, selling or polluting the religion, but doing what the religion says by helping people e.g. providing them with jobs.</span></li>
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Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00878793880731453949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742404350780848936.post-22298194051313766262014-04-27T22:00:00.002-07:002014-04-27T22:00:53.803-07:00Day 108: Homeostasis<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What went well?</b> </span><br />
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<ol>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Started off the day with a run, and it was really peaceful out.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Got coffee again this morning, and it kept me focused all day. Combined with the homeostatic regulation of study I guess (given that I did very little yesterday). Anyway, I finished writing the (draft) of the second section too, so am now at 23 pages, and need to write up the last section - implications etc., tomorrow (or technically "tonight" since it's past midnight), then will have a whole day on Tuesday to do a thorough cut & edit. So it's going!</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Got a lovely email from my mum. I appreciate her mindfulness of me (yes, I'm totally bringing back 17th century quaint usages of mindfulness as consideration, memory, and regard!).</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Got more RSVPs for my singing recital, so am looking forward to that.</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What did I learn?</b> </span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Caffeine is amazing. That is all.</span></li>
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Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00878793880731453949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742404350780848936.post-52096375249150558362014-04-26T22:08:00.002-07:002014-04-26T22:08:40.276-07:00Day 107: A social day!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What went well?</b> </span><br />
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<ol>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bumped into a friend at HubBub (cafe) this morning when I was grabbing a coffee and intending to reason my way through my arguments for my paper. Her friend wasn't able to meet her anymore so we ended up catching up over coffee and had a fantastic conversation! It was great to get to know her better, and such a nice way to start the day. Also, HubBub coffee is great.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Went and saw a bit of the Penn Relays with another new friend. As we entered, someone gave us their tickets to pretty much the best seats (we had free tickets as Penn students, but their tickets were worth $42) so that was really nice of them. When we left, we paid it forward to a couple of other students by passing those tickets on. Also, the weather cleared up really nicely and the sun was so nice.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Had another great D&M with another friend at our "study party" this evening (2 hours of study, 3 hours of chat :P). I just can't express how much I value substantive conversations. It's stimulating, rejuvenating, rewarding, deepens relationships, and puts everything into perspective.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Refined my argument a bit, and I'm less mrahhhh now! :)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It looks like lots of people will be coming to my singing recital! So that's exciting.</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What did I learn?</b> </span></div>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm ok with having an unproductive day (in terms of getting work done) when the time has been spent in other good ways (i.e. with people and cultivating relationships). Being unproductive is only stressful when you are being destructively unproductive (e.g., lamenting over how unproductive I'm being or trying to push through even when the brain says no) rather than doing other healthy activities (e.g., taking breaks, exercising, socialising). Because now I feel ready to get back into this paper tomorrow. It's coming along. I'm at about 18 pages of solid writing/argument (still to be cut down) and 20 pages of notes/word vomit to process or delete.</span></li>
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Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00878793880731453949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742404350780848936.post-60488200145424897032014-04-25T21:31:00.000-07:002014-04-25T21:34:08.094-07:00Day 106: Mraaaaaaahhhhh<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What went well?</b></span><br />
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<ol>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Skyped my parents. This is possibly the first substantive (i.e. beyond "hey, how's it going) conversation I had all week. People are important. Especially family. I haven't been social enough (i.e. at all) this week.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Singing practice went well, and I'm feeling good about my upcoming recital, and looking forward to sharing it with my friends. That's the thing about diversifying sources of self-esteem. Even when certain things aren't going so well (my paper; it's back to mraaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh), at least I still (think I) sound good!!</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gave someone laundry detergent (because someone had used theirs all up, and I'm not going to use all of it by the end of semester). Again, another source of self-esteem - trying to live in congruence with my values. Having a bad day? Help someone out!</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have now memorised the whole Pali passage for the Buddhism final. Now just need to reproduce it a few times a day in the lead-up to maintain it in my memory.</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What did I learn?</b> </span><br />
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<ul>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I get miserable when I haven't had substantial conversations with people for even a few days. Remember, friends buffer against stress!</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is difficult to think clearly when frustrated. I hit a roadblock with my paper and just need to reason my way through it - but that does take some grit and deep work, which is uncomfortable.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Having extended blocks of open time does not guarantee that work will get done.</span></li>
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Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00878793880731453949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742404350780848936.post-40941463443878405122014-04-24T21:27:00.000-07:002014-04-24T21:27:23.541-07:00Day 105: Lock-down mode<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What went well?</b> </span><br />
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<ol>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Got a reasonable amount of work done, and had good energy levels throughout the day.</span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rewrote the first 7 pages of my research paper</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Memorised another 2 words of the Pali paragraph for my Buddhism final</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Took lots of notes on Buddhist ethics for a news response about Buddhist violence in Myanmar against Rohinga Muslims</span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Skipped my first class of the semester (an extremely low-value class), so saved a couple of hours (and a lot of frustration) there</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Did laundry, so I have clean clothes!</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What did I learn?</b> </span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From a Buddhist ethics standpoint, the worst kind of action is one that is intentionally committed and one knows what is going on, but does not recognise that one is doing wrong.</span></li>
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Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00878793880731453949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742404350780848936.post-31393097884172527142014-04-23T20:12:00.003-07:002014-04-23T20:14:00.350-07:00Day 104: The joys of a clear thesis statement<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What went well?</b> </span><br />
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<ol>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you've been following this blog then you are well up to date with the journey/struggles I have gone through with this Buddhism x Mindfulness research paper! In particular, I had been tearing my hair out trying to figure out what I'm actually trying to <i>argue</i>, since the scope (and length) of my paper exploded and became overwhelming. Well, today, I went and saw a Learning Instructor at the Weingarten Learning Resources Center (the equivalent of an Academic Skills Advisor at Melbourne) to get some help with clarifying my thesis statement. That was a struggle too, and actually she didn't say all that much. But the process and the "deliberate practice" and continued thinking it required - just talking about my paper and ideas for more than an hour - unlocked ideas, and I thought of a thesis statement as I walked out the door. Here it is!! </span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The meaning and origins of the concept of mindfulness have been oversimplified, but this was essential for the mainstreaming of the concept, or the “mindfulness revolution”. This enthusiasm has, in turn, stimulated a new and dynamic discourse about the complexities of mindfulness and its relationship with Buddhism. "</span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And, got really positive feedback from my professor about this thesis statement, so am feeling much better about this paper now:</span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Went to a talk, "How the Heart and Mind Connect: The Neuroscience of Meditation." It was so profound and brought some clarity into my day.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Had another class debate for Buddhism! I was reading a sermon in the role of a 10-year-old novice monk, and it was really fun.</span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Positive psychology lecture today was on the <a href="http://narrative.ly/pieces-of-mind/nick-brown-smelled-bull/">positivity ratio controversy</a>. It was so good to get a new perspective on the issue that helped me feel more compassion and respect towards Fredrickson, who has suffered so much from this controversy. I now realise that the blame rests not only on her, but mostly on her dodgy collaborator Losada (who must have known full well what he was doing with his absurd application of mathematics), as well as on the reviewers who never questioned a paper that didn't really make sense and let it through for publication, and every other psychologist who cited and talked about the paper without fully understanding it. We can learn a lot from these controversies, and it helps our discipline grow through self-reflection, even while the reputation of both the people involved and the discipline suffer too.</span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It really, really helps to talk your ideas through with someone for an extended amount of time, even if they aren't necessarily providing much input or reflecting on what you're said. Just talking about it stimulates thought and clarifies what you're trying to get across. So I've gone from a reaction of "MRAHHHHHHHHHH" (literally) every time I look at my paper to a feeling of calm confidence moving forward with restructuring and rewriting parts of it.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The grad student who delivered the guest lecture in positive psychology today had debunked the positivity ratio paper 4 years before Brown et al. did, but chose not to publish the paper because he was new to the field and it would not be gracious. So interesting to hear about the politics and tact required as an emerging academic.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With mindfulness, often attention and intention are uncoordinated. So, attention -> awareness and worldview -> intention, but these are often not working together. But, if we can coordinate them, so that we get attention and intention working together, then we'll be filling our awareness with stuff we actually care about.</span></li>
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Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00878793880731453949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742404350780848936.post-77103947616606965822014-04-22T22:50:00.000-07:002014-04-22T22:50:00.829-07:00Day 103: Physical toughness<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What went well?</b> </span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Had a really good lab meeting this morning with another person at the PPC. He provided great input into what we should do moving forward with launching our study - it's not quite ready to launch yet, but we're getting there.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I survived my high intensity interval training class. I hadn't been for over a month, and was actually ready to quit about 10 minutes into the class. Was literally feeling sick because it was really gruelling. But, I didn't quit!! So it is worth celebrating this small achievement of willpower.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finished building the post-test survey for the study.</span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I could do with some more physical toughness - pushing the physical limits of my body, especially relating to fitness. I think this is one area where, if not pushed, I could tend to give up more easily. I would not survive Boot Camp. Oh my god, just thinking about the HIIT class makes me feel sick again...eek. Bad associations?? And yet, physical toughness is so linked with mental toughness...mind over matter, etc. So maybe it's just about increasing self-discipline and the power of the mind to support the development of physical fitness?</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Desperate times call for desperate measures. I was procrastinating pretty badly this evening, so printed off all 56 pages of my Buddhism draft/notes (double sided, 2 to a page, so 14 sheets) and headed off to the library with just my notebook, those notes, and a pen. No phone. No laptop. No escaping. Just writing. So, did get a little bit more writing and thinking done. It seems to help.</span></li>
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Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00878793880731453949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742404350780848936.post-47335894640819994032014-04-21T21:22:00.002-07:002014-04-21T21:22:53.705-07:00Day 102: Sense beneath absurdity<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What went well?</b> </span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ok, so in case you hadn't gathered, my Buddhism prof is awesome. Well, he kinda stepped it up a notch today as he handed out our final exams. It's mostly take-home, and when I read it standing in line for lunch, I literally started cracking up laughing. The line that set me off was, "The fourth section you should complete by 2074 around 5pm". The fourth section was "Realize full awakening...". Hilarious. Part I was also bizarre. We were given two scenarios to choose from and "fill in the story" and respond/make a decision using Buddhist concepts. The first story was fairly normal, but the second was completely absurd. Basically, a story of debauchery, stupid drunk tourists, and then trying to justify that to some monks with Buddhist concepts. When I read it (it was very detailed and vividly written), my first reaction was "Wtf did I just read?!?!" But now I realise that even though at surface level this looks completely absurd, it's actually a great way to test for meaningful learning, creativity, and well, actually THINKING. It takes talent to write a test that actually tests for the important things...and is kinda hilarious at the same time.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Coffee is awesome!!! Well, I was kinda not grounded and somewhat anxious in the morning, but then had a really productive day - wrote another 1800 words for my Buddhism paper (I'm at 42 pages now and about 80% of the way through my first draft, yay for cutting 22+ pages...), started preparing for my Buddhism final, and submitted my contribution for the class debate. I was actually in flow! And am glad my energy was sustained today. Forget time management - you can have all the time you want, but it's useless without energy management. These next couple of weeks are going to be rather caffeinated, I have (cheerfully) entered lock-down mode for papers and exams and stuff.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Got positive feedback from the post-doc I'm working with for the final checks I made on our study that we're about to launch. It's good to know that I'm doing something right.</span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Those who rate money as unimportant to life satisfaction are more satisfied, and those who rate love as important are more satisfied.</span></li>
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