Yes, you can have a life in grad school
A guide to being an almost-close-to-normal twenty-something who also happens to be getting their PhD
“But I’ll be thirty when I finish graduate school!” “Julia, would you rather be thirty with a PhD or without one?” I have repeated this conversation many times in my head and to anyone who will listen. Before I decided to get my PhD in biology, I had heard so many horror stories about graduate […]
Time After Time
The analog antidote to my over-digitized life
The ability to have a shower curtain delivered by Amazon in under twenty-four hours is a recent development, relatively speaking. But the ability to have a printed copy of the latest news delivered to your doorstep, with articles written just hours ago, is not very recent at all, in fact. Home delivery of the print […]
My First Ironman: Where the Road to a World Record Begins
A story of struggle, endurance, and learning to believe in myself
I stood on the beach wall staring out into the ocean as the sun rose, forming the most beautiful purples and pinks. I thought to myself: “Today, I find out if the work I put in over the last seven months was enough.” “Today, I find out if the chase towards a world record begins […]
My Ironman preparation: zero to Ironman in 7 months
My journey from having no experience in endurance sports to running an Ironman
When I decided to train for an Ironman, I wasn’t coming in with a background in endurance sports; I was starting from scratch. For me, it wasn’t about chasing numbers or obsessing over the fanciest gear; it was about stepping away from the pressure and seeing what would happen if I simply tried to do […]
I Went to Grad School in Boston
Mr. M fell in the shower. His home caregiver found him on the floor. It was unclear whether he had hit his head, passed out, felt faint or short of breath, had chest pain, experienced an aura, or simply lost his balance. Mr. M has Alzheimer’s disease, and cannot remember what caused him to fall— […]
