2016 Resolutions Revisited

As 2015 was coming to a close, I wrote down a list of resolutions that I hoped to fulfill in the upcoming year- one which seemed so bright and full of endless possibilities. But now that 2016 is a few weeks shy from its long-awaited ending, I thought it would be a good idea to…

A Chart for the Ages

First, there’s two A4 papers. Nothing special, the printer paper variety, unlined, blank. Then, there’s the nearest pen. It has to be working, because it has to last you the whole duration. The color is not significant. What’s important that you can write clearly with it- and in case it goes missing, it can be…

I Have My Masters Degree: Looking Back

Exactly a year to the date that I moved to Maastricht to start this adventure I keep talking about, and get that highly coveted Masters degree, I got an email confirming that I had passed that pesky thing that kept me up for nights on end and had me learning complicated statistical methods- my thesis….

Throwing Stuff Away Doesn’t Come Easy to Me

As a college student, I’ve accumulated a whole bunch of papers, books, notebooks, catalogs, folders, and just stuff. And over the past three years, I’ve creatively tried to pack them away in a small two shelf-closet, three drawers, and an IKEA contraption that has three shelves. To mark the end of every semester, I would…