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  You Are Here a list of things i can't make myself do, and a few i can

  

  my ears is loud—too loud, frankly—but it’s all I can do to block out ... it’s foot down when I try to be kinder to myself. Why can’t you just finish? Why can’t you just work? Why have you become so useless? I shudder

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • April 19, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  señoritis navigating work/life balance - and spring break photos

  

  simply do not have the energy to do so. here is some of what i have ... being and fall down. you can't cheat sleep. it will find you and make you ... trying. this will take care of the "work" part. 5) you can always spare an

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 28, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  To whom much is given… ...you know the rest!

  

  Much is expected. I can't tell you how many times I have heard ... few weeks. I can tell you with a fair level of certainty that it is just ... great deal of emotional energy has been invested into. Regardless of the

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 13, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Units of Measure A simple question with a lot of cool answers

  

  assigned to them by another member of Conner 2. I can't remember all of the ... Stewart = "Knish" Steve Ballmer = "Energy!!" (made all the more terrifying

  • by Snively '11
  • January 7, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advisor vs. Advisee a '07 and a '21 answer a series of questions

  

  them to make that a reality takes a lot of energy and thinking for me ... reading this article the other day about how we can be discriminatory in our ... empathy. Or alternatively, the empathy we feel for some people can be more

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Fake it ‘til you make it It worked for me!

  

  Universe, and the Energy Content of Gasoline. If you’d rather not spend hours ... language. I know it’s long, so you can skip to around 15:30 and watch from ... graduate can't get a job for two years after graduation?  I felt like a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing I don’t have time for hosed into my core

  

  , making me feel terrible about how much I have to face with no energy or ... second and moment of mental bandwidth and focus and emotional energy and it ... ’m somewhere between emotionally numb, about to cry but can’t, and in intense

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 25, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last First Day Some musings from my last first day of classes

  

  professionals, as I feel like I can never wake up before 9AM. But today I have ... like I got a taste of the power of academia. Nowhere else can you be truly unlimited in your pursuit of knowledge, and nowhere else can you

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 8, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Some Advice Sometimes I wish I could tell freshman-me that everything's going to be okay

  

  , and it can feel overwhelming. Call or write someone you care about; they ... . 9) Be yourself as much as you can. It's exhausting to try and maintain ... apart and slowly piece yourself back together. 14) Late nights can feel

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT and Black Greek Letter Organizations An Interview

  

  members can span several generations.  Kenneth is one member like that. He ... gained 20 moms when she joined the alumni chapter. She knows that she can ... members from different schools can all live without having to travel for

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 13, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, by the Calories free food is everywhere

  

  energy with them. The room was quiet. Then, suddenly, the quietness was ... .02 (Calculus), and MAS.110 (Media Design). You can Google each of my classes and ... -less so far. It’s okay, because after class, I can walk right across the

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • October 7, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Be yourself or create yourself? The biggest question in freshman year.

  

  and fitting in, freshman year can be overwhelming socially. Especially ... enough introvert energy to spend a whole day in my room just reading ... architecture to media/journalism.  But of course, you can’t possibly always know

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Show, Don’t Tell! (the College Essay, Pt. 2) My take on the MIT short essays.

  

  , always cut it out. (iv) Never use the passive where you can use the active ... you can think of an everyday English equivalent. (vi) Break any of ... account on my.mit.edu so I can actually catch a glimpse at what the new

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 23, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On Teaching and Learning Minimum requirement: read the last few sentences of this post. They're important.

  

  students of all grade levels who can’t write a grammatically correct complete ... , with the energy and creativity to improvise if - when - something doesn ... ! See? You get it. Now, figure out four squared. You can use the coins

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 20, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what work is bite-sized senior spring

  

  not so good at and that i can usually get away with neglecting. this is ... 'm doing so i can get back to the place where i approach the days of my life with joy and curiosity and energy, which, for me, is so much harder than

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  actual conversations i have definitely had with freshmen during orientation

  

  and i can't believe this roller coaster and wow ME: omg yeah i know ... : hey ME: hey FROSH: can i have my hair dyed ME ... to feed on our youthful energy ME: FROSH: before you crawl back into

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 30, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Challenge You Pi day approaches.

  

  aesthetically pleasing) buildings with energy, personality, and cool ideas. The ... . The process of making what you can from a situation doesn’t require a ... . Whatever it is you wanted: hold onto it as tightly as you can. The hard part

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bumps, slumps, trips, and … Breaking out of a slump, now with more Cleveland!

  

  energy gone? I was searching for that energy when I really saw the slump ... getting lazy. And that's okay: it happens. Now that I see it, I can do ... , but I want to focus my energy on one thing, and I want to build it up! I

  • by Cam T. '13
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  IHTFParadise – A Journey of Depression at MIT Guest entry by Angelina G.

  

  felt utterly unmotivated. It was as if all of my energy and motivation ... hard work, time, and energy I had poured into the project only ... of pain and guilt. Depression can be vastly different from person to

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Colorful a response to “how’s MIT?”

  

  evening you don’t have enough energy to do anything anymore. But this is ... itself up like clay on my shoulders. Maybe that’s why frosh energy is such ... opportunities to do this. I tell myself, I can hang out with people tomorrow, or

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 5, 2019