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• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision fatigue an occupational hazard, and how to manage it

  

  's gotten to the point where she can tell when, and how long, I've been in ... are things we can do to mitigate cognitive exhaustion: I've blogged ... make decisions, and thus to become fatigued by them, and we can't avoid

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Meltdown On instability, IHTFP, and leaving sometimes

  

  +. Are you sure we can handle it?” “Yes. We're only emotionally immature ... no matter how hard you work, you can always be better, and as long as you can be better, you’re not good enough. You’re a slacker, you

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 29, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  REX at Random Hall Pancakes, LN2 ice cream, board games, game theory, math, raves, staying up entirely too late,…

  

  much maple syrup you can fit on one plate. 03:17 - 06:17 Epic Meal ... can curry favor by having all the expansions for Race to the Galaxy. You can curry favor by teaching someone about exoplants. You can curry favor

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 23, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [joint post] we visited every station on the MBTA and the Logan Airport Rental Car Center

  

  overkill. Or, I don’t know. We can talk about the spreadsheet later. Anyway ... least one mistake in all of these maps, see if you can find it ... Maureen in Rent, ‘you dressed up as a groundhog to protest the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 29, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  the blogs at twenty some reflections, plus an index of posts

  

  intergenerational in a way that the day-to-day blogs can never be, by the very nature ... thirty-four recent posts. But, qualitatively, I can say that these 20 years ... activation energy, but somehow this inspiration fanned outward, enveloping more

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 2 The median of an introductory trilogy

  

  though trying to keep up with the energy of students. A thousand events happened at the same time, from shenanigans I can only hint at, to ... thinking of majoring in? Person: Sorry, can you repeat that? Me: What

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 16, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Save Point sleep wake hope

  

  concentration. Mostly I put my literary energy into blogging instead - although I ... their own advantages and limitations. I can't just make things up when I ... human. Even on this blog, where I can say exactly and precisely I want, I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  [joint post] a guide to mit gyms big brains, big gains 😤

  

  residents can tap into 24/7. Since the [annotation note='the primary gym for ... , campus gyms can also get quite busy. As someone who has worked the front desk for them, I’ve seen that space can be limited. So, dorm gyms come

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Random Hall ‘13s Life plans, advice, and stories from last year’s Random Hall graduates.

  

  was determined to not be embedded into this blog post, but you can ... you can catch my Random Hall friends (below), the graduated bloggers, or ... forums, which I’m nervously excited for! I can imagine being here for a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 20, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Ten days of live-action roleplaying no joke, there i was…

  

  't have the time or energy to write a huge post about this, but here's some ... middle of a semester can be hard, sometimes, due to scheduling and school ... ="335"] it's a me[/caption] You can also see me holding a wand in this

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  demons on depression

  

  visualize something, kind of see a picture in their head vividly, which can ... can draw a banana. In all respects, I can act like someone who is ... 't exaggerating or speaking metaphorically when they say that sexual attraction can

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 28, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  From the other side of grad school Trust me, I'm a doctor

  

  . Tackling a focused question can lead to a remarkably expansive adventure ... worked out the physics of shockwaves and high-energy collisions on a ... , and -- if you’re in a field like mine -- you can do your work from

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Gothic You are reading an admissions blog post. You are reading tumblr.

  

  that you can drop out now. But you know it’s not true. You can’t leave ... ’re stuck here. Your friends can’t tell if you’re laughing or crying. You ... can’t remember what it stands for anymore, but still you whisper it

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Grey and Other Colors

  

  there are very different solutions which can’t be compared on the same ... ’s best technology companies, but one can only get so excited about making ... like planning a trip would take so much time and energy. I didn’t start

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 8, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  This Is How I Read productivity hacks, but for reading applications

  

  installed over in Civic so that he and others can have walking meetings during ... anything more was diminishing. Similarly, I've found that I can read ... ahead of time because it helps me save cognitive energy downstream that is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Night at the Office A bit longer than I expected.

  

  ) asks, “When's the latest I can get my article to you?", to which I respond, “When's the earliest you can get it to me?" Ultimately, we agree on ... the energy to go back to Baker and fell asleep in the office

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • April 1, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  50 Reflections

  

  world can't find any students who can build a decent web page? (Answer ... to cure cancer / creating the renewable energy systems of the future ... words, I think MIT can take much of the credit for the shift we've seen on

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Axes of Confusion ????

  

  us in the heart the way nothing else can. Another HUGE factor is that ... can go into. And the career we envision we want will impact our choice ... STEM stuff (cause you can get some pretty cool results while having fun

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Was Sitting Where You’re Sitting Quick! Click here. :D

  

  conservation of energy you can’t go full circle. We get to watch preparations for ... the music, which switches from “We Can’t Stop” to “Lay Down Sally ... Nothing,” Owl City’s “When Can I See You Again?” Toppings: hot fudge, gummy

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The MIT Major Arcana a collaborative art project

  

  they can't finish what they signed up to do. It's not that that person is ... . How can a finite language contain infinite utterances? Artist: Shuli J ... , or high-temperature superconductors all show that complex structure can

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2023