Tag: PhD

We’re Done Here

 in Events, Life, Musings, PhD

TweetA house bought in 2000 when a family finally finished. A son who went to Canada and returned to a box room. An attic full of discarded toys and dead relatives trash. A life that ended, and took three years to remove it’s clutter. The past three years have been frankly annoying. Ignoring the sadness that comes with the passing… Read more →

Forcing out the words

 in Life, PhD

TweetWriting for fun. Writing for money. Writing because I have to. All require a different mentality. All require dedication. All require a mindset. This week sees me loaded with each. Fun, money, forced. The writing occurs in that order. Read more →

Photo Pooling

 in Cycling, Life

TweetWorking hard at a new job. Little time to do much else. Working on writing for fun, writing for brain, writing for qualifications. I miss the Highland Trail. I miss the people. I miss the riding. Tour Divide has started. One year and counting. Back to the suffering. Read more →

Make good Art

 in Life, Musings, PhD

TweetA few months ago I came across a wonderful speech by Neil Gaimen entitled Make Good Art. After watching, listing, thinking and watching again I realised that he is correct. We do just need to make good art. Be it in how we write, draw, compose or influence people. The last week has allowed me time to reflect and finish… Read more →

Brevity in Words and Actions

 in Musings, PhD

TweetBrevity is not a skill I was born with. It is however, something I have come to learn and accept that I have to work on. This has become even more evident in the final stages of my Ph.D. as writing gets more succinct, more purposeful, less …. fluid. It annoys me that the manner in which we write academic papers… Read more →