Some reflections on doing “service” things and getting them done

The Wonder Philosophy workshop, which aims at helping students from disadvantaged backgrounds (mostly first-gen, but also financial hardship and women of colour) who are interested in applying to philosophy graduate schools to navigate the process, has just concluded this past weekend. (I wrote a post about it back when it was still in the planning…

Not a morning person

Some time ago, I read this blog post by a friend, Darby, about writing in the morning as a non-morning person. She has pointed out something that I’ve subconsciously noticed for a long time: most productivity/creativity articles & books are written by morning people, for morning people. Everywhere I’ve looked (and, apparently, that Darby has…

Some rants about climate surveys

For a very convoluted chain of events that have resulted in me having multiple near mental breakdowns, I decide to write a post about opinion surveys. In particular, surveys that aim at finding out whether a school or department has a climate problem. I’d like to talk about just what sort of thing they are: what…

Living differently

I actually enjoy service. I enjoy organizing events and troubleshooting climate-related stuff. It helps me feel connected and relevant. However, I have become increasingly aware of the different lifestyles between people who “see problems and try to solve them” versus people who “do not see problems”. I’d like to record some of these differences and…