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But you do. Great Courses are pretty awesome. Find a degree you don't want to / have the money to pay for but you wish you did and seek our their course guides.
(Here is an example: https://library.bu.edu/gastronomyguides )
Read the articles . listen to the podcasts. Pirate the textbooks. Be a fucking whole ass person and explore your interests because life is complicated and beautiful and you deserve to exist in that space in a way that is gratifying and encourages you to seek more and be more.
Jan 23, 2024
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Find something that tickles ur brain and dive in, ideally sitting at a desk and having some kind of place to take notes, write questions you have, and note down resources.
I think it can really improve your relationship to yourself to see that ur capable of not just scrolling mindlessly for hours, but for caring deeply about a topic, treating it seriously and with curiosity.
Doesn’t need to be an intellectual topic at all! I’ve just started lap swimming so am ‘studying’ freestyle technique, what drills to do, the swimming styles of various Olympians etc
Jan 27, 2024
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I have an MS in Business Analytics but now I study pelvic health, scar tissue and bodywork to health coach people with chronic pelvic pain. I used to work in finance. I took a lot of math in college for fun (really!) but wish I took more linguistics classes, also for fun. I also took a class called Aural Culture and one called Performing Wisdom. They have given me much information for how I want to live life!
Study whatever you find interesting! You can change your career path literally whenever you want and everything you’ve learned before will serve you in amazing ways you can’t even imagine.
Taking some business classes is good even though they’re boring because you gain a vocabulary that makes everyone think you know your shit even if you don’t. I was a 23 year old woman with almost no experience telling old white multi-millionaire men what to do with money because I gave confidence and had the vocabulary to be in that world.
I’m so glad I left that world but the skills I’ve gained from having that past life have been instrumental in moving through the world with the confidence I have now!
Feb 17, 2024
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about something you didn’t study in college, and you don’t work in.
And I mean really learning. i.e reading an entire book on the topic, or going to a talk, or taking a MOOC.
(Post inspired by me about to try to read a whole book about the internet and web3 and blockchain etc. etc. etc.)
Feb 6, 2024
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Okay soo... I can go a lot of ways with this.. if you want truly cozy, i.e lighter, comedic.. maybe I am not your best recommender, haha.
Or pls define cozy and I can try my best.
Here's some I enjoyed. Darker, perhaps or maybe typical, but here ya go regardless:
The Silent Patient- Alex Michaelides .. maybe a more well known suggestion.. if you were cool with Gone Girl, etc. still good.
Night Film: A Novel - Marisha Pessl .. dark creepy thriller. Good if you are a fan of horror films/general weirdness.
Dept. Q series - Jussi Adler-Olsen ... Nordic(ish) mystery . Cold cases. Some darker than others. Also have been made into films.
7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle - Stuart Turton...more Agatha Christie vibe. Like an escape room, in book form.
I've got more, haha. Lmk.
Jan 22, 2024
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Just go watch it.
Jan 27, 2024