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I wish I had more time to read.

Find a routine. You’ll never be as productive as you want to be, but you will do ‘enough’ every day to get you to your destination.

People that make you feel comfortable and safe can go a long way.

See and listen to your good friends. Surround yourself with people who believe in you, people who make you laugh and people who you can talk to about things that have nothing to do with your thesis, but also listen to your thesis drama.

Move your body, run, do yoga.

Go see nature.

Take some weekends off.

Take some down time every day and do something unrelated to your thesis.

Eat with others when you can.

Avoid Twitter.

Avoid comparison.

Trust in the process, you are learning new things, you are becoming a new you. What matters is not so much recognition or praise but growth.

Just be you, dare to make mistakes and be authentic.

There will be many iterations, accept that, try your best and then use judgment to improve drafts.

Avoid speaking to supervisors if it makes you feel down.

Do something that will make you feel proud. What matters is not the degree, the accolades or the praise from supervisors, it is how you will feel about the end product.

Don’t listen to people who tell you to not be ambitious, if you want to be ambitious.

We tend to think in herds, in silos, in pre-boxed boxes. How to open them up? How to unfollow the crowd?

io nel frattempo oscillo. come sempre, come le onde. mi chiedo chi sono, che ci faccio qui, sempre a girare, incapace di trovare la mia gente. così traballante. ma forse c’è luce, basta solo sapere che di luce si tratta, e cercarla, e darle spazio, e volerla, e mettersi in gioco per averla.

“leader” - che significa? Significa trancinare, motivare. Non basta la passione, ci vuole capacità di stabilire contatto e empatia. E io mi sento poco così, poco trascinante. mi hanno detto che ero più bella da lontano che da vicino. mi hanno detto che ho carisma, mi hanno detto che sono troppo negativa, che sono troppo insicura. tutte cose vere. 

Being an imposter.

So many people out there are talented, thoughtful, tactful.

And me - a will - no manners - no memory - raw passion without talent. Blood and fear. Ice and fire. Doubt, ambiguity, self-doubt. Eternal self-doubt. A conqueress, yet clumsy. I fall from my horse, then stand, I descend, then reascend, and most of the time I shake.

Don’t be afraid of those who appear knowledgeable or talented, they probably simply believe in themselves. Believe in yourself and do the work that takes you where you want to be.

Don’t be afraid of those who are arrogant and act successful. Ground yourself.

Cultivate passion, nourish curiosity, reach the ground, the bottom, the depths and even deeper, that’s where you find the most powerful ideas.