Growth Archives • ALEXANDRIA BLAELOCK

How to Conduct a Rewarding Research Project

Today’s post is for Emily, who recently read about my Research Outfit and wondered exactly what kind of rewarding research…
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Since I read Marie Kondo’s The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying, I keep falling over intense, library voice (whispered) bookish debates…
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If you hadn’t noticed, we’re just starting the Chinese Year of the Pig. I have a few words about pig…
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There’s been another round of dud apologies, and I just don’t get why some people find it so hard to…
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For those who don’t know, the Latin phrase Memento Mori more or less means remember, you’re gonna die too. And perhaps coincidentally…
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I’ve been thinking about modern life. And how fat old white guys still run the world. And that they believe…
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I’ve been researching Life in the Great Depression, so I’ve been thinking a lot about the relationships between time, money,…
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The other day Katy, Toseland and I were having coffee when Toseland said something quite profound. Somehow a conversation about…
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We have been exhorted since ancient times to “know thyself”, mainly because you come to know the gods by knowing…
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I realised today that I have contacted so far into myself over the last few months that I literally have…
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It seems that every time I turn around, I see or hear something about the benefits of vulnerability. I’ve talked…
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Following a multi-party, Upper House inquiry into “end of life” choices; Victoria may become the first Australian state to permit assisted…
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It’s been one of those days that you might call a bad day, and I’m feeling grumpy and generally disgruntled: This…
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In a forum that we are both members of, Sharon asked the question “What happens when you slow down?” She…
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In response to some recent political idiocy, I have been thinking about the politics of personal roles. This follows my…
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