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HOME ALONE 2: LOST IN NEW YORK — 1992, dir. Chris Columbus

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As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000) - Jonas Mekas

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Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy (translated by Rosemary Edmonds)

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from The Memory Palace, by Nate DiMeo

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Mary Oliver, "Blue Iris." Devotions

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At any given time jus know I’m smelling good

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breakfasts from clottedblog

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not my reincarnated ass forgetting that desire is the root of all suffering 😂

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i hope everything gets easier soon. or at least funnier. amen

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Virginia Woolf, from a diary entry featured in “A Passionate Apprentice,”

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Kate Bush, 1978

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Chercheuse d'infini by Jan Frans de Boever (Belgian, 1872–1949)

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the key to surviving grad school (also maybe life but definitely grad school) is to pick a side quest every few months or so. something that brings you joy and that you can get better at over time, independent of whether or not your research or classes are going well. put your need for academic validation to use in a non-academic setting and everything will feel less dire and you will learn you are more than your work