Jan 27, 2022Dodging a Diabetes Diagnosis With Modern TreatmentsIn 2020, when remote work was instituted as a reaction to Covid-19, I set out to focus on my personal nutrition. I was free from the social pressure of my coworkers’ lunch outings, and I had also long felt obligated to learn how to avoid the type 2 diabetes diagnosis…Sugar Free7 min readSugar Free7 min read
Jan 17, 2022My Johns Hopkins Science Writing Master’s Statement of PurposeThe following is my statement of purpose submission for the Johns Hopkins Science Writing Master’s program. As I re-read it, I see a lot of room for improvement, but I thought I would share it as-is to exemplify a selected application’s piece. Statement of Purpose My academic record, combined with…Johns Hopkins4 min readJohns Hopkins4 min read
Dec 15, 2020I Saw COVID Vaccine Misinformation in the One Facebook Group I Shouldn’t HaveWhen I was 18, I was diagnosed with Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT). It’s a condition where the heart has “extra” electrical pathways that can cause it to jump into irregular rhythms (beating fast around 120BPM for 30 minutes for example). Some people can live mostly normal lives without intervention, and others…Vaccine3 min readVaccine3 min read
Apr 10, 2019Why You Shouldn’t Skip Your Daily MeditationI’ve recently been appreciating the benefits of meditation and mindfulness. I wrote extensively about a variety of ways mindfulness has helped me, and ways it can help anyone (even skeptics), here. In short, mindfulness helps you catch your negative habits and emotions before they take you over, and it can…Meditation3 min readMeditation3 min read
Apr 8, 2019Mindfulness — a Better “Bliss” than IgnoranceMindfulness, the practice of focusing on real-time thoughts, feelings, and experiences, is a skill that has benefited nearly every aspect of my life. Mindfulness is the foundation of many life-improvement projects you may have heard of, ranging from Buddhist meditation to tired but true clichés like “think before you speak”…Mindfulness10 min readMindfulness10 min read
