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Sabbatical failure

25/09/2023 by Corina

A very tired hippo laying flat on its stomach.

I felt like a sabbatical failure last week. I ended up eating, sleeping and feeling quite crap. In this post, I am trying to figure out what happened and how to move on. Lees verder in Sabbatical failure

More tired means happier?

12/09/202312/09/2023 by Corina

Two fat women in bed just woken up, one is drinking coffee. They are happy, smiling at each other.

My discovery of today is that when I am more tired, I am happier. Let me explain. So I have been tracking my mood and how tired I am for almost a month now. To make it look nice, I chose the Pixel a day format in my health tracking notebook. I use color coding… Lees verder in More tired means happier?

Putting low days to good use

12/09/202309/09/2023 by Corina

A bin at the grocery store with my pick of the day: bananas, a cucumber, a zucchini, onions, some fruit.

Low days are also part of a Year of Happy Chaos. I hit a low this week, so now I am trying to use that awful feeling to motivate myself to improve my health. Lees verder in Putting low days to good use

Doorstarten

12/09/202322/05/2023 by Corina

Corina op de voorgrond met zonnebril in wit kanten mouwloos shirt met op de achtergrond een weide en groene bomen.

Bedrijven kun je doorstarten. Kan dat ook met een leven? Ik zou het graag een nieuw begin noemen, maar dat is het niet. Het voelt als iets nieuwigs, tegelijktertijd blijft mijn favoriete tegelwijsheid waar: “Je kunt kijken waar het gras groener is, maar je blijft dezelfde koe.” De periode 2019-2022 is voor mij niet zozeer… Lees verder in Doorstarten

Een tweeluik over de overspannen wetenschapper – deel 1

12/09/202331/12/2018 by Corina

Red felt square with a pin. It was used to indicate solidarity with young academic staff who would have uncertain careers for years on end.

This is a post I wrote at the end of 2018. I was so tired and I never understood what was going on until my friend told me I was getting burned out. The reason you can find in this post. Lees verder in Een tweeluik over de overspannen wetenschapper – deel 1

Confessions of a non-thin woman

12/09/202309/05/2017 by Corina

Smiling Corina with a drink in her hand. I am younger, my hear is longer, I am wearing red lipstick. I always hated this picture because of how fat I thought I looked.

This is a piece I wrote in 2017. I was so fed up. Lees verder in Confessions of a non-thin woman