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Things left unsaid: reflections on academia, aspirations, and accountability; or approximately 2100 words about heartbreak and failure – idk

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Last Friday, I had a conversation with some lovely humans (if you were one of them: I am happy to name you, but also respect that you may not want to appear in someone’s self-indulgent, meandering, and emotional diary entry). After we ended the call, the conversation kept turning over in my mind. Between then and now feels like a year rather than a few days—and to be candid, I lose thoughts in the middle of words on the regular—so what follows is perhaps more of an exhalation than elaboration. These are, perhaps, things that have been caught in my throat.

Last Friday, I had a conversation with some lovely humans (if you were one of them: I am happy to name you, but also respect that you may not want to appear in someone’s self-indulgent, meandering, and emotional diary entry). After we ended the call, the conversation kept turning over in my mind. Between then and now feels like a year rather than a few days—and to be candid, I lose thoughts in the middle of words on the regular—so what follows is perhaps more of an exhalation than elaboration. These are, perhaps, things that have been caught in my throat. A non-comprehensive list of thoughts a

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