flâneur

Emily Qi

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  • Signals of the right group: They don’t default to status talks (recent internships, test scores, etc) They execute consistently on what they set out to do (not just at the last minute) They have exceptional moral character and aren’t just smart/talented They’re just completely genuine people You feel right around them and don’t need to tailor your personality There’s something they’re weirdly obsessed about (art history, marine animals, etc) Low ego + high curiosity Strong conviction in something Bad (but enticing) signals to avoid: They’ve achieved a lot of concrete things (awards, internship…
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  • I think we have it all backwards. Take the first step, then see if you fall in love with the road before you. Dabble in a hobby without thinking about how far it might go. Start writing your dissertation for a month before you chain yourself to a PhD for the next 6 years. You should be married far before your wedding. You don't commit to being a writer, you don't deliberate where to publish and who it's for. You just write, and one day you call yourself a writer and don't cringe.
    chemistry needs contact - by Jesse - fish in a pool
  • People will have periods when they disappear; people have times when they let you down. When you know someone for many many years you will have so many ups and downs. As with any kind of love, the most important thing is that you both keep coming back.
    the friendship theory of everything - by Ava
  • Befriending people who are good communicators can make you a better communicator. Befriending people who are trustworthy makes you more trusting.
    the friendship theory of everything - by Ava
  • You accept that in choosing who you spend time with you choose who you are.
    the friendship theory of everything - by Ava
  • I think a lot of my discomfort at the moment comes from adjusting to how friendships work when you’re in your twenties. At university you get to see everyone at their most raw and tumultuous, the pure malleable yolk of themselves, in bed with a hangover or dancing in their pyjamas or crying so violently the world cracks open. Now that I live in a city away from a lot of my friends, and only get to see some of them every few months, I yearn for that unabashed closeness, that proximity again. Post-graduation, when we’re no longer living together, social events with a lot of our friends are releg…
    i have friends, i definitely have friends
  • But I do think it’s worth observing all the small acknowledgements contained within our speeches themselves. If you don’t hear them, listen a little more closely: I begin my speech in the finals this year by describing Buddhist protests in the Vietnam War. The image has been seared into my brain from the 18-hour Ken Burns documentary that Brent loves so much. In a debate about elite universities, we manage to weave in Arsalan’s biweekly rant about the warmongering sociopaths of the Harvard Kennedy School. He looks proud. And then there are subtler things — habits that are unconsciously imprint…
    Good Evening, Vietnam - by Annushka - agarwhale
  • It's ok to be stressed, but it's not ok to be confused
    To Make a Documentary