Monique Saas

First-gen student/ Ph.D. Candidate/ Softball and pickleball novice / Southeast Asian food, thrillers, arugula, and working for educational equity excite me.

[Anne Lamott Quotes @AnneLamottQuote]

“Perfectionism [is] the most toxic condition for the soul. The next most toxic is the ensuing and chronic contempt for oneself, the belief that one is secretly defective and less-than. The next is the obsession that one is right and better-than.” ~@ANNELAMOTT

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“You live longer once you realize that any time spent being unhappy is wasted.” – Ruth E. Renkl

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"Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly." —Robert H. Schuller

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"The inspiration you seek is already within you. Be silent and listen." —Rumi

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"Don't compare your beginning to someone else's middle." —@JonAcuff

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"Simple can be harder than complex. You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end, because once you get there you can move mountains." —Steve Jobs

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"When someone does something wrong, don’t forget the things they did right." —Unknown

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"It’s your road, and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you." —Rumi

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"It's a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy." —Lucille Ball

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"You can't make positive choices for the rest of your life without an environment that makes those choices easy, natural, and enjoyable." Deepak Chopra

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"Our whole social environment seems to us to be filled with forces which really exist only in our own minds." Emile Durkheim

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"Focus is the art of knowing what to ignore." —James Clear

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"This is the real secret to life—to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play." —Alan Watts

[PhD Voice - Independently Run @PhDVoice]

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#PhDVoice @PostdocVoice

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Balancing the fear of technological doom with the reality of [& hope for] change... very tough >_<

"In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists." —Eric Hoffer

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@PhDVoice @PostdocVoice Prompt thoughtfulness >>>

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"Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you decided to look beyond the imperfections." —Unknown

#PhDone #phdchat #phdvoice #phdlife #PhD

[janel 🇵🇸 @pband_nelly]

We are not minorities, we have been minoritized.

We are not underrepresented, we have been historically excluded.

Language matters.

[Journal of West Indian Literature @jwilonline]

What ethic emerges if we follow Audre Lorde into a redefinition of "sister" that queer and expansive enough to face neoliberalism, generational divides, patriarchal secrets aka Caribbean Diaspora? Where do guilt and grace find each other? Oh right. Outside. Meet you there.

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*attacked*