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𝐒𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐢

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Franz Kafka, 1912

one of the biggest things I can advocate for (in academia, but also just in life) is to build credibility with yourself. It’s easy to fall into the habit of thinking of yourself as someone who does things last minute or who struggles to start tasks. people will tell you that you just need to build different habits, but I know for me at least the idea of ‘habit’ is sort of abstract and dehumanizing. Credibility is more like ‘I’ve done this before, so I know I can do it, and more importantly I trust myself to do it’. you set an assignment goal for the day and you meet it, and then you feel stronger setting one the next day. You establish a relationship with yourself that’s built on confidence and trust. That in turn starts to erode the barrier of insecurity and perfectionism and makes it easier to start and finish tasks. reframing the narrative as a process of building credibility makes it easier to celebrate each step and recognize how strong your relationship with yourself can become

ph. Danko Maksimovic - Paris, France (2025)

Film: Kodak Ultramax 400

liminalstates

January 1941. A textile mill working all night in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

academiaatitsfinest

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons; I know the voices dying with a dying fall Beneath the music from a farther room. So how should I presume?

— T.S. Eliot