Switching Gears
Hey there! I'm posting this blog a few months later than I planned… again. There have been a lot of changes for me in the past two years, so I wanted to wait until things calmed down before I got back into this website. For context, I started this website when I was a postdoc because I thought it would be good for my academic career. Plus, I wanted a place to sort through what I’d learned in graduate school. As it turns out, I ended up quitting my postdoc, starting a podcast with my best friend from graduate school, and moving to the Netherlands with my husband and two dogs. Let’s just say it took a long time for the dust to settle.
While I’ve been settling into our new Dutch lifestyle, I’ve been trying to decide what I want to do with this website. Before I made this website, I’d always wanted to start a blog but hesitated to act on it because, honestly, the thought of someone I know finding it was extremely anxiety inducing to me. It still makes me anxious to think about anyone reading what I write, but starting a podcast made me realize that it’s really not that deep. So with that, I’ve decided that this website will function as a place for me to talk into the void about the things I feel passionately about—from life in the Netherlands to the thoughts that don’t make it onto the podcast—and I’m looking forward to seeing where it takes me.
Thanks for reading!