Category: Reflections
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Hope/no hope for the future after the blessed month
As the title suggests, this post was supposed to be written last month, but my brain could not properly process the rapid descent of the state of the world while fasting. This was my first Ramzan at home in three years – the last one was in Wellesley, and the one before that was in…
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ChatGPT cannot read for you. And it shouldn’t.
I had a long facetime with one of my friends recently, and we mainly just ranted to each other about the state of the world – Trump, AI, and how people just don’t seem to want to read anymore. More broadly, people just don’t want to take the time to learn. I will be completely…
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On the occasion of my birthday when celebrating feels… wrong
With the start of the new year comes my birthday in quick succession. I am now 23 years old – still no driver’s license, but I am a little more of an adult. Yay! I do not feel very different going from 22 to 23 to be honest, but am just a little more nervous…
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A Reflection on 2024 – A Year Full of Duality
I have spent most of the year feeling bad about feeling bad. It’s been a difficult year, primarily because I am entering an industry that seems to be disintegrating in exactly the amount of time it takes me to finish what feels like the 100th cover letter begging for a job (while I have not…
Maryam Ahmad 