HeyJaredMcKenna's Musings
Muse with Me! Sharing bi-weekly updates about my poetry and film and how I'm growing through it all <3
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Settling (opens the original)
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Well, I slowed down, and I’m figuring out what feels right. It’s been about two weeks full of classes, and it has been a whirlwind. It’s crazy to think about how much has happened in such a short amount of time. And yet I’ve been thinking these past few weeks that time has been passing me by, and I won’t have enough time to make the impact I want to have here. It’s a fear that I think a lot of people in my program feel, but I get scared that they are acting on it more than me.<a class="image-lin
Fall has begun (opens the original)
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Well, the fall semester at Harvard has officially begun. I wrapped up my August semester about two weeks ago and had registration/advising week in the middle to prepare for this beginning. Classes in June felt like an awakening, August felt like a whirlwind, and I know September has only just begun, but Fall feels like I am here. Like taking classes at Harvard is not just a concept but something that is actually happening to me, not around me. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="h
Elephants in the room (opens the original)
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As of today, I have officially been a Harvard student on campus for two weeks. And in those two weeks, I have already completed two classes! My first class in June was virtual and served as a foundational course for my program. Then, at the beginning of August, I embarked on 3 new courses that would end either this week or at the end of next week. They are additional foundational courses that everyone in the Master’s program takes regardless of their individual track. But not everyone takes them
Ducks in a row (opens the original)
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Well, summer is over for me. I am officially on campus for graduate school, and it feels weird. I know I’m going back to school like normal, but it feels different. I’m going to be battling a lot of imposter syndrome and studying with people who have been in the workforce a lot longer than me. I’m delaying being an adult by being a student, but I am also very much an adult studying. I got my flu shot, tried Whole Foods and will never go back, and used an electric stove for the first (?) time. I’
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