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Thought-reviews are half reviews, half tangents about what the books made me think about. Finished Yolk by Mary H.K. Choi The Subtle Art of Not Giving Fuck by Mark Manson The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman They Both Die in the End by Adam Silvera Current Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb [ ] The post January 2022 Reading List with thought-reviews first appeared on hannahwastyk.co .
I m writing this exactly a month after defending my PhD in Bioengineering at Stanford. I wanted to spend some time reflecting on the experience and record memories while they re still fresh. Instead of the typical thesis defense that takes place in a crowded room with palpable tension and energy, I held it from the comfort [ ] The post Defending my PhD at Stanford from my bedroom first appeared on…
My co-first author paper with Gabi Fragiadakis was published in Cell last week and was trending #1 on PubMed for a few days! This is the seminal paper of my PhD career and I am incredibly proud of the final product. The village of researchers that worked on this paper is immense and I feel [ ] The post Gut-microbiota-targeted diets modulate human immune status, a peek behind the curtain first…
“A liminal space is the time between the ‘what was’ and the ‘next.’ It is a place of transition, waiting, and not knowing. Liminal space is where all transformation takes place, if we learn to wait and let it form us.” The post Liminal Space – describing the indescribable first appeared on hannahwastyk.co .
A micro-review on a story I always come back to when people ask what my favorite book is. The post Flowers for Algernon, a micro-review first appeared on hannahwastyk.co .
I wrote this piece almost exactly a year ago about a trip to Taiwan in September of 2019. I was trying to capture the simultaneous known and unknown I felt while surrounded by people that looked like me, but lived radically different lives. We step outside into the calm of the morning. The town hasn’t [ ] The post Taiwan – No. 129 first appeared on hannahwastyk.co .
While slouched over on my couch in the middle of the day last week, I decided to take a small break from debugging code and flipped through Anything You Want, 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur by Derek Sivers. The thin, 88-page book is a wallop of inspiration chock full of thought [ ] The post What do I love the most? first appeared on hannahwastyk.co .
I like writing about things I haven t figured out yet. “I can’t think if I can’t write.” 1 I’m writing this blog to get things out of my head. When I don’t understandsomething, it rattles around in my brain like a loose pebble. I’ll kick itaround and try to recognize how it confirms or changes [ ] The post How my brain works first appeared on hannahwastyk.co .