Published in Biocord·Jul 6The Medical Laboratory: Secret Everyday HeroesI sat for my board exam last February in one of those Pearson test centers. I was amused to be pulled aside after the test by my proctor who wanted to ask “What exactly do you do for a living?” because that was one of the weirdest tests they had…Medical Laboratory3 min read
Published in Biocord·Jun 10, 2021Establishing Goals and Weekly Habits for Success: How I use Opus One for Long-Term PlanningA few weeks ago I wrote a post about how I use Opus One for daily and weekly planning and today I want to highlight two of the less basic features which I use for my long term planning and to make sure I stay on track and working towards…Productivity6 min read
Published in Biocord·May 6, 2021How I Ace my Exams and Handle the Stress of Finals SeasonIt is that time of the year when students across all educational levels are running on fumes and suffering from lack of sleep while catching up on piles of overdue materials. It is finals season. My finals took place a few weeks before the start of the season and, for…College5 min read
Published in Biocord·Apr 5, 2021How to start your college career right and tips to fix your course if it’s already derailedI often see new students on forums, the discord server I frequent, or on multiple subreddits posting things like “I am drowning”, “I don’t know what I am doing”, “I am scared to fail.” I want to make it very clear that these feelings are normal and they do not…College7 min read
Published in Biocord·Mar 22, 2021Things I wish I knew before going to college and back to schoolHave you been thinking about going to college or back to school recently? College can be a very exciting time for students. It is full of wonder, self-exploration, and discovery. However, I am not the person who will tell you to go get a college degree for the sake of…College6 min read
Published in Biocord·Mar 12, 2021How I use Opus One to Plan my Life: My Daily and Weekly Planning Workflow.My quest for productivity has been long and has evolved much over time. One of the key components of how I manage to stay on top of my to-do list is my curated daily and weekly planning workflow. I want to be a paper planner person. I love the aesthetic…Productivity10 min read
Published in Biocord·Feb 12, 2021The Power of Accountability BuddiesWe as humans tend to have these dreams that we find ourselves ruminating over for months, years, decades and we often do not ever act upon them. These dreams tend to be filed away in our brain’s darkest corners due to our own insecurities because we do not know how…Motivation5 min read
Published in Biocord·Nov 3, 2020Healing and Preventing Student BurnoutStudent burnout is a common phenomenon that sadly plagues many of us at some point or another. …College5 min read
Published in Biocord·Oct 30, 2020Cracking Discord: The New Member’s Guide to the PlatformAll the cool kids are on Discord! This may be true but I am too old to know what the “cool kids” are doing these days (old Millennial noises). Discord was designed for gamers as an interactive platform but it has expanded well beyond the gaming communities due to its…Discord6 min read
Published in Biocord·Oct 12, 2020Better together: in honor of world mental health dayOne of the wisest people I know once said to me: If I am drowning in an ocean and you are drowning in a glass of water, we are both still drowning. These words were salvation during one of the darkest periods of my life and opened the doors for…Mental Health Awareness5 min read
