Before I forget, HAPPY 2 YEARS to this newsletter! Some numbers: 40 posts (this post makes 41), 1.2K subscribers (and growing), 54 books mailed to incoming/current PhD students, and over 60K views. Let’s keep it going! For a month now, I’ve been back in the Midwest (USA) reconnecting with family, friends, and colleagues. During this time, I’ve come to appreciate just how important it is to have social support physically close by. Of course, I knew having family and friends close was important, I think I just underestimated it after having been in the Midwest for the prior 9 years. This isn’t to say that I didn’t feel supported during my first year in New York. Rather, by taking stock of how I feel right now while being back in the Midwest (where I’m from) and my feelings during the past year (while living in New York), I can now see very clearly what my new colleagues did well to make me feel welcome and what more I could have done to integrate myself in my new community (both on and off campus).
There's no place like (a new) home
There's no place like (a new) home
There's no place like (a new) home
Before I forget, HAPPY 2 YEARS to this newsletter! Some numbers: 40 posts (this post makes 41), 1.2K subscribers (and growing), 54 books mailed to incoming/current PhD students, and over 60K views. Let’s keep it going! For a month now, I’ve been back in the Midwest (USA) reconnecting with family, friends, and colleagues. During this time, I’ve come to appreciate just how important it is to have social support physically close by. Of course, I knew having family and friends close was important, I think I just underestimated it after having been in the Midwest for the prior 9 years. This isn’t to say that I didn’t feel supported during my first year in New York. Rather, by taking stock of how I feel right now while being back in the Midwest (where I’m from) and my feelings during the past year (while living in New York), I can now see very clearly what my new colleagues did well to make me feel welcome and what more I could have done to integrate myself in my new community (both on and off campus).