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heydrvanessa @heydrvanessa.bsky.social · 17h

88 keys. 88th day. Here’s what playing piano taught me about college, life, and staying in tune with your own rhythm. Love the Fur Elise: Choir + Professional Development: #MentalHealth Treats: #WorldPianoDay #CollegeAdvice #PianoTok #LifeLessons #piano #music #instruments #musictok

heydrvanessa @heydrvanessa.bsky.social · 20h

Sometimes you just gotta laugh at yourself and have a little fun! #pov #cameraroll #capcut

heydrvanessa @heydrvanessa.bsky.social · 23h

#onthisday I encourage you to not use AI as a shortcut but as a collaborator (given your professors are ok with it). Don’t try to trick the system! Email your professor for help: #CollegeAdvice #essaytips #essayhacks #studytips #chatgpt

heydrvanessa @heydrvanessa.bsky.social · 1d

#onthisday I realized I could freak out but little did I know what was in store the next year! #friends #anxiety #freakout

heydrvanessa @heydrvanessa.bsky.social · 1d

The world’s unsettling, but I’m grounded. 2025 is chaotic—but I’ve done the work, and I got this. So do you. February 2025 Dr. Diaries: March 2024 Candidacy Chronicles: My Joy is Mine: #DrDiaries #MentalHealthMatters #HigherEdLife #MillennialJourney #TherapyWins #JoyIsResistance #blacktiktok

heydrvanessa @heydrvanessa.bsky.social · 1d

#onthisday I shared how I was super regimented and disciplined with writing that dissertation! Sometimes I surprise myself! #collegetok #dissertation #phdtok #graduatestudent

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heydrvanessa @heydrvanessa.bsky.social · 2d

#onthisday I share that I created a #substack (just in case)! It’s pretty cool! Taking it back to my old school blogging days! #blog #substackwriter #substacknewsletter #substackwriters

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heydrvanessa @heydrvanessa.bsky.social · 5d

#onthisday I shared with some friends: I show up and only take what I want and what belongs to me. Nothing more and nothing less. March 2025 Dr. Diaries: I got a #substack now: #OOTW/#OOTD: #peace #selfcare #grownish #freeform #imgood

heydrvanessa @heydrvanessa.bsky.social · 5d

Sasha🧚🏾‍♂️🌸🇭🇹 #gradschool can be very lonely, but sometimes adding a #thirdspace or leaving campus can broaden your network. Remember the perspective: How my non-academic friends see me: Customizable Mindfulness: #lonely #friends #mastersdegree #collegetok #phdtok #gradstudent #jcrew #retail

heydrvanessa @heydrvanessa.bsky.social · 5d

#onthisday I remember knocking out the writing in the AM so I can have fun in the PM! #gradschool #collegetok #phdtok #gradstudent

heydrvanessa @heydrvanessa.bsky.social · 6d

#onthisday it’s Friday and it’s time to celebrate the weekend!!! #weekend #friyay #friday

heydrvanessa @heydrvanessa.bsky.social · 6d

#onthisday I share that #socialmedia can be leveraged as a good #networking and #professionaldevelopment tool! #linkedin

heydrvanessa @heydrvanessa.bsky.social · 6d

#adele gets me in my feels hardcore! #graduation #senior #classof2025 #collegetok #phdtok #gradstudent

heydrvanessa @heydrvanessa.bsky.social · 7d

#onthisday I share that there is no crying in baseball or in any professional space. However, if you need to emote definitely fine safe places and spaces to do so. Talk to your #professors now: Could easily freak out right nowDo people go to class:

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heydrvanessa @heydrvanessa.bsky.social · 7d

It’s challenging to manage all your responsibilities while filling your cup, but these suggestions should help! Selfcare #Sundays: All I needed was 19 minutes a day: 5-9 routine: #collegetok #gradstudent #collegestudents #mondaymotivation #phdtok #selfcare #routine #boundaries

heydrvanessa @heydrvanessa.bsky.social · 7d

#onthisday I share that I can critique something while still loving it at the same time. #marchmadness #highereducation #collegetok #ncaabasketball #ncaa

heydrvanessa @heydrvanessa.bsky.social · 8d

#onthisday I shared how I used for my dissertation research! Staying #organized with Notion: Using Notion for Life: #highereducation #collegetok #gradstudent #collegestudents #notion #database #zotero #research #dissertation

heydrvanessa @heydrvanessa.bsky.social · 8d

I love my therapy sessions, especially in these interesting times we’re in. Professors need love too! 😂 Adele hitting me in the feels: My Joy: She doesn’t even know it yet: ##therapysessions##therapy##selfcare##treatyourself

heydrvanessa @heydrvanessa.bsky.social · 8d

talking on the phone is a legit fear! I have a fear or apprehension for order food for a large amount of people! However, I push through anyway! #phobias #phobia #telephobia

heydrvanessa @heydrvanessa.bsky.social · 9d

#onthisday I share that hearing my students say that I help them is one of the greatest feelings in the world! #collegetok #professors #adjunctfaculty ##adjunctprofessor

heydrvanessa @heydrvanessa.bsky.social · 9d

It’s #friyay! #weekend

heydrvanessa @heydrvanessa.bsky.social · 9d

I love taking my Mac Adult Dance classes! I have so much fun hitting these moves! It’s #friyay: #ootd #likejennie: I am in the #BTSArmy: #dancingthroughlife #jhope #monalisa #ootd #ootw #fitcheck #outfit

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heydrvanessa @heydrvanessa.bsky.social · 10d

I’m glad that this resonated! 🫶🏾

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heydrvanessa @heydrvanessa.bsky.social · 12d

#onthisday I share my response to people who say college is a waste or they are solely focusing on majors that make a lot of money. #college is transformative: Getting more than you think: College ≠ Waste: #collegetok #majorselection #courses #classes #studentsoftiktok

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heydrvanessa @heydrvanessa.bsky.social · 12d

#onthisday I shared that it sometimes feel like you have to be perfect and you don’t. Mentality here: Realistic Selfcare: #college #collegetok #studentsoftiktok #finalsszn