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comment by Cumol
Cumol  ·  3552 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The 2015 Morale Menagerie - Fortnightly Check-in (3rd March)

I am a little late to the game, but I have been a little busy :)

Go running 2-3x a week

Well, I actually thought that I will be dropping this. But now, I am jobless, so I can choose my time as I wish. Been running twice this week. We will see how this improves.

Meditate at least 5 days a week for 10-15 mins

This was going great until the last week of February. I noticed that taking breaks longer than a week set me back by a lot. So I deiced to restart the Focus pack of the Headspace.com app. 3rd day in now, regaining peace.

Set up knowledge base about MDMA, LSD, Psilocybin and Cannabis

While the direct reading and putting together of infos is not working that well, I have been in contact with 2 psychedelic societies. One in the UK and the other in The Netherlands. Might be starting a student organisation that supports psychedelic research in Germany. There used to be such an organisation, but the members simple... died. Of age.

Find a PhD position that suits me/Leave current job

With some help from thundara and another native speaker, I was able to write a proper letter of purpose. Since then, I have applied for 3 graduate schools from my list of 6. Heidelberg, Munich and Freiburg are done. Tel aviv is nearly done (just waiting for one email) and then Berlin and Zurich are next. Additionally, I have been in contact with my former boss form UCL. Turns out he has met some Neuroscientists at UCL since he has started there, two years ago. Doesn't hurt to be the head of the Cancer Institute...

So, overall, its going great!