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My Life in {sh}Rambles | A Blog Experiment


Pandemic anniversary
Flash fiction or vignette about a couple's anniversary during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Maria Rosales Gerpe
Feb 241 min read
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Flight (death in the family)
Short story about a death in the family. Creative writing about mourning.
Maria Rosales Gerpe
Feb 242 min read
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The girl needs a mole
The flash non-fiction is about having moles, and whether or not they are blemishes.
Maria Rosales Gerpe
Jan 131 min read
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Writing rules
This blog is about how writing doesn't seem to follow any strict rules even while editing does. So cut yourself some slack when writing.
Maria Rosales Gerpe
Jan 62 min read
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I'm stressed about the job market
Painting "Sorrow" by Maria Rosales Gerpe I began this morning doing research for my company on statistics for Learning and Development...
Maria Rosales Gerpe
Jan 22 min read
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Be a Sponge: My New Year's Resolution
This post is about stating a word to define the year ahead instead of setting New Year's resolutions.
Maria Rosales Gerpe
Dec 30, 20243 min read
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Navigating Unemployment and Uncertainty: How a Year Without Work Changed My Perspective on Career Stability and the Future
This article explores the journey of navigating job loss, career change and the uncertainty of today's job market.
Maria Rosales Gerpe
Nov 5, 20248 min read
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‘Everything is about other humans’: Nicole Arbour, Belmont Forum, on her career switch from neuroscience to anthropocene
Nicole Arbour, Executive Director at Belmont Forum, was once a neuroscientist. She now coordinates anthropocene research. How'd she switch?
Maria Rosales Gerpe
May 1, 20245 min read
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Your girl got scammed on Etsy: Here's how to spot it and avoid similar fraud
I am severely unemployed. Since August 2023 when I cashed my last cheque from the Cambridge Times, my dream job from which I was laid off...
Maria Rosales Gerpe
Apr 12, 20246 min read
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Arguments that sound like fallacies in Gabor Maté's The Myth of Normal
Gabor Mate's Myth of Normal is incredibly researched, why do some arguments sound like badly put-together rhetoric?
Maria Rosales Gerpe
Mar 6, 20246 min read
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On the naughtiness that is writing in books
Some people are sacrilegious enough to write in books: I'm one of them. According to "Oh Reader"'s most recent issue, I'm not alone.
Maria Rosales Gerpe
Mar 3, 20242 min read
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A letter about mental health: You should read Esmé Weijun Wang
Esme Weijun Wang's The Collected Schizophrenias is a powerful examination of mental health, which made me ponder about my own mental health.
Maria Rosales Gerpe
Feb 3, 202419 min read
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What is mindfulness and why has been it so important to me, especially after my diagnosis with ADHD
This post is written in a combination of drawings and writing. For this reason, some writing is repeated.
Maria Rosales Gerpe
Feb 1, 20249 min read
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The D in ADHD is for Disconnect
Flash non-fiction on the way attention can mean care and love, and how ADHD can create a disconnect between two people who love each other.
Maria Rosales Gerpe
Nov 30, 20232 min read
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The D in ADHD stands for (double) disappointment
How having ADHD impacts my life, and that of my son. The story of a morning gone awry.
Maria Rosales Gerpe
Sep 29, 20228 min read
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Read this blog at your own risk
There will soon be a blog here for you to read. It won't be about food. Or will it? It's hard to tell right now. In the meantime enjoy...
Maria Rosales Gerpe
May 8, 20227 min read
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Motherhood & Financial Security
First published in Medium .
Maria Rosales Gerpe
Nov 12, 20218 min read
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I loved Love and Monsters, but...
First published in Medium Have you seen Love and Monsters, yet? I recently "binged" it, or to be precise, watched it in parts throughout...
Maria Rosales Gerpe
Apr 26, 20214 min read
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The Road to Scientific Writing
When I was little, I enjoyed two things: dinosaurs and story-telling. More so the latter. I’d gather friends and cousins at birthday...
Maria Rosales Gerpe
Mar 4, 20215 min read
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Growing from 2020
I was recently watching a YouTube clip of James Corden interviewing Ana de Armas for the Late, Late Show. Ana is Cuban – just like me....
Maria Rosales Gerpe
Dec 31, 20208 min read
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