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PhD Journey

July 4, 2024

Unaligned Values

Olasunkanmi Arowolo

Researcher, Lecturer, Coach, and Mentor in Journalism.

The day began with a lot of planning. I also intended to reach out to my younger brother to spend some time on personal growth and development, which was the highlight of my day. Most importantly, I needed to submit an application. Being in the application season is not easy, as each opportunity requires a bespoke application. I had a couple more things to write to finalise it, which is hard work.

Have you ever had a conversation with a friend that unexpectedly highlighted just how different your values are? Today, I had such an experience, and it left me pondering the nature of friendships and the importance of aligning values and avoiding keeping up with contact with unaligned values. Let’s...

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