My Blog

Welcome to my ramble filled blog on this corner of the interweb. I don't have a set schedule for when I update this, I mostly use it as an online processing diary type thing. And unless I know the people mentioned would be ok with their names being used, all names included within any blog post, are fake. But the people behind the fake names are 100% real. Enjoy reading thoughts and lessons from my brain

How do I do this disclosure thing right?

Beth Woolley

Feb 114 min

How do I do this disclosure thing right?

Date: 11th Feb 2024 I feel like there is a lot of responsibility on my shoulders in my new role and I'm not a lecturer. But I'll be...

Beth Woolley

Jan 2418 min

My relationship with Jack

Date: 24th Jan 2023 I was going back through old blog posts and realised I'd unpacked my relationship with Luna countless times but I've...

Fears around being an academic staff member

Beth Woolley

Jan 206 min

Fears around being an academic staff member

Date: 20th Jan 2024. Well this is officially a very late “welcome to 2024” type thing. But here we are. 2024, a year that is going to be...

Beth Woolley

Dec 10, 20237 min

Death by a Thousand Cuts

Date: 9th December 2023 So I've had one of those weeks that has felt heavy and a bit soul destroying. I found out on Monday that at the...

Beth Woolley

Oct 19, 202314 min

Where has the time gone?

Date: 19th October 2023 Two days ago I officially handed in my MASc thesis! That sentence still sounds weird to both say and write. Like...

Beth Woolley

Sep 29, 20234 min

Future Plans

Date: 29th Sept 2023 I think this is the first time I have maybe ever sat down and actively thought about my future and my plans for said...

Beth Woolley

Sep 3, 202310 min

I've no more fucks to give

Date: 3rd September 2023. Remember how a good couple of months ago I posted that I'd failed an essay and couldn't figure out how or why?...

Beth Woolley

Aug 30, 202312 min

Coleg Sir Gar

Date: 28th August 2023. I realised upon reflection that there are a lot of things that I haven't spoken about here online and I think...

Beth Woolley

Jul 4, 20235 min

I could fail?

Date 3rd July 2023 I currently want to curl up in a ball and either cry or scream into a void. My body/anxiety is letting me do neither,...

Beth Woolley

Jun 10, 20233 min

Dear Jack

Date: 10th June 2023 Dear Jack, when I came up with your fake name, I named you after someone in my family who has been by my side since...

Beth Woolley

Jun 8, 20235 min

Dear Luna

Date: 7th June 2023 Dear Luna, if I had all the bravery in the world, here are the things I would want you to know. Some I will send to...

Beth Woolley

Apr 25, 20234 min

The "Fuck It " method

Date: 25th April 2023 Well it's been a while hasn't it? I am still alive just been partially buried under the mountainous pile of work...

Beth Woolley

Mar 14, 20235 min

High Achiever but at what cost?

Date: 13th March 2023 I am the hardest person to please when it comes to anything I do. I'm never good enough for myself. If I ask for...

Beth Woolley

Mar 3, 20237 min

A Perfect Creative Mess

Date: 3rd March 2023 Well if life has taught me one thing dear reader, it is that when you least expect it, things fall into place. I've...

Beth Woolley

Nov 4, 20225 min

Finding hope in times of despair

Date: 4th Nov 2022 Hi everyone, I'm appreciating how much I suck at updating this blog! In my defence, starting a new MASc course,...

Words are powerful, they hurt me and now they're hurting the people I admire...

Beth Woolley

Jan 16, 20203 min

Words are powerful, they hurt me and now they're hurting the people I admire...

Date: 16th Jan 2020 Recently I found out some really troubling and upsetting news. Students on the CPP (Contemporary Performance...