Author: Georgie Nink
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The Power of Consistency
The algorithm Gods and keeping a promise to myself I was feeling embarrassed and frustrated that I didn’t have something new to post today. I normally have my Sunday posts prepared before, you know, Sunday. “I don’t have something new to post today,” I griped to my husband and my younger sister, who was in…
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What We Notice When We Snap Our Laptops Shut
Arlington, MA-January 2023 I spent this past week in DC for work. I flew down Monday evening, so I could go to in-person meetings with colleagues and work from our office in Arlington, VA. I’ve just joined a new project this month; there is so much to be done. The gravitational pull of my work…
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Do Refugees Benefit from Participating In UN Research Studies? (Part 2)
What I Learned From Interviewing Syrian Refugee Families In Jordan This is Part 2 of my story about interviewing a Syrian refugee family for a UN research study I worked on in Jordan a few years ago. Read Part 1 here: Do Refugees Benefit From Participating In UN Research Studies? (Part 1) In Part 1, I…
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Do Refugees Benefit From Participating In UN Research Studies? (Part 1)
What I Learned From Interviewing Syrian Refugees In Jordan CONTENT WARNING: This piece contains graphic language describing Syrian war killings. Feel free to opt out and read last week’s post or my most read post instead! July 2019-Northern Jordan The woman, in black niqab with only her eyes showing, handed off her newborn baby girl…
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What I Appreciate About Life In The US After Living Overseas
5 Things I Loved In 2022 January 2023-Milwaukee, Wisconsin As you probably know by now, I spent the last seven years living in Jordan (with a strange, brief stint back in the states in the early COVID days. More on that weird time later). After I moved back to Boston last April, I had a…
Curious Georgie 
–مرحبا سلام Thank you so much, what a lovely comment to receive! I think you’re right; we can’t always be…