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Short reflections on life, posted as regularly as that life reasonably allows ;)
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How failing to achieve my Rhodes Scholarship dream was the best thing for my career
How failing to achieve my Rhodes Scholarship dream was the best thing for my career
When I first went to university at 17 years old, all I wanted was to get a Rhodes Scholarship and pursue graduate study on refugee issues…
Keeya-Lee Ayre
Feb 5, 2018
Web Summit Day 1: What’s tech doing for (and to) the world?
Web Summit Day 1: What’s tech doing for (and to) the world?
Today the Web Summit 2017 agenda kicked off, and I’m not going to lie — it was completely full on but in an amazing way. Being a…
Keeya-Lee Ayre
Nov 7, 2017
Making healthy choices! Why I missed a flight for the first time ever
Making healthy choices! Why I missed a flight for the first time ever
I haven’t posted anything on this blog for a month. A month! This project started out really ambitious, but obviously when life gets more…
Keeya-Lee Ayre
Oct 15, 2017
Are you considering blind people? I wasn’t.
Are you considering blind people? I wasn’t.
I was invited to speak at NetSquared London’s Digital Storytelling event tonight about digital storytelling for charities. I was grateful…
Keeya-Lee Ayre
Sep 19, 2017
Panel anxiety & diverse representation
Panel anxiety & diverse representation
Yesterday I was incredibly grateful to have been invited by The Smalls Film Festival to speak on the panel Talk The Talk, Walk The Walk —…
Keeya-Lee Ayre
Sep 3, 2017
#SquadGoals: learning who I want to be friends with
#SquadGoals: learning who I want to be friends with
When I was a kid I struggled to connect with my peers. I was interested in a lot of normal kid things, but also a lot of obscure things…
Keeya-Lee Ayre
Aug 23, 2017
This isn’t working
This isn’t working
I tried it out, but posting every Wednesday as a hard rule isn’t a good idea. If you haven’t yet read one of my posts from this 52 Memoirs…
Keeya-Lee Ayre
Aug 10, 2017
Too good to be true?
Too good to be true?
I’m posting this on a Thursday, again. I’m late, I know, but it’s for two very good reasons: my Wi-Fi is down at home, and I’ve received so…
Keeya-Lee Ayre
Aug 3, 2017
‘Giving back’ in Africa: I don’t want trinkets, so am I part of the problem?
‘Giving back’ in Africa: I don’t want trinkets, so am I part of the problem?
There are so many stories that I want to tell in these memoirs, many that I’ve only alluded to, or told in fragments while framing other…
Keeya-Lee Ayre
Jul 26, 2017
Today I earned a Masters degree: but five years ago I was forced to drop out of my undergrad
Today I earned a Masters degree: but five years ago I was forced to drop out of my undergrad
As I type this I am in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, working at a mobile technology event with exciting and disruptive start-ups and…
Keeya-Lee Ayre
Jul 12, 2017
Why Write 52 Memoirs?
Why Write 52 Memoirs?
At this point in my journey, I feel it is important to reflect on this project as a whole, as it’s been uniquely challenging to write a…
Keeya-Lee Ayre
Jul 5, 2017
My long-term relationship with intersectional feminism
My long-term relationship with intersectional feminism
A few months ago, I changed my Twitter bio to include that I am a “proud Intersectional Feminist ” and I’ve since received a number of…
Keeya-Lee Ayre
Jun 28, 2017
The Outfits I Will Never Wear Again
The Outfits I Will Never Wear Again
In April I spent just under two weeks in my hometown, Western Australia, visiting my Mum in my childhood home. It was my first time back…
Keeya-Lee Ayre
Jun 22, 2017
Why is mental energy so hard to believe in?
Why is mental energy so hard to believe in?
Something happened today that was like a total déjà vu moment. Well no, not really, since it wasn’t déjà vu — it was a moment almost…
Keeya-Lee Ayre
Jun 14, 2017
The Mystique and Magic of Foreign Languages
The Mystique and Magic of Foreign Languages
I have spent the last week in Sydney for the EU-Australia Leadership Forum. I was fortunate enough to have been selected for the Emerging…
Keeya-Lee Ayre
Jun 7, 2017
Mental Health and the Catharsis of Fiction
Mental Health and the Catharsis of Fiction
As I type this right now, I’m sitting on a flight from London to Abu Dhabi. It’s only a seven-hour flight (which for an Australian isn’t…
Keeya-Lee Ayre
May 31, 2017
Time to co-create the future or get left behind
Time to co-create the future or get left behind
As a young kid, there were three careers I was seriously considering: acting, neurosurgery and human rights law, or some combination of the…
Keeya-Lee Ayre
May 24, 2017
Unpacking cognitive biases by exploring unknown places
Unpacking cognitive biases by exploring unknown places
I remember a defining moment in my life was going to Cebu, in the Philippines, when I was about eight years old. In the midst of a short…
Keeya-Lee Ayre
May 17, 2017
Creative expression vs being taken seriously
Creative expression vs being taken seriously
I’ve always really loved fashion. I don’t say this in an “OMG these latest Kardashian trends” way or a “wow this expensive handbag makes me…
Keeya-Lee Ayre
May 10, 2017
Why I decided not to do a PhD
Why I decided not to do a PhD
For most of my life, I’d always expected that I would do a PhD. As a child, my Nanna called me “Professor”, in part because I was a bossy…
Keeya-Lee Ayre
May 3, 2017
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