Robyn Wrote About

“Brains are a little bit like Eskom, they can’t sustain continuous power output.”

The first follower turns the lone nut into a leader. Great TED talk.

Sometimes wish we were writing up an ingratitude journal

Some people have already finished their individual leadership assignment

Watched Deadpool – unexpected in every single way

Spent weekend at the GSB

Started thinking about electives to pick

Three walks on the promenade

“Sometimes the only way to change it is to burn it down.”

Booked a kayak outing

Did yoga, realised how tense entire body is

After two sessions, I am obviously highly ambitious and disappointed I cannot do the impossible already

Brig Thursday

Forgot how beautiful this poem is

Can now APA 6 reference like some kind of champion

Spent two hours daydreaming about travel bucket list

Went to Spur, had a monkey gland burger. Humans probably shouldn’t eat tese

Found out a lot about monkey glands

Accidentally kicked a table so hard I cried

Stood in vomit (not mine) whilst walking back to my car, in a respectable parking lot

Found amazing lunch spot beneath Workshop 17 called Cooked – try the roasted veg salad

Started using a sleep meditation app called Sleep Pillow

It was like reading the same bad novel 12 times. – accounting lecturer

Started Monday, insert black hole, somehow got to Friday

Personality insights came back as very, very green

Living with a cat is entertaining

Worst night of sleep – fell asleep at 1AM.

After years of ignoring me, cat finally extended friendship by jumping through window and on to bed at 1.30AM

Was so tired, tried to chuck cat back out through the burglar bars

Cat thought this was the start of a game and ran into the room, mewed and ran out again repeatedly until 2.30 AM

“If you don’t play by Google’s rules, you need to go search under the stones or whatever.”

MBA Valentines Day

Tried out Dalliance; great tapas spot in the Waterfront – try the butter chicken

Either at the Graduate School of Business, in the Waterfront, on the Promenade or in bed

Much work, max readings, min time

MBA groups are starting to crack a little bit

LifeStraw is a product that’s changing lives

The nation is in a state; FM doesn’t think it’s a laughing matter

Great conversation about SA with an Uber driver from Zim – didn’t want to get out the car

Leadership unmade the weekend

An Aerosmith is a person who fixes broken bubbly chocolates. – @JamesFreemantle

Indoor Picnic :)

Baby frangipani tree is starting to grow flowers :) :)

Love Sea Point – seeing the ocean every day is good for your brain

Body clock still really likes 5.20 AM

Parking in the new car is entertaining

Tried out vegan pizza at the Waterfront Food Market – it’s good

“It’ll be a jolly exam man!”

Fascinating lecture on the nuances of business in Africa

Stumbled onto the Corruption Perceptions Index 2015 – Africa is all about the red

“There will definitely be some academic shit to research on this.”

Played Foosball – been way too long

Discovered Deloitte has a digital division

Chronic name droppers are my worst

Airport run

If you lose your faith in humanity, go and spend time in the arrivals hall of your nearest airport

Reminded how important the women in your life are

Breakfast at Olympia

Tried out a GnT infused with rosemary, lime, cucumber, and mint

Read that humans need 4 hugs a day for survival

Shamelessly had this on repeat for most of the week

Read, read and read some more

Exercise routine is so non-existent right now

• 5.20 alarm to miss traffic; still sitting in traffic
• MBA Orientation Week
• Slept badly
• I have forgotten a lot of accounting
• Celebration dinner at Balthazar
• Favourite part of the day: 7AM, sitting outside in the GSB quad, with a cup of tea
• Sat in the best IT lecture of life; cried with laughter
• KLM’s Lost and Found Service spot is brilliant 
• Grateful for Mum and Dad
• And grateful to a friend and her family for letting me rent their spare room
• Moving to Sea Point and excited to see the ocean every day
• Getting POs out of agencies has to be the most convoluted process known to man
• But getting the GSB printers to work is a dark art
• This clip made my week 
• Asked a gardening expert questions about pot plants on CapeTalk
• 2ish hours running round the Waterfront for a team treasure hunt on Friday afternoon
• Legs refused to get out of bed on Saturday morning
• The Village Idiot has an Ostrich behind the bar
• Rediscovered Black Keys, Brothers 2010
• Invited to speak at a conference in Hong Kong, but sadly can’t, as dates clash with final exams
• Intern has exceeded expectations by miles
• Sharing some thoughts on social media power & responsibility
• Updates and snaps from friends on the East Coast are making me miss New York
• Cut sugar this week
• Saturday was … interesting

• ” The older you get, the more you realise that no one has a goddam clue what they’re doing. Everyone’s just winging it.”

• Spent Sunday reading
• Finished The Bottom Billion by Paul Collier
• Here’s his TEDTalk
• Tried to finish All The Light We Cannot See – beautiful read
• Thoughts this week:

What am I doing here?

How the hell am I going to read a 323 page textbook before Monday?

Can I still get a refund?

• Landed back in Cape Town
• Hot. Heatwave. Dear God, how have Capetonians been living through this?
• MBA meet-up at La Vie – nice to finally meet a few classmates
• Finished “Serial” podcast – narrator got on nerves slightly
• Finished Bloodline – it’s good. Netflix it
• Cape Town, we need to talk about the traffic
• And then we need to talk about the wind
• MBA Registration  – opened welcome pack, discovered student card and 4 years of undergrad came rushing back
• Did have a moment where the enormity of it hit home
• Everyone is incredibly smart and interesting
• Over 40% of the MBA class is international – USA, Canada, Brazil and Japan
• Official welcome to the UCT Graduate School of Business – “How are you adding value to the world?”
• Watched Beasts of No Nation – not for the faint-hearted
• Weekend of MBA team-building in Grabouw – started out apprehensive (can loathe team-building), but absolutely loved it
• Cape Leadership facilitated an amazing two days – many thanks to them
• Highlights: Sudoku and pyramid puzzle, the blindfolded, eggs and tennis ball search, and the raft building
• Hardest part: Climbing a tree with tiny footholds turned out to be much harder than I expected
• Our team nailed the raft challenge
• Scraped and bruised and have a good feeling about MBA group
• Ready to start this chapter