Facing Fears
If you know me, you likely know I have a laundry list of fears and anxieties. Over the past few weeks, as I've started my training for a 2.5km swim with Cantoo, I've added to this list. Some of these are rational (trying to find a park in Bondi, getting kicked and/or accidentally kicking someone while swimming) and others less so (being eaten by a shark, or sucked into an underwater cave).
What you might not know is that in the past year, several dear friends have lost family members to cancer.
Like any good PhD, I believe in the power of research to reshape the world. Now more than ever we need to support cancer researchers -- as the rates of cancer in younger people continue to increase at an alarming rate, and already we all have a 50% chance of being diagnosed with cancer in our lifetime.
So please -- if you can -- help me raise money for cancer researchers this holiday season. In return, I'll continue facing my fears, and cap it off by swimming over 2km this January.
-- Hollie :)
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Facing Fears
Monday 8th Dec If you know me, you likely know I have a laundry list of fears and anxieties. Over the past few weeks, as I've started my training for a 2.5km swim with Cantoo, I've added to this list. Some of these are rational (trying to find a park in Bondi, getting kicked and/or accidentally kicking someone while swimming) and others less so (being eaten by a shark, or sucked into an underwater cave).What you might not know is that in the past year, several dear friends have lost family members to cancer.
Like any good PhD, I believe in the power of research to reshape the world. Now more than ever we need to support cancer researchers -- as the rates of cancer in younger people continue to increase at an alarming rate, and already we all have a 50% chance of being diagnosed with cancer in our lifetime.
So please -- if you can -- help me raise money for cancer researchers this holiday season. In return, I'll continue facing my fears, and cap it off by swimming over 2km this January.
-- Hollie :)
