Posted on September 13, 2022
The Department of Library Services extends a very warm welcome to the new staff members that have recently joined us - we are so excited to have you on our team.
We asked them a few questions about themselves to get to know them better. Their answers are here below:
I am the Senior Coordinator for the Research Commons in the library. I am located in the Merensky 2 library on the Hatfield Campus. You can come to me if you are a Masters, Doctoral, Postdoctoral-fellow, or Support Services staff. I provide research-related interventions such as training, support, and bibliometric and altmetric reports for the University of Pretoria Executive.
2. What’s your go-to productivity trick?
I plan my activities the day before. I make use of a task list and create deadlines for myself so I don’t end up having to rush in the end. I also stand up from time to time to take short walks and talk to colleagues along the way. That helps me a lot to refresh and reset before I get back to work.
3. What advice would you give to your teenage self?
Stay the way you are and remain in your convictions. Do not doubt yourself, you are on the right path. My teenage self actually had life figured out more than the adult me.
4. What do you do to turn things around when you’re having a bad day?
I watch funny videos, take a walk, crochet something, or talk to the few people that always manage to bring me out of negative bubbles if I am at work. At, home I go outdoors, talk to my closest friends, do some activity if I have the energy, and then eat the bad away.
5. What fictional place would you most like to visit?
Hogwarts. There are several places there that I would like to visit
6. What’s your most used emoji?
The laughing emoji. I have funny people in my life that I cannot help but laugh at.
1. What’s your go-to productivity trick?
Podcasts, stand-up comedy, and gospel music.
2. Are you an early bird or a night owl?
I am more of a morning person, I am the kind that finds it hard to fall asleep and easier to be awake. In the morning you will usually be greeted by that smile on my face no matter how late I went to sleep the previous night.
3. What’s the best advice you were ever given? Who was it from?
It was from my uncle who raised me after my dad passed. He said, "people learn by their mistakes, you must think beyond that, look at them, and learn from their mistakes". Those words have saved me from making wrong decisions so many times in my life.
4. What’s your guilty pleasure?
All sorts of Liquorice and Fizzy drinks, I know they are bad for me but I love them. I’ve recently decided to never again take fizzy drinks; I hope it lasts.
5. Do you have a hidden talent? What is it?
I have an ear for music, I love music and I love making music; the only problem is I have been told I have no mouth for music. Since I sing with my mouth, I continue singing even though it irritates some people.
6. If you could choose a superpower, what would it be?
Reading minds, for real! Like listening to people’s thoughts.
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