Melissa Q. Wood

— MY DESK · /DESK

The full desk.


A live list of what I'm reading, drafting, learning, and tinkering with. Some things will become projects. Some will become blog posts. Some will quietly fall off the desk and that is fine.

01 active

Building this website.

A hand-built corner of the internet. No CMS, no tracking, no metrics dashboards.

STARTED · MARCH 2026 · WEEKENDS


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02 winding down

SEO research for the BRCA resource.

Figuring out what people actually type into Google at 1am after a family-history conversation.

STARTED · FEBRUARY 2026 · A FEW HOURS A WEEK


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03 just started

Teaching myself linear algebra.

Working through 3Blue1Brown + Strang. Goal: read computational papers without eye-glaze.

STARTED · APRIL 2026 · THREE MORNINGS A WEEK


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04 active

Drafting graduate personal statements.

Two programs, one fall, many throwaway drafts. Looking for one true sentence.

STARTED · JANUARY 2026 · EVERY OTHER SUNDAY


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05 active

Reading list: matrescence as a clinical focus.

Athan, Sacks, Raphael, Stern. Slow on purpose.

STARTED · OCTOBER 2025 · A PAPER A WEEK


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06 winding down

A small intake-script side project.

What does the very first form a client fills out tell them about the rest of the work?

STARTED · NOVEMBER 2025 · ON REQUEST


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