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Over four years ago, I came home from the hospital one evening, after a day that started with me thinking I was in labor. I wasn’t. Although I was exhausted, I decided…
I am a bit of a black sheep in the workplace. Since I am the only one with small kids, I cannot go out for drinks or go to nightclubs after work. And because of this,…
This morning I realized I still feel envious of people in academia. So, I started writing about this feeling and whether it meant I had made the wrong decision by moving…
It has been a whole week since I handed in my PhD thesis! This is a huge milestone for any PhD student and something to be celebrated, to be proud of, and embrace being…
A supervisor let me down spectacularly, and now I feel that my skill set is somewhat lacking. Although I fired this supervisor due to a host of reasons that have…
- Madeleine Kendrick
- June 12, 2019
Before I began my postgraduate journey, I thought that pursuing a PhD was all about getting equipped with the skills I needed to do a job or more specifically to be a…
As motivated as I was last Monday to “get back to the grind,” that sort of fell through. Turns out, sometimes willpower alone isn’t enough when it comes to trying to…
- Anastasia Doronina
- June 12, 2019
After finishing the first year of my PhD program, I spent all summer trying to reflect on what exactly happened. However, I wasn’t able to reflect on what I learned…
- Christine Streeter
- June 11, 2019
Every now and then, I believe that it is good to look up from the absorbing minutiae of everyday life. And at some point, you may even be surprised to see that the track…
I really do love what I do! Doing a PhD is amazing. It is hard work, long hours, and you never really switch off – forever thinking, planning, analyzing, dreaming of the…
- Daniel Morse
- June 11, 2019