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i got my phd, i am a doctor now! i have been for almost a year, actually. i don't really keep tabs on tumblr anymore, but it just felt appropriate to give this blog something akin to a happy ending.

[photos taken at the british museum]

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naïve highschooler/undergrads: man, being an academic must be so cosy and nice, you just bundle up with books!

literal university of edinburgh to its postgrad faculty: oh so you went on strike to ask for wages above 17p/h for teaching undergrad and master's level students? is that so? here are some new "budgetary measures", you no longer get heating in the offices over the weekend and we won't stock coffee or tea in the office kitchens anymore! all the while turning MASSIVE profit! obey, peasants!

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la bohème x oatmilkcream

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currently home in turkey and im just really so tired of my phd. it feels like it's just taking away opportunities from me because i want to go into workforce and earn more than minimum wage (which i can do with or without the phd). but, of course, i have to finish it. these are the things i have to do:

*edit my paper according to reviewer 1&2s comments

*continue with the lit rev section

*rework your analysis into 3 analysis chapters (perhaps)

*methodology

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that's super cool that they worked for you! unfortunately, 1, 2 and 4 never work for me because i cannot will my exec dysfunction into working with those tricks + i get sidetracked by something while im cleaning. but i do think 3 min rule has merit and use a similar thing myself :)

4 ANTI-PROCRASTINATION TIPS

Countdown Rule: Count down from 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, and on 1 force yourself to work. And no, you can’t stretch the countdown forever.

3 Minute Rule: Start working on the Thing for three minutes, which is barely the amount of time it takes to brush your teeth, and if by the end of it you still HATE YOUR LIFE then see what’s wrong. The hardest part is getting started- if you’re still struggling once you start, your problem isn’t procrastination.

The Absolutely Nothing Technique (TANT): if you’re scrolling on YouTube or whatever and procrastinating, stop and stare at the ceiling. Do absolutely nothing. Don’t pick up your phone, don’t sleep, don’t do anything but stare. Eventually you’ll realize how stupid this is and how you might as well work. verb: tanting ;)

Clean Your Room: similar to the previous one and very self-explanatory. Clean your room- if you don’t like doing it, eventually you’ll realize you’d rather just sit down and work. You’ll get a bit of your space clean as well!

Let me know if you want other posts similar to this! Like how to stay focused during studying or study motivation tips or apps for study help.

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laughs in ADHD

4 ANTI-PROCRASTINATION TIPS

Countdown Rule: Count down from 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, and on 1 force yourself to work. And no, you can’t stretch the countdown forever.

3 Minute Rule: Start working on the Thing for three minutes, which is barely the amount of time it takes to brush your teeth, and if by the end of it you still HATE YOUR LIFE then see what’s wrong. The hardest part is getting started- if you’re still struggling once you start, your problem isn’t procrastination.

The Absolutely Nothing Technique (TANT): if you’re scrolling on YouTube or whatever and procrastinating, stop and stare at the ceiling. Do absolutely nothing. Don’t pick up your phone, don’t sleep, don’t do anything but stare. Eventually you’ll realize how stupid this is and how you might as well work. verb: tanting ;)

Clean Your Room: similar to the previous one and very self-explanatory. Clean your room- if you don’t like doing it, eventually you’ll realize you’d rather just sit down and work. You’ll get a bit of your space clean as well!

Let me know if you want other posts similar to this! Like how to stay focused during studying or study motivation tips or apps for study help.

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look: our neanderthal ancestors took care of the sick and disabled so if ur post-apocalyptic scenario is an excuse for eugenics, u are a bad person and literally have less compassion than a caveman

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i think the second one needs to be more developed in more solid terms for it to be equivalent to the first one. i cannot think of a reason how everything would be in their right places "to a degree ive never seen irl", like i dont know what in a perfectly stocked place would tick me off in that sense. the first one has many well-defined elements that invoke fear (lights, stuff scattered, recently looted) while the second doesnt (apart from the music overhead). does that make sense?

Question. Given two stores or shopping centers that appear to be completely devoid of living people:

One is a messy, half empty, recently looted and abandoned-looking store, with stuff scattered all over the floor and only half the lights working;

The other is a well-lit store that is impeccably stocked, where everything is perfectly in the right place to a degree you’d never see in real life, with music playing overhead;

Which one of these is more eerie and why?

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Working on my last paper 📝 and yeah I have a plant obsession 🍀🌵🌱🌿🌷

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moleskine = bad

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just wanted to say that this is

SO TRIGGERING for people with executive dysfunction.

firstly--laziness does NOT exist. it legitimately is not a thing. and "procrastination" for anyone with exec dysfunction is a part of life that we need to come to terms with, and it's already so damn hard to come to terms with that when everyone is pushing a neurotypical viewpoint of "work" on you, so shit like this is literally panic attack-inducing.

there is no "life i could've lived". there is only the life where i am doing my fucking best. and it is this one.

Just reminding myself of this quote again:

"The cost of procrastination is the life you could've lived"

This haunts me more than anything, instantly takes me to my vision board and I did not spend all that time making it only to watch it fly away, so nope, going to get back to the work i'm putting away just because I feel lazy, tbh.

Also, I'm in no way trying to support or promote the hustle culture, its toxic in some ways and I would not want anyone to put themselves through it. This is just to break my 'lazy-culture' :)

picture source : Pinterest

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Edward Hopper

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apart from the research genre specific stuff, this is SCARILY similar to my list if i ever made one.

here’s a list of things i learnt about myself during my phd:

i cannot spell for shit

i definitely work better with a deadline, even if it is self-imposed

i find ‘big milestones’ very underwhelming

i do not know when to use ‘lie’ and when to use ‘lay’

i (still) hate reading feedback

i love spreadsheets

i both love and loathe eebo. i will miss you, my mortal enemy.

i really hate proquest. galegroup is also on thin ice with me after they revamped ecco

i do not, under any circumstances, belong in academia but i will always love historical and literary research.

palaeography still scares me

i work best when listening to korean r&b but the d-2 mixtape is a winner too

i’m an unhealthy perfectionist – i knew this already but wow, my phd confirmed it

i enjoy being an educator and i enjoy teaching high school pupils but i’m not sure i’d ever want to be a high school teacher. maybe if a private school pays me enough…

i love my research topic. a lot. early modern drama is the best.

i have a lot of research interests. far more than when i started my phd. i might make a list of them one day.

i often rely on bread to make me feel happy

i really dislike attending academic conferences but i enjoy organising them

i want to physically fight both horace walpole and david garrick

marlowe is still my boy but he has competition from thomas middleton

i will take every opportunity to talk shit about hamlet

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trying to speak spanish after focusing on norwegian be like

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052121 - absolutely exhausted.

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28.08.20 // 📚 finally getting through my reading list for my children’s literature module this year, starting with Northen Lights by Philip Pullman. I got to read in my gf’s conservatory with the rain really heavy against the glass and it was heaven. A really nice time after a tough start to the week!

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“In a year when many of us worked virtually, a small group gathered online with the common goal of making speech and language therapy more accessible – while having some fun along the way. Their project, called Aphasia Games for Health, focused on producing games that can provide therapeutic benefits for people with aphasia – a language disorder that can affect speaking, comprehension, reading and writing, which is often the result of a head injury or stroke. It was equally important to the group that the games were entertaining, inherently social and easy and affordable to access.”