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21.06.2025

I can’t believe it’s finally the weekend. I’ve been so tired this week I woke up in a cold sweat thinking I’d missed my alarm this morning.

I managed to get my experiment to work, so that’s a big win. I’ve also been planning for my next few big experiments, doing a ton of reading, and somehow managed to not lose my mind. My mental health is still not the best, but I guess I’m managing to keep going regardless.

Let’s keep working hard people!

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🎧 - Chokehold by Sleep Token

🎮 - Chronos Before The Ashes

📖 - A Court Of Wings And Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

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14.06.2025

Happy Saturday everyone!!

This week went better than I thought it would. I mean, my experiment didn’t really work the way I thought it would but I think that’s ok? I can still draw conclusions from it and that’s all that matters. I didn’t get as much done as I wanted to since I had quite a few medical appointments this week but I’m still rather happy with how the week went. It’s just going to get busier and busier for me from now, so I have to make sure I appreciate all the tasks I manage to get done.

My boyfriend is unfortunately going away for a conference for the next week, so I’m going to hang out with friends as much as I can to avoid being affected by the loneliness too much. What do you guys do when you don’t want to be alone?

Rest well and stay hydrated. And if you’re in the UK go enjoy some sun this weekend!!

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🎧 - Sixteen Tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford

🎮 - Breath of the wild

📖 - A Court Of Wings And Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

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06.06.2025

Wowowowowow, I literally can’t believe I’ve made it to 300 followers?? Thank you so much for following my silly little journey through my silly little PhD. I am so grateful for the community I’m building here!!

This week has been a little hectic but I suppose in a good way. Second week in a row I get all the tasks I wanted checked off, so I’m super happy about that. I’ve been doing a bunch of data analysis from MS raw files which is sooooo draining. But! I also got a bunch of writing done. The word limit for my methods is 500 words and I’m at over 2600 but we don’t have to worry about that right now… nothing a good biorender diagram can’t fix. I’ve also got a solid plan for a protocol optimisation experiment I want to do next week and I’m super excited to see the results, so hopefully I get my media delivered early Monday morning!

I hope everyone had a good week and takes it slow this weekend. You deserve a rest!!

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🎧 - Chokehold by Sleep Token

🎮 - Baldur’s Gate 3

📖 - A Court Of Wings And Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

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30.05.2025

Happy Friday everyone!

Am I feeling better or worse? Who knows. Thankfully two Monsters a day keeps the demons away, and I was able to tick everything off my to-do list for the first week in a very long time. I am happy with myself for that.

I finished the introduction of my midterm report, so next week I can dig into the methods and results sections. I’ve also been dealing with a lot of admin for my lab and organising blood withdrawals for a new experiment I want to do soon.

Slow and steady. That’s the best I can do.

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🎧 - Should I Stay Or Should I Go by the Clash

🎮 - Planet Zoo

📖 - A Court of Wings And Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

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So peaceful Souvenir. A brother singing ancient Andalusian song in Al-hambra palace.

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Mermay 2025 (11-20) by Christophe Young

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25.05.2025

Hey everyone!

It’s been… a really long while since I last posted. I don’t really have an excuse, other than the fact I seem to have sunk into quite a deep depressive episode that I can’t quite shake.

My relationship with my PhD has been awful and I’ve struggled to do much more than the bare minimum. Thankfully I still manage to get up and make it in every day, but I know it’s going to be a long while until I feel normal again.

I’ve neglected this blog because it felt like more than I could handle, but I understand now that this helps me stay connected to my work in times of hardship.

I’ll be back next week with regular updates. Thank you to everyone for your patience!!

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🎧 - Sunny Afternoon by The Kinks

🎮 - Planet Zoo

📖 - A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

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29.04.2025

Oooooh myyyyyy gooooood!!!!!!

I know this isn’t study related but I went to a bbno$ concert last night and it was fucking in-SANE!!!! I’m going to be hyped about this for days, I can’t believe it. What a performer. What a man.

It’s another relatively short week for me as I’m going to Italy with my boyfriend to celebrate his birthday. I feel like I’ve been taking a lot of breaks from studying lately but with how much my mental health has plummeted it will do me some good to get away one last time before I can properly lock in. Still, I’m trying to be somewhat productive in the two days I’m in the lab this week.

I ended up helping out with a CTL clone isolation yesterday. It was my first time doing it and it was honestly relatively simple. I’m going to be missing out on the rest of the protocol unfortunately but I have no doubt I can catch up later. Other than that I have started to work on reading a paper my supervisor wants me to present, just making sure I finish the first read through and get the backbone of my presentation ready, and I passages my transduced cells to make sure they stay healthy and strong.

I hope everyone had a good start to their week! Remember to eat well and get as much rest as you can.

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🎧 - Vasectomy by bbno$

🎮 - Skyrim

📖 - The Templars by Dan Jones & A Court Of Mist And Fury by Sarah J. Maas

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26.04.2025

Happy Saturday everyone!

Congratulations to us all, we made it through another week! While it is a little less difficult for me to concentrate on my work, I’m still having a hard time staying motivated and feeling… well, alive.

Burnout isn’t fun but I’m trying my best to make my way to the other side of this obstacle. I did a ton of reading, took care of my cells, labelled an ungodly amount of tubes, and drank more Monster than my body can probably handle. This weekend I’ve got another full day of D&D, brunch at my friend’s house, and on Monday night I have a bbno$ concert 😍 I’m so so so excited, and hopefully I won’t feel too tired after all this.

Not everyone week is good, but that also means not every week is bad. Keep fighting guys!

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🎧 - Don’t Stop The Music by Rihanna

🎮 - Baldur’s Gate 3

📖 - The Templars by Dan Jones & A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

[justgivemethephd]

22.04.2025

Happy Tuesday guys!!! I hope everyone had a very wonderful Easter.

You’re not gonna believe this but I was ONCE AGAIN sick the entire weekend. I have literally no idea what’s going on with my health right now. I spent 5 consecutive days throwing up and have thankfully managed to drag myself to the lab today but my gooooooooood I am so tired of this. What happened to the body that never got sick??? Where did she go?? Ugh.

Anyway, this week is going to be quite heavy on reading and repeating protein digestion experiments. I’m really hoping I can find time to start the literature review I need to do for my next report, just to get ahead of the curve a little bit. It still feels a little bit like I’m just… floating, and not really getting anywhere with anything, but I suppose the best I can do is keep pushing.

Also getting myself back in the gym this weeks after weeks of being too sick to go. Woohoo! It went really good. Didn’t run but focused on legs and glutes. Having my boyfriend there made me feel a lot better, and now my reward is chilling with some animal crossing.

Have a good week everyone! Let’s all try to be productive together!

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🎧 - Southbound by Artemas

🎮 - Animal Crossing New Horizons

📖 - The Templars by Dan Jones and A Court Of Mist And Fury by Sarah J. Maas

[justgivemethephd]

15.04.2025

Happy Tuesday everyone!

I’ve started making adjustments to my bedtime and morning routines to see if it helps me sleep better and feel more ready for the day. I’m not so sure about the latter, but I definitely slept better than I have done the previous nights! I hate to say it, but putting your phone down an hour before bed actually does help…

I’ve started the week off with a relatively productive day. I finished some reading I couldn’t get through on Friday, I finished my presentation for journal club next week, took care of my cells, and took care of a bunch of admin. I was rewarded with a lovely dinner with my boyfriend!

I hope you’re all enjoying your week so far. Make sure to stay hydrated ❤️

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🎧 - Strangers In The Night by Frank Sinatra

🎮 - Baldur’s Gate 3

📖 - The Templars by Dan Jones

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11.04.2025

I feel sad that it took me so long to update again…

This week was decently productive, although I seem to be struggling with my motivation and energy levels. I don’t really know what to do…

Still, I’ve started transducing cells again, been falling down quite a few rabbit holes with reading, and getting myself caught up in admin for an embarrassing amount of hours. I’m happy to be back in the lab while still managing to make progress with reading and coding.

One thing I’ve noticed recently is my confidence has plummeted. Whether that be in my ability to perform experiments, analyse data, critically assess a paper, I just don’t believe in myself at all. I guess these are just things that come with being an academic, but I still want to try and get over it. What’s something you guys like to do to build your confidence back up after a slump?

At least now it’s the weekend. I’m going to a pub crawl, I get to play D&D, I’m preparing for a camping trip over Easter weekend, it should all be fun! Hopefully there’ll be plenty of sunshine too.

I hope everyone else enjoys their weekend too!

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🎧 - CAGÖLE by Ajar

🎮 - Baldur’s Gate 3

📖 - The Templars by Dan Jones

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01.04.2025

I’m back everyone!!

I feel so much better after my weekend in the countryside. The fresh air and sunshine have washed away all my stress, and I’m ready to take life on again. This week, my priorities are to get back on track with healthy eating and exercising, and making sure I start to incorporate mediation into my routine. Hopefully some self care with provide me with a strong baseline for academic tasks.

Speaking of which, I’m planning on starting a new round of cell transductions ASAP, ensure my plasmid order is finally sorted, keep working on coding and make a start on my journal club presentation. I also need to do a bunch of reading, so I’m hoping I have the energy to pull some long days until the weekend.

Let’s get it guys!!

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🎧 - Sunny Afternoon by The Kinks

🎮 - Baldur’s Gate

📖 - The Templars by Dan Jones

[justgivemethephd]

25.03.2025

Hey guys! I hope everyone’s had a great start to their week.

I’m only working 3 days this week before going on a little weekend away with my boyfriend, so I’m trying to deal with the fact I probably won’t get a lot of work done. Still, I’m prioritising the corrections I was asked to make to my upgrade report as I need to have that over and done with before I go, and I’m very happy to report I’m almost finished! I should be able to wrap it up today.

In terms of experiments, I’m getting back in the lab this week after taking a little break and starting slow with some protein digestions. Nothing too difficult, but I was too stressed and low to do it last week unfortunately.

Otherwise, I plan to continue with some coding and statistics, just to make sure my last day is relatively chill, and when I come back from vacation I can attack the longer tasks again.

I hope everyone is feeling good and refreshed after the weekend. Remember: you can achieve whatever goal you set your mind to, just take it slow!!

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🎧 - deadman by bbno$ (feat. Lil Toe)

🎮 - Animal Crossing

📖 - A Court Of Thorns And Roses by Sarah J. Maas