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towards a gentle academic

be up front and honest about the things you do not know

acknowledge the intrinsic value of others’ knowledge bases, even if they do not seem important to you from your institutional context

do not feign mastery where you have none

respect the gaps in others’ knowledge bases

be generous, not only with others

but also with yourself

you overwork yourself at the risk of legitimizing a culture of overwork 

privilege voices and perspectives that have historically been left out of the academy

nothing is ever neutral or apolitical

support the progress of other scholars

collaboration over competition

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14.01.2023

Coolest study location i've been to so far! It's the attic of the Sint-Pieters Abbey, Ghent.

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31.12.2022

Studybuddy 🐈‍⬛ he's always keeping me company.

Have a nice new years eve and may 2023 bring a lot of happiness for you 🌟

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25.12.2022

Already dark at 16:32

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26.12.2022

I'm very stressed for this exam. This is one of the biggest this semester! (My notes and slides are 1063 pages) 🥲

Only thing keeping me motivated is the fact it's an open book exam, makes me feel like it's not that dramatic if i don't know everything.

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it’s been a while since i’ve posted here.

hope everyone’s been good and enjoying christmas break.

i’ve been able to do a little bit of studying everyday but i hope to do more. it’s hard to do work with my entire family around but i think i’m doing a good job.

although, it kinda pisses me off when some family members get irritated when i don’t go out with them when i have to study but i’m trying to ignore that.

anyways, hope everyone has a memorable and fun christmas eve!! xx

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19.12.2022

3 weeks until my first exam! Getting stressed haha but I have a good feeling about this examperiod, so wish me luck 🤞🏻

🎧 Ateez - Horizon

P.s. I got tickets for the Ateez show in Brussels!! My bank account is secretly crying bc i'm going to the Blackpink concert in Amsterdam as well in 3 days

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Finishing one more day of studies. =)

About how I study:

I usually watch a class and take my notes after. Then I do exercises to help me memorize what I studied in that day. Of course I do all this always drinking a coffee(and water too) -> it keeps my brain working. 🧠

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Last night I went to the common room because I saw it was empty, and sat down to do part of a past paper. It's a really nice place to sit down and do work. Would be nicer if it weren't pitch black outside though...

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[18/12/2022]

I´m still alive! Small photodump from the last few months:

1) Tried to save a hedgehog that was starting to crawl under a car: I picked it up with my lunchbox and put it in the grass next to the street, didn´t see a flat hedgehog later that week so I assume it survived. Look at that cute little face!

2) We went to the zoo for a friend´s birthday, it was a terribly cold and rainy day but that also meant very few people so that was nice! Have a cool looking fish!

3) The lab has a lot of fungal spores flying around apparently, a lot of my plates had already contamination, but it´s also quite beautiful!

4) Been having these kinda dates-not-dates with my crush, this was when we had a film night and in order to not have to cook ourselves and save time we ordered pizza, but when after 2.5 h we still had no confirmation we ordered somewhere else, and can you guess what arrived 10 min later? So we ended up with 4 pizza´s 😅 (and it took as long as the time we made dumplings from scratch... we had a good laugh)

Next post I´ll actually try to update on the PhD progress more ^^

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09.11

This was my most productive day in a while!

I slept in, and started studying later than planned but I ended up studying for about 5 hours, which was the most I studied since I started on November 1st, so I am proud. Also, during the last 3 hours my little brother joined me so he wouldn't study alone and we studied together and it was lovely🥹.

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| 3 november 2022 |

✨️ pretty plants featuring me giving up on my high energy homework ✨️

high energy astro is beating my ass but at least all my classmates feel the same way hahaha, anyways my other classes have been fairly fun and I don't have to worry abt final exams (just final projects)

💿 can't stop by stray kids (seungmin, i.n)

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31/10/22 // 07.40

I made pumpkin cakes yesterday and they’re yummy! Here’s some Halloween theme notes about Addison’s because I have so much to do and nowhere near enough time so instead of stressing I’m just gonna make halloweeny notes and keep on going. Hope everyone has a lovely day today!

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31.10.22 it's gloomy these days, nice vibes for the end of october. i spent my week studying, baking with friends and working on the mountain of assignments we got in only the first week of class :')

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27.09.22

just another study pov, i hope y’all enjoy sweatshirt season <3

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Saturday, October 29th

I slept in today, which was necessary, since I haven’t gotten a lot of rest the past few days, but limited the amount of time I had today to get work done. I grocery shopped and cleaned, and there’s a pork loin cooking in the oven, so I’m trying to get some proofs written before life catches up to me again. I have five left and they’re all due Monday.

I have started making my own coffee again, since life is really busy. I need the extra caffeine to get all my work done. I don’t love it, but it’s necessary for now. Hopefully things will calm down in December.

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21st October, 2022

That's been my October so far. Being creative, spending time watching shows (and looking forward to new seasons), trying to enjoy the partly good autumn.