#PhDblr

[thesecrethistori-an]

I ate one of the pieces of toast in the process of taking the pictures ... Breaks in between deep work sessions are brief and there's no time to waste

[stochastique-blog]

Lol

Nothing works unless you do. I have had a quite unproductive month, to be frank. Or should I say, unproductive as long as my phd project is concerned? Because I spent the first two weeks making two posters for the conferences, then attended said conferences in another 1 ½ weeks, then gave a talk at the last day of all that long stretch and only one day later I moved into a new apartment. The moving happened last thursday, and my new flat is so so so quiet and beautiful (despite the boxes still standing around.)

[pefkaes]

21.06.2025 // voices echoing in my head

i continue to be terrible at this project management thing, but glad to have various spaces to work out from. transcribing, making notes, writing scraps and pieces, continuous emails and follow-ups. language is so difficult sometimes. the sense of not doing nearly enough haunts me constantly. already dreaming of my desk and croissant wheels, of walking everywhere.

[lottiestudying]

23.06.2025—starting to study from my desk. feeling very proud of myself

[mudwisard]

my trick for getting through grad school is learning to navigate the quadrants with all their nuances

[discoursets]

[stormbear]

[tumbler-polls]

We decided to publish this survey a second time because, by accident, the first version only lasted for a day.

Please reblog for a bigger sample size!

If you'd like to share your answer in the comments/tags, feel free to use 🫠/💀/🦉 and so on. And comment/tag your degree!

[absinthemindedly]

[theprophetingrid]

Grad school is wild because you'll spend 5 straight months minding your own business and trying to fix a very specific problem, and then someone will come up to you one day and just drop the most feral departmental drama. What do you mean one professor probably murdered another? That girl you don't like is getting fired for drinking ultrapure lab water? There's a guy stealing toxic chemicals from other labs "to banish demons?" I'm over here trying to improve my standard deviation for months on end and across the hall there's a whole HBO show going on, apparently.

[thesecrethistori-an]

New setup for a new academic challenge! (I'm starting a PhD)

[moltes-musings]

When I'm travelling I keep a travel diary. Since I'm in Japan for three months I got a new Midori MD notebook, so I can fit it all my adventures in one book ✨

[pefkaes]

14.05.2025 // catching up with readings

love all the reading I've been doing lately. it is also exciting to see my library build up over the years, especially now that I can afford to buy some of the books I have wanted for years. recommendations from friends and acquaintances have also helped me expand my reading choices beyond my usual categories and genres. the tbr list keeps growing and it's a reason to live for.

[penandpaper-love]

May 3rd, 2025

Beautiful spring days... I've spent a lot of time outside this week and this changes everything. Life is so much more beautiful with sunshine, green leaves and movement outside. I'm trying to make things that make me happy and it's working well.

Yesterday, I spent an hour reading and the day before I went on a 5h hike. I bought a pottery wheel and hopefully I'll try it out tonight.

[rowanofferelden]

Hi! My name is Lucia and I am a PhD student in ancient history. I am currently working on a small project about fanfiction and what it can teach us about the creation of mythology in the Graeco-Roman antiquity. For that, I need your help. Please answer the following questionaire about fanfiction - it should not take more than 5minutes. This questionaire deals with a specific fanfiction phenomenon and I did not include it in the title to not influence the data. Please finish answering it even if you say no to most questions - it will still help me out immensely. After finishing the questionaire, an abstract that explains what this questionaire is actually for will be provided.

Thank you!

EDIT: Thank you for your help! This survey is closed for now. If a case can be made, there will be an update sometime later. If not, I am glad so many people had fun. Have a nice day. :)