#phd stuff

[shitifindinsteadofdoingmyphd]

Day 833 of the PhD

I have officially submitted my first abstract to a conference. I hope I get accepted, I’m so ready to share my research. Feel like I finally understanding what I’m doing. Such an odd thing to say since I’m submitting next year… but this PhD has evolved so much!

Now that the abstract is done… it’s time to go back to writing the exegesis and designing this thing!

[absinthemindedly]

03.24.2025

Today was absolutely beautiful! Blue skies, 70°, and all the trees beginning to bloom. I spent the morning at a local coffee shop reading through a chapter my supervisor wrote. I'm working my way through the historical context of her current research to better situate myself in the existing niche.

My goals today are to read and annotate this chapter, write my daily journal entry, spend some time in the sun, drink my water, take at least two long walks, and revise my schedule for next fall (one of my classes was canceled).

[thephdmedic]

Days until thesis submission: 102

I’m struggling with motivation and mental health leading up to my thesis submission so I thought I’d make a countdown of sorts! Every day I’m going to post my productivity and something that made me smile to help keep me going! My submission date is August 31st so it works pretty well with the 100 days of productivity challenge too, feel free to join :)

[dooareyastudy]

finally got feedback from my thesis's advisor and it is very positive (the word ✨magistral✨ was used at some point)

not too much work to improve the first half of the thesis, which is great. the feedback will also help me with parts of the second half, so less work to do in the future.

what a way to end this week of phd workshop

overall a great day in the life of a phd student!

[just-anka]

PhD defence is TOMORROW holy shit. Time hasn't felt real for the past month. I'm mostly exhausted and can't wait for it all to be over but trying to be at least a little excited for it too because it's a pretty big moment isn't it...

[ventras-world]

Short braindump here:

I am pregnant and i don't manage to do any advances on my third phd paper as all my cognitive ressources fuel on the teaching at the moment. But still i want to learn so many new things, would like to get better at python while my nearing maternity leave (which starts at the end of april), learn sewing from my mum, dive deeper into philosophy, read books for leisure and about statistiscs. Meanwhile im just occupied a lot of the day with 'surviving' as i am just exhausted by being pregnant. And i only lay on the couch and look at the 400th 'how to handle babies' video on tiktok.

Hard times being a scholar (soul).

[as-told-by-sura]

[drlinguo]

Source

From @errantscience

[ineedfairypee]

To P or not to P(hD)

[dyingroses]

You know what would suck

If the zombie apocalypse subsequent fall of society occurred right after you got your PhD

Like all that work for nothing!

Talk about a hardened darkened rage filled apocalypse character lol

[shitifindinsteadofdoingmyphd]

Day 673 of the PhD

Second day back in the office and it’s a full day of reading. Which I’m kind of excited about since it’s raining today and the perfect weather for reading. Not going to lie, it’s great to be back working on the PhD. It’s also my third year this year so I have another 6 months after this and then I’m finished so hopefully it all goes smoothly.

[thephdmedic]

book club and then to the library! emotional and motivational support while writing papers is a necessity at this point

[dooareyastudy]

i start giving class again today............ much stress, many worries.

[thephdpensieve]

Don't let the distance between where you are and where you want to be scare you out of moving forward.

But how?

This fear is like gravity. I can't feel it pulling me down, it is not prominent. It is not in the top of my head and making me fret every moment. It is not crushing or intense, it is not making me implode.

But it is there. It is keeping me from moving. I am paralyzed without even realizing. It has stopped me from being hopeful, or even looking at the future.

What's the cause? The distance between where I am and where I want to be, rather where I have to be. It is so far because I lagged behind once. And I am lagging behind still because the distance is daunting me now.

It's a loop. One thing feeds the other and vice versa. As time passes, the distance just keeps growing and I am standstill right where I was a year ago. And with the distance grows the fear. I get anxious more and more, and even simple tasks feel monstrous now. It is only a matter of time for me to succumb into the loop: to spiral into a blackhole.

How do I get out of this loop? How do I break this loop? How do I not let the distance scare me? Right now, I am all questions and no answers. I am writing this blog post to lift some weight off my chest and put it out in the open.

What helps you in such moments? Have you escaped the loop before? Or, are you too stuck in a loop like me?

[ventras-world]

Today, in a few minutes to be honest, i will sign my extension of my phd contract for one year. I don't know why, but there is anxiety connected to that. I love my job as lecturer here and i do think its possible to finish my phd in this one year... still.... there is lurking something in me.

Doubts, that i am already quite old. Doubts i could not accomplish what people expecting of me... or worse... what i am expecting of me.

I now that we are human and therefore cannot be productive all the time... and still i got this anxiety everytime i just slack off a little.

[as-told-by-sura]

Okay!! :D