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I’m approaching the second milestone for my PhD, and buried in interviews and bibliometric data. I thought it was a good point to stop and consider six things that keep me PhDing (in no particular order). One: A research topic that keeps me engaged and curious On the surface, my topic feels quite big (open…
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Over the last year, the most popular blog post I’ve written has undoubtedly been Brains in motion: Navigating confidence and belonging. It felt like a massive risk at the time, even with an incredibly positive reception. Amusingly, the motivation for this second post is almost exactly the same as for the first post and follows…
Lately, working through my inboxes feels like it’s just bookmarking a lot of links with things I’d like to read/watch. Those emails then get added to a professional development folder. Realistically, I won’t get to go through it any time soon. Emails aside, one thing I do enjoy about having a few different projects on…
Sundays are for PhD-ing. Or, at least, writing out my thoughts on PhD-ing. As I’ve started to reshuffle and rework some of my earlier PhD writing, I’ve finally related to the idea of “don’t ask how the PhD is going.” My brain is constantly swirling, rapidly sifting through everything – including what needs to be…