One of the most dreadful questions that you can get while working on your doctoral degree is to the effect of “What’s next after your PhD?” The angst that this often warm-hearted, sincere, and genuinely curious question can give is real. It conjures up for many students’ feelings of anxiety because they don’t have an answer to that question. They feel like failures because some of their peers have ... Read More
I am totally NOT sorry to say this, but you have to get regular sleep as a graduate student. The culture in most graduate programs is one that high fives and commends students for constantly pulling infamous all-nighter’s and living on little sleep. However, this same culture also expects highly productive and efficient students that will produce notable scholarly achievements. I know you want ... Read More
Have you ever gotten to Friday and realized that you by far didn’t accomplish a majority of the things that were on your to-do list? Or furthermore, because you’re so behind on those most important tasks you will have to spend a dreadful entire weekend, trying to make up for lost time? This is the worst. All of those fun plans you had now are simply just a dream for another time. One of the ... Read More
