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peak academia is scanning a 300 page book for a single phrase to use in ur essay just to add the big fancy book title to ur sources

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the immense healing power of room-cleaning can never be overstated

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Horrible Histories is literally just a group of friends arsing around in silly costumes under the guise of education and I think that’s why I love it so much. 

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We naturally put millionaires and billionaires in the same general class of person, but the only reason to do that is because the words are similar. Since these aren’t numbers we can actually visualize, it’s important to understand what a billion of something is. To travel a million inches, you’d have to travel from the Southern-most tip of Manhattan and go to the Bronx. To travel a billion inches, you’d have to fly from New York to Shanghai twice. A million seconds is a little over 11 days. A billion seconds is nearly 32 years. A million ounces is about the weight of a train car. A billion ounces is 4.5 Eiffel Towers. Use these to conceptualize what the difference between a millionaire and a billionaire is, and the absurd amount of wealth we’re talking about.

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Got the Tumblr email which of y’all is a Russian plant

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and the final tally is in 3,905 words written in a day. That’s my essay drafted!!

100 days of productivity ~ day 7

I’ve managed to write 2,000 words already today. That’s about twice what I normally manage. Pushing to finish the day on 2,500

#The most productive of all days #and the most tiring of all days #I'm on annual leave for this?!?! #I'm going to reward myself with chocolate and wine #or probably just crashing out on my bed #not going to lie to get me through the last 200 words I had to take a break and jump on a trampoline to get my focus back #what is this life I am living #grad school #is making me lose the few marbles I had

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100 days of productivity ~ day 7

I’ve managed to write 2,000 words already today. That’s about twice what I normally manage. Pushing to finish the day on 2,500

#100 days of productivity #studying #grad student #studyblr #gradblr #writing #dyslexic #I mean there is a 80% chance they’ll make no sense #but they exist #and thats all I need

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If you’re in academia and not having an existential crisis, are you even learning?

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100 days of productivity ~ day 6 I bought new stationery to inspire my essay planning, I think it worked!

#100 days of productivity #studyblr #gradblr #essay planning #desk #notes #new stationery #pens #glitter gel pens I’ve missed you!

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I wrote a blog post about working to fund a PhD. I have a lot of feelings about this

#PhD #Nicola rambles #blog #mental health #burn out #grad school #gradblr #things I wish I knew

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100 days of productivity ~ day 5 Back at my parents working away. 1 essay plan down and 1 job application down

#100 days of productivity #studyblr #gradblr #job application #desk #so messy

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100 days of productivity ~ day 4 Another long day at work means only a small bit of work in the evening. Snacking is mandatory

#100 days of productivity #studyblr #gradblr #grad school #notes #essay #vegan

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100 days of productivity ~ day 3 Doing admin and organising my notes of an evening after 10 hours at work. Easy work means watching friends so it doesn’t feel like work

#100 days of productivity #studyblr #gradblr #grad school #notes #organisation

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100 days of productivity ~ day 2

Settling down for the evening to review my notes from yesterday, after a fun day with my family for Mother’s Day

#100 days of productivity #studyblr #gradblr #grad student #PhD #tea #desk #notes #always snacking

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100 days of productivity~ day 1

I spent this morning working my way through some primary sources for an upcoming essay. Then this afternoon boring errands like food shopping and washing up

#100 days of productivity #studyblr #gradblr #grad school #grad student #adulting #studying #desk #first post had to include my pot of tea #books

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I have fallen so hard off the PhD wagon that I am bringing back 100 days of productivity. That got me through my MA Dissertation. The difference is now I’m also working 30 hours on top of university and everything else, so got to be more balanced. 100 days from now should get me to Monday 18 June, so let’s go!

#100 days of productivity #i’m back #studyblr #gradblr #grad school #phd #phd student #university

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Finally getting around to the sun and her flowers #books #poetry

#books #poetry