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smallfrenchstudyblr · 8 months

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Why call it a "Research Design" when you could call it a "battle plan" smh

#things that carry me through the last stretchof phd #I should be allowed to call it a battle plan #a plan of attack #an offensive strategy #life as a phd student #postgradblr #phdblr

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bastet55 · 2 months

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Being a PhD student and having to try to spell long, complicated words and some very old, very dead, very weird names makes me extremely glad for spell-check, copy-paste, and Google, which can figure out what word I am actually trying and failing to spell when Microsoft Word's spell-check cannot.

#life as a phd student

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legogradstudent · 30 days

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Collaborating on a project with several colleagues, the grad student is unable to identify exactly what he is contributing.

#LEGO #PhD #PhD life #grad student #grad student life #grad school #grad school life #graduate life #grad life #teamwork #collaboration #group work #coauthors #contribution #what am i doing here #free riding #when will everyone kick me out

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skwpr · 8 months

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Incredibly Healthy Habits For Students

The most commonplace advice on good habits for students. This crucial component of a healthy relationship is not to be overlooked.

1. Don’t over-stuff your backpack.

Unless a professor tells the class to bring a textbook – keep that thing at home/in your dorm. Also, try not to carry too much with you anyway. At most I have a spiral or two, my computer. It’s not only unnecessary, but it’s heavy. It wears you down over time just adding stress and annoyance that you don’t need.

2. Work out every week.

Finding time to run a mile or two, play some basketball, or lift weights is important. It was a huge stress reliever for me and it also made me happier.

3. Stop Putting Things Off.

You know you should be finishing homework instead of going out every night. The crazy thing is, we ALL KNOW what we should be doing. But a lot of us still don’t get anything done. I’m in awe of the number of times I have put off studying or reading. However, every time I come to the simple conclusion that getting it done in the beginning is waaaaaay easier than trying to finish the task later.

4. Socialize.

Involvement in college is a spectrum. One extreme includes hobbits who stay in their dorm or apartment all day and the other includes social butterflies who are out on the town every night having fun with friends. Your goal is to find a happy medium. You don’t want to be closed off but you also want to interact with people every once in a while.

For me, this was the hardest part. I do not like to make acquaintances, but for myself I decided that it would be useful. I stepped out of my comfort zone.

5. Eat Healthier.

This is the most predictable advice I can give you. What you put in your body matters.

6. Drink more water.

Drinking water is one of the most essential healthy habits for students.

7. Know When To Say NO.

If you get your work done first, you will have time to have fun without any grief or regrets.

The most important relationship you make in your life is with yourself. It’s genuinely all a mind game. You have to learn to trust yourself by putting yourself first so that you can enjoy what life has to offer you. Having fun with this grey cloud of regret and worry about work you haven’t finished is just not fun at all. So have fun and be yourself but learn when to say NO. You’ll be forever grateful you did in the long run.

8. Give Yourself Grace.

One of the biggest downfalls for me was stressing out. Stressing over school work, time management, boys, networking, and the list goes on. It’s important to shut all the negative voices out.

There’s only one you so treat yourself with respect. If there are things you need to fix, make a plan and make it happen. If that fails, adjust the plan. No one is perfect and I wish we would collectively tell ourselves it’s going to be ok. Because it will be!

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archaealice · 5 months

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Had a workshop in Athens with my lab and got to visit the Akropolis on our last day

#ancient culture #ancient greece #ancient history #archaeology #studyblr #phd diaries #phd life #phdblr #phd #phd student #phd journey #study motivation #dark academia #dark academia aesthetic #academia

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honeesblog · 4 months

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a lot of people in my program really only do their studies and to my other PHD's I urge you: make sure you have other things going on! I have a near endless list of weird hobbies and sports and other interests and I just want you to know that you don't need to eat, sleep, and breathe only your topic and subject! Read a fiction book for fun, paint something badly, find a nice shop to browse in, go for a walk in a green area, take a break and don't rush through it. Pleasure and relaxation are valuable and worth your time. The point of a PhD/Masters is not to work in a hard and unsustainable way until you are done but instead to learn how to be an academic, what type of academic you are, and how you want to live your life/balance your academics and everything else!

When you are studying/working, don't be afraid of being wrong or doing things messily or poorly. On hard days, give yourself leeway, add an extra scoop of sugar to your coffee or tea, and listen to the rocky theme!

#phd #academic #female academic #phd life #phdblr #phdjourney #women in academia #phd advice #light academia #dark academia #chaotic academia #graduate student #graduate school #grad school #mypost

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literarydesire · 4 months

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I sometimes catch myself thinking: maybe academia isn't for me after all? Maybe it's too tough and I too soft? Maybe the sort of passion I am capable of isn't enough? But then I remember that I will be the first person of my entire bloodline to earn a PhD and then, suddenly, it all seems worth it.

#university life #university student #academia #phd #classical studies #classical philology #philologist #women in academia #dark academia #light academia #chaotic academia #books and libraries #poetry #art #dark acadamia aesthetic #books #aesthetic #literature

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lizzardstudies · 2 months

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03/03/24

after every good week of research and being the bravest soldier, there comes the crash

I was still doing pretty well in the morning but then I came home and got completely discouraged by the useless stuff I had to do for one of my classes. the absolute basic level of knowledge I'm supposed to gather there is just annoying. that time would be better spent working on my actual thesis or even just going to the gym

so yeah. now I'm annoyed and frustrated and tomorrow I'll be bored at uni again. ugh. need to find something to go during the useless class

btw it was a tea king of a day, i chose some grape one that came from Czech Republic apparently ✨

#lizzardstudies #studyblr #study blog #phdblr #doctorate #phd life #psychology #phd journey #phd #PhD student #cafe aesthetic #tea

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ibchemist · 26 days

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Spring Break Study Plan

March 24th Watch the glopol documentaries Finish copying the Spanish analysis

March 25th Finish planning the English Paper 2 Continue the guide for my friend's MUN (introduction to topic, and historical context)

March 26th Continue the guide for my friend (the rest of things) Begin the engagement activity

March 27th Finish the MUN guide

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notyetjaded1 · 2 months

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2024.02.13

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smallfrenchstudyblr · 8 months

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Bad bitches legend their diagrams and graphs properly pass it on

#a message from current me to past me #girlie why are your graphs so barebone holy shit #life as a phd student

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sophielovesbooks · 2 months

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Bit annoyed at myself because I took so long to get ready this morning, but I'm now in a lovely little café.

I'm working on a project proposal today, and I need to get a lot of work done. It's all conceptual work/thinking, though, so sadly I can't really force it. Wish me luck! ☕️📚💻

#studyblr #studyspo #studying #phd student #phd life #phd #phdblr

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legogradstudent · 9 months

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Repairing his run-down laptop, the grad student is tempted to obliterate the anxiety-ridden piece of junk instead.

#LEGO #phd #phd life #grad school #grad school problems #grad student #grad student problems #grad life #graduate school #tech #technology #laptop #computer #run-down #repair #junk #hitting it might help #did you try restarting #can i restart my life instead

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skwpr · 5 months

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10 Reasons Why Studying is Hard

1 . You don’t know WHY

You don’t know why you have to study. You don’t know your true purpose.

Let me inform you: You have to study because this is the stage in life where you create a foundation of all the basic knowledge you need and learn all sorts of things.

In the next stage, you get to choose what career path you want to take. That is why you should think about your “WHY”.

I am studying because I want to study every day and be prepared for my exams.

2 . You don’t know HOW to study

If you are like my brother, then you don’t know how to study.

Somehow, when we join high school, nobody really teaches us how to study.

Studying involves using different tactics to understand and remember things for the future, or for exams.

You need to learn to memorize.

This is how I memorize things for my exams:

I condense my notes into a few tiny words (summarizing)

I memorize these little words by:

Writing them over and over again

Closing my eyes and remembering them

Testing myself by writing the words again

3 . You are not studying at the right time

Are you a morning person or a night person?

Do you feel energized at 10 am or 10 pm?

These are questions you need to ask yourself to learn why studying is hard for you.

You need the answers to these questions in order to actually study.

4 . You don’t study every day

Alright, you don’t have to study every day.

But that doesn’t mean you only study at 1 am the night before the exam!

That is not smart at all. How are you supposed to teach yourself 3 months-worth of work in a few caffeine-spurred hours?

Stop making studying hard! Just study a little every day.

5 . You don’t have motivation to study

You can’t study at all because you don’t motivate yourself to study.

That is sometimes an excuse because here is the secret: Action comes before motivation, not the other way round.

Stop waiting for the right moment to come down from the sky like clouds parting and the sun shining down on you.

Just open your book right now and read it.

6 . You have some bad habits

If you can’t study at all, maybe you need to study your own habits.

Get a notebook and begin to track every single thing you do in a day. I would advise tracking habits after every hour.

Then you will begin to notice that you are doing some bad habits that make studying hard for you.

7 . You can’t focus on studying

Studying is hard for you and you can’t study at all because you can’t focus on studying.

My advice for you is to sit down and ask yourself why you can’t focus on studying and find a solution to that.

8 . You don’t have fun while studying

Studying to you is probably boring work!

You need to make studying appealing and inviting so you will feel motivated to study.

9 . You don’t know any study hacks

Everyone has their own study hacks.

You probably don’t. That is why studying is hard for you.

You need come up with a personal game plan for how you plan to get good grades on your next test.

10 . You are just plain lazy

Maybe you are just lazy. Everyone gets lazy once in a while. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t get off your butt right now and start studying.

Do the least you can possibly do. Open your book and plan to learn just one thing today.

Remember only you can go deep inside and find out why you can’t study or why you never feel like studying. Ask yourself these questions.

That is how you will begin to create a good mindset that will help you to study.

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dooareyastudy · 2 years

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03.10.2022 | This is not a realistic depiction of a PhD student’s life ; I repeat : this is NOT a realistic depiction of a PhD student’s life !! However, I had a very nice weekend, to prepare myself to face a HUGE month of October.

Happy October everyone :)

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alexistudies · 5 months

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november 16th, 2023

haven't really been going to anatomy, just haven't been feeling it. my grade shouldn't suffer too much from it so thats the only reason i've felt okay with not going. idk other things are just more important like my actual grad level coursework and research responsibilities.

i feel like i have so many things to do before the end of the semester and its not a great feeling, but all i can do is chip away at it day by day. they say the first semester is the hardest, so this is truly the worst it will ever be!

#alexistudies #alexi's phd year 1 #studyblr #stemblr #scienceblr #collegeblr #uniblr #engblr #gradblr #phd life #graduate school #grad student #morningkou #sprouhtstudies #selkiestudies #genspen #hey gen

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