#life of a grad student

[alltruedreamersdied]

I just submitted my first first-author paper to a science journal! asdfghjkl

#mine #life of a grad student #phdblr #physicsblr

[w0nderland]

my mom said I’m like taylor swift because I am doing a lot of jobs at once and I’m gonna cry

#life of a grad student #can’t believe I can actually say that #personal

[legogradstudent]

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

[senlinstudies]

4.11.23 You are looking at the desk of a true academic weapon *cries*

#i am dramatic it's not so bad #studyblr #gradblr #grad school #study motivation #study blog #student life #study aesthetic #studying #thesis #graduate school

[csuftitans]

We would like to remind everyone that the conversations you have in the library can be heard by all in attendance. I'm trying to study for my geology quiz I do not need to hear about "How tasty them toes were."

#not trying to shame anyone it's just theres a time and a place #academia #academic #academic validation #csuf #dorm life #elephants #exam stress #fullerton #grad school #grad student #Titans #california state university fullerton #California #Orange county #tusks up #feet #fraternity #sorority #library #gossip #eavesdropping

[shmrrrr]

08.04.2023 🍀

“and august slipped away into a moment in time”

#gradblr #grad school #grad student #studyspo #studyblr #studying #study motivation #study inspiration #shmrrrr studies #study notes #study aesthetic #university #studyabroad #student life #study #lifestyle

[honeesblog]

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

[skwpr]

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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[frisorg]

academic validation

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[nixcraft]

credit

#life #job #real life #school #high school #graduation #grad school #grad student #sysadmin #IT

[alltruedreamersdied]

Submitted my second first author paper today! Easier than the first but still connected with anger and frustration, because my supervisor hates the way i write and apparently thinks I am very stupid because she questions everything I do and is super micromanaging...

#mine #life of a grad student #phdblr

[patron-saint-of-lesbeans]

Very interesting (concerning) that while there’s a general consensus of “of course there’s queer Muslims and Jews and Christians we love them!” But that love is conditional. You can be religious but not too religious. You can be spiritual as long as it’s not actually that important to you. You can be observant of your religion’s dogma and traditions as long as you keep it away from everybody else.

But I don’t want to cut myself into smaller pieces. I don’t want to take a part of my life and culture and being and hide it away behind closed doors. It’s just…hypocritical and disappointing when people, who clamor about their love for the contradictory and self-authentic, hate when they’re confronted with it.

#tower of babble #catholic #lgbt #side b #sorry I saw a very good post pointing out the way queer Jews are often cited with the caveat that they’re not observant Jews #and how there are queer observant Jews but I didn’t want to derail so I made my own post #because fuckin hell how often do you see white queers telling queer Muslim women to stop wearing their hibjabi (unless it’s for ~cultural~ #purposes). it’s disgusting and demeaning to assume queer people don’t have deeply meaningful spiritual lives. #side b Christians 🤝 observant queer Jews 🤝 devout queer Muslims #me. happily trans and gay: I’m so happy and blessed to have this body and life - #homo/transphobes: you’re going to hell you’re evil you’re stupid you’re faking it #me: huh. oh. um. well I’m still blessed because I know you are not speaking with Christ in your heart- #a surprising number of self proclaimed radicals: uhhhh please don’t acknowledge that you’re Christian it makes us. uncomfortable. #me: …being uncomfortable and confused about others is the pride of Pride? the queer community thrives on contradiction and self definition? #anyways. prof put my pronouns down as he/she/they on the syllabus and I am popping the biggest gender affirming bottles tonight #(praying a chaplet and eating rice like the grad student peasant I am)

[legogradstudent]

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

[senlinstudies]

The process of inductive coding for my thesis data is long 😭 I wish the themes wrote themselves onto my page

#studyblr #study aesthetic #grad school #studyspo #study motivation #gradblr #books #studying #grad studyblr #graduate school #student life

[tea-tuesday]

08/21/23

merry first day of classes for those who celebrated today! the first day of my seminar (on federal policy) is tomorrow and i have 22! individual readings to do (inc. the federalist papers). i went to my local library and started cramming... i love the exposed(?) ceiling of my local library, it gives it an industrial charm!

#study inspiration #studyblr #mine #study #study motivation #tea-tuesday #study aesthetic #study desk #studyspo #library #chaotic academia #law school #lawblr #student life #exams #studying #grad studyblr #grad school

[notyetjaded1]

2024.02.13

#study #study motivation #grad student #studyspo #study aesthetic #studyblr #phdblr #phd #phd life #psychology #grad school #productivity #personal #studyinspo #study desk #aesthetic #studygram #gradblr #motivation #study blog #study notes #studying #study inspiration #study inspo #grad studyblr #grad studies