If you haven’t read the last PhD update from June (click here). Study 1 is almost, basically, 100% done and will be ready to submit to a journal within the fortnight (hopefully). Study 2 is now also 85% complete, which feels amazing. The plan is to attempt to submit that to a journal within 6 weeks of submitting study 1! […]
** In collaboration ** Do you feel bored with your job? Are you sick of getting up at the same time every day, getting on the same bus and sitting in the same office chair? There will be times in everyone’s life when we feel stuck in a rut. It could be your personal life or it could be […]
** In Collaboration** Students get a bit of a raw deal in society. They’re constantly the butt of jokes about being lazy and sleeping in until the afternoon. Anybody that’s been to university will tell you how false that picture is. There are, of course, some lazy students that don’t do much but most students actually work incredibly hard to […]
7:10am- Early wake up call to make sure I can get a park at work (I can’t wait for undergrad holidays again!) 7:43am: Playing with Frog whilst getting the washing off the line (mainly so he doesn’t decide to chew on my favourite jeans). 8:47am- I have just arrived at work and I am starting the day by writing down a […]
**Collaboration** It’s one of those thoughts every PhD student will have, and it even applies to undergrads, too. When we select a course, we often choose based on our passion. Only later do many of us think “wait, what am I going to do with this?” Child studies degrees and PhDs might seem like one of the harder ones to […]
Having an effective and productive routine is hard for anyone, and it is particularly hard when doing a PhD as my work hours are not consistent. Over the last month I have really been trying to find a more effective routine to try to make me a little less stressed, a little less sad, and a lot more organised. So […]
Excitement- “How great is it that I get to research what I am passionate about for a living” When this mood occurs– At the start of the PhD, and pops back in periodically. Hunger- “Am I hungry, or am I bored?- either way I’m going to buy food that I don’t need to spend money on” When this mood […]
