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{PhD} Why I don’t care for the Dr title
blog | PhD thoughts | Sovereignty | You-niverse

{PhD} Why I don’t care for the Dr title

ByJamie Pei August 12, 2022August 23, 2022

My lack of enthusiasm around acquiring the Dr title has not only made me feel like a weirdo but also been a cause of much internal friction, confusion and disconnect throughout my PhD years.

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{PhD} What’s so hard about doing a PhD anyway?
blog | PhD thoughts | Sovereignty | You-niverse

{PhD} What’s so hard about doing a PhD anyway?

ByJamie Pei July 18, 2022July 18, 2022

An overview of five unique challenges of PhD life and some ways to face them with more grace, clarity, ease, joy

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{PhD} Feel-good work routines for your best PhD days
blog | Magic | PhD thoughts | You-niverse

{PhD} Feel-good work routines for your best PhD days

ByJamie Pei July 11, 2022July 13, 2022

8 best tips for creating nourishing, fulfilled, full days (in and out of your PhD)

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{PhD} Who are you in your PhD?
blog | PhD thoughts | You-niverse

{PhD} Who are you in your PhD?

ByJamie Pei June 2, 2022June 15, 2022

It becomes easy for us to conflate our whole sense of self with our PhD and our research. But we’re SO MUCH MORE than our PhDs…

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{PhD} A handful of weekend “permission slips”
blog | Ease | PhD thoughts | You-niverse

{PhD} A handful of weekend “permission slips”

ByJamie Pei May 6, 2022May 23, 2022

Yes, yes, yes – you are allowed to curate your PhD experience the way you want and need it to be

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The big stuff of love starts with ‘being okay’
blog | Magic | Messy thoughts | You-niverse

The big stuff of love starts with ‘being okay’

ByJamie Pei February 11, 2022March 18, 2022

All the big stuff of love and other huge feelings start with just being okay. Here’s how.

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{PhD} You’re making more progress in your PhD than you realise
blog | Messy thoughts | PhD thoughts | You-niverse

{PhD} You’re making more progress in your PhD than you realise

ByJamie Pei January 18, 2022April 4, 2022

The one thing that is fucking up your head and your own bloody brilliant, amazing, productive, successful progress is this default setting that all our tricksy brains have that insists on comparing.  

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{PhD} Mr B., I fuckin’ love you – thank you
blog | PhD thoughts | Spark | You-niverse

{PhD} Mr B., I fuckin’ love you – thank you

ByJamie Pei December 7, 2021April 4, 2022

Find a mentor/supervisor/teacher who sets the room alight when they come in, who makes you feel excited about tackling the things that most other people would find terrifying/tedious/utterly impossible.

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{PhD} Lessons learnt after 5 years in a PhD
blog | PhD thoughts | You-niverse

{PhD} Lessons learnt after 5 years in a PhD

ByJamie Pei September 28, 2021April 4, 2022

Here are a few crucial things that have helped me get to the finish line of my PhD -and pass it!

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{PhD} How much is good enough?
blog | PhD thoughts | Sovereignty | You-niverse

{PhD} How much is good enough?

ByJamie Pei October 26, 2020April 4, 2022

I found myself confronted with a new and sudden ‘truth’ that I simply wasn’t good enough… Here’s how I found my way back.

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