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10 (20) truths about doing a PhD
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10 (20) truths about doing a PhD

ByJamie Pei May 26, 2023May 26, 2023

Which of these do you choose to be true for you?

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What if you only worked 2 hours a day?
Ease | Messy thoughts

What if you only worked 2 hours a day?

ByJamie Pei May 2, 2023

You don’t need to work the number of hours everyone else is doing or telling you to do. You need to work the hours that will work for you.

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Don’t feel bad about not getting shit done 24/7
blog | Ease

Don’t feel bad about not getting shit done 24/7

ByJamie Pei April 18, 2023April 12, 2023

How getting rest and having fun helped me accomplish SO MUCH throughout my PhD, including 12 conferences and awards for public speaking.

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Dial up the joy in your PhD life
blog | Magic | PhD thoughts | Spark

Dial up the joy in your PhD life

ByJamie Pei April 12, 2023May 2, 2023

Opening up the possibility that PhD life – and the entire academic cosmos around it – can be a different way: that is joyful, pleasurable, full of ease and lightness and fun.

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

Why I don’t care for the Dr title

ByJamie Pei August 12, 2022May 2, 2023

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

What’s so hard about doing a PhD anyway?

ByJamie Pei July 18, 2022May 2, 2023

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

Feel-good work routines for your best PhD days

ByJamie Pei July 11, 2022May 2, 2023

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

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What is ‘good enough’ for the PhD?
blog | PhD thoughts | Sovereignty

What is ‘good enough’ for the PhD?

ByJamie Pei June 30, 2022May 2, 2023

What the actual fuck does it mean to be ‘good enough’ in PhD or academia anyway?

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Radical alternative ways of approaching productivity in the PhD
blog | PhD thoughts | Sovereignty

Radical alternative ways of approaching productivity in the PhD

ByJamie Pei June 21, 2022May 2, 2023

If you’re struggling to work the way you think you should be working in your PhD, here are a few radical, different ways of thinking about research productivity and PhD success.

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You ≠ your fuck-ups
blog | Ease | Messy thoughts | Sovereignty

You ≠ your fuck-ups

ByJamie Pei June 13, 2022June 13, 2022

Instead of letting perfection define how you move, how can you get CURIOUS about it and let it move you forward?

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