10 (20) truths about doing a PhD
Which of these do you choose to be true for you?
What if you only worked 2 hours a day?
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.
Don’t feel bad about not getting shit done 24/7
How getting rest and having fun helped me accomplish SO MUCH throughout my PhD, including 12 conferences and awards for public speaking.
blog | Magic | PhD thoughts | Spark
Dial up the joy in your PhD life
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.
Why I don’t care for the Dr title
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.
What’s so hard about doing a PhD anyway?
An overview of five unique challenges of PhD life and some ways to face them with more grace, clarity, ease, joy
blog | Magic | PhD thoughts | You-niverse
Feel-good work routines for your best PhD days
8 best tips for creating nourishing, fulfilled, full days (in and out of your PhD)
What is ‘good enough’ for the PhD?
What the actual fuck does it mean to be ‘good enough’ in PhD or academia anyway?
Radical alternative ways of approaching productivity in the PhD
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.
blog | Ease | Messy thoughts | Sovereignty
You ≠ your fuck-ups
Instead of letting perfection define how you move, how can you get CURIOUS about it and let it move you forward?