#phD

[stormbear]

[kitkatstu-dies]

7/4/2025

The dining hall was closed!! And the buses were down, so I had no way of getting something to eat :( I ate chips and salsa in my dorm. I tried to focus on spreadsheets (and I got a few done!), but I'm sooo hungry

[discoursets]

[academicfever]

83/100

Woke up with water line cut cuz my landlord forgot to deposit the bill… also fuck the orange moron... how tf is he allowed to mock a country invaded by Putin and then side with the dictator and people calling him patriotic... like wtf America... does no one remember Putin literally bombing a hospital with babies in it... how come no one on the republican party have balls... even Marko rubio proceeding to kiss ass... so so disappointing...

Praying for Ukraine

Log: 1st March

Shower _breakfast_

Clean and organize bookshelf

Clean Desk _Lunch

Journal _mental health check

News catch up + f1 testing session

watch hobi live

go on a long walk

call home

research work 2P

Plan next week of work

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[elistudies]

I really recommend not applying to any phds

too late. i am crushed by the weight of my ambitions.

[sunflowyr]

a short comic about all the highly useful transferable skills i have gained in 4 years of phd training

[lottiestudying]

31.05.2025—as if it’s the end of may. also, happy swiftie independence day to those who celebrate!!!

[chroniclesofachemist]

[xiaq]

Yeah that’s about right

[foxscarf]

26.05.24

Back at it! Was so blessed by heavy rainstorms and thunder all afternoon, so I decided to stay in and love it from my cosy desk rather than traveling to work or the library to write as I'd planned. ⛈️

The one time I didn't feel the need to play my rain and storm sounds videos while studying!! 🖤

(meanwhile I seem to be having a moment for pink in my stationery.)

38/100 days of productivity

[one-time-i-dreamt]

I was applying for PhD funding. The guy in charge (whose name I had already forgotten) told me they were going to give £90k a year. He told me it was a lot but you’ve gotta spend your money on something. Then I went outside to see that the zombie apocalypse had begun while we’d been talking.

[absinthemindedly]

On today's todo list:

Draft and schedule emails

Review existing literature on my PI's current research direction

Review previous NSF GRFP applications

Look into other national fellowships (listed)

Brainstorm about personal statements + project proposals

I've unfortunately fallen off my daily journaling/work routines the last few months, and I'm working on getting myself back into good habits. Today, my main goal is to schedule all my emails to other PhD programs their declining offers of admission. I just finalized everything with my chosen program this week, and the April 15th decision deadline is looming. I feel terrible for dragging my feet on communications, but I want to make sure I send personalized emails to each professor I interviewed with. I know this is part of the process, but I still hate disappointing people.

On the upside, I've already set up my graduate school accounts, put together a preliminary schedule of my classes in the fall, and set up my new email. I'm eager to get back to work

[amnhnyc]

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🕸️He also studies the evolution of “prey capture systems” (silk, venom, and vision) in active hunting spiders, and how these genes have changed in response to the loss of web-spinning behavior.

[volchiitza]

clearly trying to stop fixating on "productivity" has actually improved my focus