PhD-Mo-Problems?

View from the office as I weep gently in to SPSS.

NeedlePoint Nib!👌🏼 ⁣ ⁣ 🖋 Turquoise #TWSBI ECO⁣ ⁣ (Ultra-Extra Fine Nib) by @stringsandpedals 🙌🏼⁣ ⁣ #twsbieco⁣ #customgrinds⁣ #seriousnibbage⁣ #stationerygram https://www.instagram.com/p/B8pIl4BJg9r/?igshid=xykq3b4w9e2e

Journal Club Today! 📝 🙌🏼⁣ ⁣ Prepped a talk on some journals investigating the connection between functional gut and eating disorders.⁣ ⁣ Really important area of research that needs further study.⁣ ⁣ #journalclub⁣ #phdhopeful⁣ #studygram⁣ #microbiome⁣ #fgid https://www.instagram.com/p/B8dzDppp6em/?igshid=sezip26xhxkn

Stand Up Desk! 👨‍💻⁣ ⁣ Lower Back Pain is a really danger in academia!⁣ ⁣ I’m using my mantle piece as a standup desk! 🤣⁣ ⁣ #phdhopeful⁣ #studygram⁣ #movemore⁣ #standupdesk https://www.instagram.com/p/B8bJfAKpvWA/?igshid=8pgcptt73a97

Frosty!⁣ ⁣ Clinic and PowerPoints all day await..⁣ ⁣ But walk in was nice...⁣ ⁣ #phdhopeful⁣ #studygram⁣ #frosty⁣ #parksofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B8LblcupVSi/?igshid=ytwevw70e3et

Library (aka) My Happy Place! 😊⁣ ⁣ I periodically forget my productivity is always better when I write/study away from home... (sort of!).⁣ ⁣ Back to the #librarylife 😉⁣ ⁣ #phdhopeful #studygram #librariesofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B73-BsOBy0H/?igshid=f3ew1i9qukld

Current Mood... 🤔⁣ ⁣ 2 talks & 1 workshop to write.⁣ ⁣ Application (Mark2) to update.⁣ ⁣ Paper to finalise.⁣ ⁣ Guess I gotta eat as well... 😂⁣ ⁣ #phdhopeful #dontpanic #impostersyndrome #writingforpublication #sexeducationnetflix #otisanderic ⁣ https://www.instagram.com/p/B7s7rNgJC6G/?igshid=1peoi5s3r15pf

Back to the early ☕️ n 👨‍💻...⁣ ⁣ Submitting a Plain English Summary so I can get some stats input...⁣ ⁣ Sample size calculations are fun.... right? ⁣ ⁣ I once read a definition of sample size calculations as ‘guesstimates masquerading as mathematics!” 😜⁣ ⁣ #phdhopeful #stats #samplesizecalculations https://www.instagram.com/p/B7IcVNlJieb/?igshid=oca0o2kfeksb

Be More Lorek Byrnison!⁣ ⁣ Note to self... 🙂⁣ ⁣ #phdhopeful #studygram #bemoreIorekbyrnison #iorekbyrnison #hisdarkmaterials #thenorthernlights https://www.instagram.com/p/B65bluJJ13m/?igshid=8cqbd5eivsv2

Stationary against reality! 🤗

Tis the season forgiving....

Don’t Panic! 😌⁣ ⁣ Reminding myself no matter if my application succeeds or fails....⁣ ⁣ Academic achievements do not reflect anyone’s intrinsic worth as a person....⁣ ⁣ And snacks make things better! 😋 ⁣ ⁣ #phdhopeful #studygram #dontpanic #itsallgonnabeokay https://www.instagram.com/p/B55VnJOJvpu/?igshid=1544yxl3ltxaa

Late Night Library..🌖📚🌔⁣⁣ ⁣ Worked in the libraries basement today!⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣ It was very quiet.... ⁣ almost too quiet!🤫😂⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣ So close to (but yet so far) my application submission...⁣⁣ ⁣ ...just one more week.⁣..⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣ Must… Keep… Writing…!🙃⁣⁣ ⁣ Early starts and quite possibly late nights... Ahoy!⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣ #phdhopeful #library #thestudydontstop #livinthedream #itsallpartoftherichtapestry https://www.instagram.com/p/B53e7gglOgA/?igshid=xodyd6jtul5r

I Love 💀-Lines! 🤓⁣ ⁣ Early starts at least mean quite coffee shops! ☕️⁣ ⁣ It’s all part of the ‘rich tapestry’ of academic hijinks!⁣ ⁣ ...I guess...🤣⁣ ⁣ #phdhopeful #coffeetime #twsbieco #jibuntecho #labanfountainpen https://www.instagram.com/p/B5pCIVMFn3J/?igshid=11k9vz2s98e5w

Pre ‘Supervisor Meeting’ Prep!⁣ ⁣ Catching up with supervisor re application draft Friday and thinking of likely areas I’ll need to re-write! 😬⁣ ⁣ I mean - there will be ‘re-writing’ that’s a given. Its like death and taxes! 😂⁣ ⁣ #phdhopeful #studygram #coffee #stationery https://www.instagram.com/p/B4h6wIFlZyQ/?igshid=5jquj6rvke3

17 Days To Draft Submit...⁣ ⁣ Back at it early.. In my Favourite Library! 💻📚⁣ ⁣ Snacks and the View will get me through! 🍪🍁⁣ ⁣ #Phdhopeful⁣ #Phdcandidate⁣ #studygram #librariesofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B3l2WWjnDsf/?igshid=1ccgobdrykc1v

18 Days to Draft Submit..⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ This Douglas Adams quote comes to mind re productivity levels this weekend...⁣⁣⁣ ⁣ ⁣⁣ “𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 ‘𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨’ 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘧𝘭𝘺-𝘣𝘺” 😬⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ I could have done 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺 more. Did some reading and organising of references, battled IT impedia and timetabled out study slots for next week. Small victories!⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Monday must be more motivated! 😂⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ #Phdhopeful #Phdcandidate #studygram https://www.instagram.com/p/B3kXyq4HTMr/?igshid=172v3kyxt0l6n