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Feeling stuck | Science | AAAS

"People have a fear of being a failure, of disappointing their adviser, [of] wasting your time and money having gone to graduate school, [and] ...

PhD: To regret or not to regret - Editage

After almost four years of struggling, today, I handed in my PhD thesis. · I did it. · I've been feeling really restless for a long time now. · And ...

I like research, so why do I feel stuck? - Student Doctor Network

What's ended up happening is I feel like I'm working below my abilities in RA positions that are meant for people younger than me who are using ...

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Dissertation

Nothing I am feeling is unique to my situation. Almost every academic has felt anxiety over their projects, and many people before me have felt ...

What happens when you kneed to take a break from your PhD?

Try and not feel guilty. Most PhDs take 3 years to complete, there's a lot of life that can happen to a person over the course of 36 months.

The PhD Comedown - why does it happen, when does it strike, and ...

Until a day prior all I'd dreamt of was this moment. Now I felt lonely, ungrateful, and deflated. My PhD had been my anchor, the constant in my ...

The PhD blues: What they are and how to beat them - Crawliomics

PhD guilt & anxiety ... PhD anxiety permeates almost all your free time, both consciously and unconsciously. You feel bad for taking an evening or ...

How to come to terms with long cycle of failure and move on?

I have some support where I am, and I'll miss the friendships I've made along the way here...but the PhD has tainted so much of my lens of the ...

Who drops out of the Ph.D.? - A Happy PhD

Career prospects. Quite logically, if you think that you will easily find a job once you have the doctorate under your belt, you will be more ...

Career advice | What's new - Terence Tao

Sometimes you might get too stuck but that's what I like because it boosts me to be too creative and think harder. ... PhD. I had several friends who left ...

What I lost when I got my PhD | Times Higher Education (THE)

I felt lost. Time passed, and the sense of feeling suspended between worlds persisted. It followed me as I took on the role of adjunct and lined ...

PhD Postgraduate Forum - Feeling like my life is going nowhere

Anyway, by then I'll be nearly 31. Assuming I do at least one post-doc, I'll probably be 33-35. I won't have my own house, am highly ...

Anticipating what's to come: My PhD journey begins - PhDLife Blog

After many miss-fires and failed internships, I have found a next step I am genuinely excited about. I no longer need other people's ...

This 6 Minute Video Will Save You YEARS Of Time as a PhD Student

In today's video I will be sharing the number one thing that you can do if you are feeling stuck as a grad student.

PhD stuck points | patter - Pat Thomson

The good news is that PhD stuck points are generally only a temporary change of pace, even if they seem interminable at the time.

Enjoy your PhD, don't endure it - life on the verge

It's common for students close to finishing to say 'they can see the light at the end of the tunnel', making it sound like they've suffered ...

Dealing with PhD Stress the Right Way: Advice From 3 PhD Graduates

When I think back to the PhD, I think about the physical and emotional stress that I had to go through, especially the final months leading ...

What to do if you feel stuck (special coaching episode!) - YouTube

Often as PhD students or academics, we get that feeling of being stuck and unable to do the next steps. In this episode, I coach Danielle, ...

Hate your job? Here's what you can do about it right now — Calm Blog

But the truth is that no matter how stuck you feel, there's always room to make a change. Countless people have taken action around their work ...

Why you (probably) shouldn't do a PhD

It's badly paid (if you get paid at all), or extremely expensive if you have to fund yourself. There's also the potential lost earnings if you ...