One of my most honest #PhDLife moments lately was my defeated “but it doesn’t FEEL like it’s going well” response to a compliment from one of my supervisors on my progress.

I submitted another extension to my leave of absence, as the works necessitating the closure of the building housing the experimental physics lab for my PhD candidature work will not be open for access until near the end of this year.

#phdlife #physics

I have been writing for the last couple of weeks for most of the time. Now a date has been set for my presentation and a committee has been formed! #phdlife
Had big day. Wrote, edited and delivered!!! #PhDLife
Submitted recommendations for my thesis examiners yesterday, this is getting REAL! #PhDLife

So, what was supposed to be a relaxed Sunday afternoon in which I would dot the i's and cross the t's of my next paper, turned into a whole afternoon and evening in which the spatial analysis part was completely overhauled. But it's a better paper now.

#phdlife #academicchatter

Now off to the day job.

I always get excited by new projects. The path forward seems generally clear- the potential to learn or develop something novel seems simple enough…but then after a few months there usually comes a “oh this is way more complicated than I thought” and then progress slows. I think pushing through this phase is where the real growth is. #PhD #phdlife