Mid-March and mid-October are the parts of the semester that are often the hardest. Everything seems to be in flux, with no clear deadlines yet, but with pressure building up, and we often feel stretched thin. Time and time again,…
One fun project that I did a while ago, is listening to all my CDs from A to Z (they're all organized in alphabetic order by artists, and for each artist they are arranged chronologically). It took me a while…
As I've been spending quite some time during the past semester on medical appointments and taking medical leave to care for my family, I've had to build down my workload a bit. I tend to commit to many things, and…
As I'm cleaning out my pending Q&A questions, I cam across this question, which refers to the albums that I listened to while I wrote my thesis: Hello Eva. Have a nice day. I wonder if you could share your…
I've been having this draft post halfwritten for quite a while. The original title was "You don't have to run at 5am". But then, at some point in the pandemic, I started to wake up at 5:20 am to workout…
This post is part of the series PhD Talk for AcademicTransfer: posts written for the Dutch academic career network AcademicTransfer, your go-to resource for all research positions in the Netherlands. These posts are sponsored by AcademicTransfer, and tailored to those…
Spring 2022 is the semester in which I try to stay afloat while dealing with the grief and all the practical issues surrounding my mother's death. I also have a number of injuries behind me, and the realization that I…
Over a year ago, I launched the PhD Talk podcast together with my cohost Rico. As Rico is focusing on the homestretch of his PhD, I will continue the podcast with a starting PhD candidate, Sarah. As I'm writing this…
In academia, there's this prevailing standard of the "right" way to do things in our career. Publish at the right venues, get the correct international experience, network with the important players, and work as much as possible. This way of…
Getting a "major revisions" decision is quite common. In fact, if you don't get a desk reject, then major revisions is the most common decision to expect. So, while you may feel beaten down by seven pages of comments from…
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