4 min read A few days ago, I emailed someone something like this: ..since I just started my PhD... Umm, excuse me? I am heading to month 5 and my brain still thinks that’s a new thing. No brain, “we” certainly did not JUST start this journey. After I wrote 2 months report in this blog, I decided to make some updates time to time- in case someone out there is wondering what the heck am I doing for this entire time. Here we go. Before I started to my PhD, I had some strict rules, like calling it a day after 6 pm or taking the weekends off etc. I was aiming to maintain work-life balance as though that’s a doable thing. First things first, there is no such thing as a work-life balance in PhD. Especially in the pandemic. If you have an assignment to do, deadlines or upcoming meetings; you sit and study. That’s simple as it is. Unfortunately, I cannot consider my PhD as “work” yet, so I am not acting as an employee. I am studying when I need to, I am taking some time off when ...
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