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Ph.D. 22-Month Report

4 mins read I woke up to my alarm at 8. Feels like just any other day except that it was not. Because today is my confirmation* review day. The one people usually say is ‘the most important milestone in your Ph.D.- except actual viva’. Alright. Let’s see what we got. I have been preparing for this over the last few months. Almost two years if you count from the beginning. But why do I feel like I am unprepared? I wrote the damn thing by myself. And yet, I am reading it over and over again as if I am gonna forget what I have written in front of examiners. I am feeling too depressed to dress formally. So I just put on one of my favorite shirts and hopped on my bike. ‘ Hi, can I get an oat vanilla latte, please ?’ I am expecting coffee to make me feel better and yet, it fails. Dragging myself to the office... Crying a bit on the way. Checking my friends’ offices to see if anyone’s in. Voila, I just found one! ‘Can you give me a hug, please’. So my day started miserably for many reas...