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Play and rest

friends hugging

The challenge with HDR life is that we have maybe too much freedom.

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Uncertainty

This one鈥檚 a really tough one I have to admit.

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Gratitude and joy

"For many of us, our first waking thought of the day is 鈥淚 didn鈥檛 get enough sleep鈥. The next one is 鈥淚 don鈥檛 have enough time鈥.

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Resilient spirit

Photo of the back of a climber ascending Mount Everest, blue sky and clouds above one of the peaks

I have entitled the draft of my Ph.D. thesis, 鈥楤RUNO鈥 because 鈥鈥. We don鈥檛 talk about my thesis. Or graduation.

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Authenticity

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My lovely sister gifted me a voucher for one of the stylish, new restaurants in my neighbourhood.

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Self-compassion

microphone with blurred image of seats in the distance

I鈥檝e had a research project that I鈥檝e been involved with now for two years. The homestretch is in sight and I was tasked with presenting the paper to the team prior to its release.

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Ph.D. guilt

photo of a boardwalk down to the beach with sea in the distance

I recently came across an old blog post written in 2014 by a Ph.D. student. The title was, 鈥楶h.D. guilt and shame鈥. Even without fully reading the post, I felt as some of my experiences as a Ph.D. student were validated.

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Just write now

Pencils and Todolists on desk.

Some days it鈥檚 a real struggle to just start writing.

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October integration

photo of the back of a girl sitting looking at a bridge in a forest landscape

The last several weeks have been exceptionally intense and I found myself teetering on the edge, close to burning out.

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Public speaking

photo of microphone

Question time is always the part of presenting at conferences that gives me really bad 'stage fright'.

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