News: What messes with your head
Self-care reminders for student-parents (aka finishing the marathon)
In a recent job letter, I wrote, ‘completed PhD while parenting three children and working part-time’. Ergo, I eat conflicting deadlines, a busy workload, and high pressure for dinner.
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What happens when we die?
I’ve never been a spiritual person, but recently, I listened to journalist and author Leslie Kean talk about life’s greatest mystery: what happens when we die.
Switching between work and study
While I study my PhD and undertake part time paid work basically within the same field (Australian politics), there are real differences between my two roles, and thus, I find myself constantly aware of the need to utilise different approaches of ‘headspaces’ in each.
A winter walk
A winter walk is one of the simplest things I’ve been using to improve my mood and reflect and notice.
Applying for jobs
I am approaching the end of my studies, and so have started applying for jobs.Â
Easy, Healthy and Cheap
I’m on a little bit of a health kick after having taken the advice to ‘support local small business’ by ordering take away a little too seriously during the first few months of the COVID-19 crisis.
Australians sound weird
A character (invariably blonde) is introduced in a movie, nothing seems out of the ordinary. Then they start speaking, they sound weird and it makes me frown for a brief second. Realisation dawns, oh they’re Australian!
The Responsibility of Art
Should an artist bear any responsibility for what happens when they put their art out into the world?
Unpopular opinion: I am starting to like mullets
I have always hated mullets. Dirty, grungy haircuts that need to be left behind in the 80’s. Society has moved on and advanced, but are they coming back?
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Looking back at my PhD journey so far – passing on some tips
It’s been back to campus for a lot of students this semester and there’s a renewed vibe and feeling at uni at the moment – it’s great!  It’s been so great in fact that I feel really motivated. I’m only halfway in my candidature, but since it seems like campus has re-opened, I feel like I’m at the beginning again and there’s this chance for a fresh start. I’ve also been seeing more of the other HDRs in my cohort and we have all been reflecting on our first days as a PhD student. Here are some of the things we’ve learned first-hand, but also some of the tips that’s been shared with us.
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