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He is going to write my thesis in Multimessenger Astronomy instead of me
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the saturday-sunday night diabolical "life is falling apart"- to do list followed by a mad scramble
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i love physics but i don’t think physics loves me
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2024-04-01
Found the cutest little tea house today. I worked on a term paper and studied some French while sipping just the nicest tea.
Exiting the house after 3 days of the Easter long weekend has proved to be an excellent idea. 10/10 will do again.
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I haven’t been posting my original stuff for a while, but if anyone cares I’m going to be starting a physics PhD program in the fall :)
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Getting some work done with green tea and my fluffy treasure
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Week 13 - 08.01. - 12.01. //
It was so so cold here last week. I was back in Uni and at work after the winter holidays and need to now finish up the last things for the two talks I still need to do. It wont be super stressful over January, but I'm still looking forward to February and having basically nothing going on before I start my master's thesis.
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Day 9/40 of productivity
These few days have been characterised by exercises all the way!
Among these, those that I spent in the library have been the best days so far. I don’t like weekends much because campus is closed and it feels boring to stay at home.
Highlights:
I’ve met some people during study breaks
I tried out the university canteen
I’m really motivated to achieve my goals💪🏽
ps. at one point, I couldn’t find the pizza box anymore; it had ended up under my books… 🤦🏽♀️
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The lessons you learn on your journey towards your destination will always be more valuable than the destination itself.
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26.3.24
it's time for one more big effort! I'm determined to get this all done now.
(and I'm in love with my vintage desk I bought second hand only last week; plus my gran's blanket is keeping me cosy. So I'm beginning to feel I'll be alright!)
37/100 days of productivity
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11/03/24 || Monday
It's been a while! We're finally out of the midsem week (I have one more on Saturday but it's okay) and I am allowed to breathe. I have to submit an abstract for a poster for a conference in 10 days and I am losing my mind a little. It feels like yesterday when I started uni and I am already to the point where I can present my research to a panel of judges. It feels really unreal lol. Truly an experience.
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Quantum electrodynamics
Lecture 6
The prediction of antiparticles; Dirac (fermionic) field; introductory notes on Beta decay
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wednesday, march 13th 2024
i think one of the best things to come out of my PhD (so far) is that i am learning to embrace finitude, and focusing more on the aspects of "what did i learn from this" instead of dwelling on getting a great grade. let me explain.
let's say i was taking this intro to neural engineering class in undergrad, where these hard as hell MATLAB assignments were due like once a month. i would be literally shitting a brick about trying to get it right, staying up late and compromising my health for the assignment, and then stressing like crazy over the grade. for it to all, subsequently and eventually, end up being fine and not the end of the world.
now, as a 1st year PhD student, in this exact position of having a hard as hell assignment that i kind of just figured out as i go, i'm not even trippin. like, i'm probably going to get half credit and i'm genuinely fine with that. why? because I: 1) embraced finitude of knowing that it's just not going to get done and 2) am celebrating the fact that I even learned the concepts to get half credit.
this...is a big mental shift that i'm really trying to cherish, because it took soooo long for me to get here. i also realize that i'm able to have this change in attitude now because undergrad is over, and for a PhD program, grades don't really matter as long as you meet the requirements to stay in your program. in undergrad, you're aiming for good grades because you want to have access to the next goal (job, internship, or grad school). but my god, is this such a RELIEVING mindset shift.
#this is why I’m excited to start my PhD#grades don’t really matter!#profs pass you for trying your best#at least in my field and at the schools I’m interested in going to
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