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One Nice Bug Per Day
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Sweet Seals For You, Always
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Kaledo Art
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Lint Roller? I Barely Know Her
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@knoggstudyblr
โno matter how badly you think youโre doing it, someone else has done it a lot worse and been fineโ is applicable to a wide, wide range of things and i say it to myself all the time
"bigger idiots than me have done it" is a phrase I live by
here is a list of questions i have already answered about graduate school!!ย
please check it before you send me a question about graduate school :) :) i hope itโs useful! xo // updated 02.2020
basic info
what is the PhD and what can you do with it? (+)ย
what does a literature PhD entail?
should i do a PhD if i have to pay tuition?
is the degree worth it?
does it look bad to take time off between degrees?
what was your timeline like?ย
whatโs the difference between a terminal MA and a PhD?ย (+)
does getting an MA first help you get into a PhD program?
is it okay to just try grad school out?ย
application process
how can i prepare for applying early in my undergrad career? (+) (+)
where should i start looking for programs?
should i choose a program based on rank or fit? (+)
how can i find lower-profile programs doing cool stuff?
how many programs should i apply to?
parts of the application
advice on the writing sample
advice on the GREย (+)
how should i ask for letters of recommendation?
how should i write a statement of purpose?ย (+)
how do i demonstrate myย โability to excelโ?
how should i address mental health/family/personal issues that impacted my grades?
should i send in extra materials?
grad school application spreadsheet
how should i email potential advisors?ย (+) (+)
how can i survive the waiting period? (+)
how should i prepare for an interview or phone call?ย (+)
what should i ask at open house?
what should i do if i donโt think i can afford my grad school tuition?
what should i do the summer before i start my program?
seminars/coursework
how should i plan for grad seminar presentations? (+)
what should i bring with me to seminars?
what are grad seminars like?
how can i get better at speaking during seminars?
what do you mean grades donโt matter
reading
what should i have read before i start my lit grad program?
how much reading should i expect?
how can i read a lot without getting overwhelmed?ย (+)
how can i read efficiently?ย (+) (+)
quals-specific reading advice
how should i take notes on critical articles?
writing
how do i write a lit review?
how do i write an indicative bibliography?
how do i choose a dissertation topic?ย (+)
how do i plan for a long research paper?
how do i balance all the different kinds of writing i have to do?
money & living
how can i find housing before i move?
how do finances work in grad school?
what is adjuncting and why does it suck?
how can i budget while on a stipend?
should i work while in grad school? (+)
whatโs important to a research assistant application?
iโm running out of funding / iโm off normative time
fellowship, postdocs, & job stuff
which websites post US fellowship/postdoc/job ads?
CV writing tips
how do dissertation fellowships work?ย (+)
tips for grant, award, & fellowship applications
should i share my materials with others?
how does the academic hiring process work?
how do i keep track of all my applications?
how do i think up a second project when iโm not even done with my dissertation?
job materials masterpost
skype interview-specific tips
job talks
negotiatingย (+)
general tipsย (+)
whatโs up with the professor is in?
how do i stay motivated while getting buried in rejection letters?
misc
will grad school make my mental health issues worse?ย (+)ย
how do i survive conferencesย (abroad)?
how should i deal with burnout?ย (+)
secret labor
i think i want to quit
my advisor is ghosting me
how do i work with no structured schedule?
how do i get enough sleep?
how do i balance my work & my teaching?
how can i beat imposter syndrome? (+) (+)
how can i excel in grad school?
good morning friends, this list has been updated with asks from the past seven monthsโthis is likely the last update that iโll make to this list.
look at how pretty this book print is ๐๐๐ค
Someday i'll be a wealthy, self possessed cool aunt for now i'm a teenager girl (nearing my 30s)
Im not one to do a lot of book recs, but seriously, if you guys havenโt read the Dave Brandstetter series by Joseph Hansen, I canโt recommend them enough.ย
The basic pitch is a neo-noir mystery series written from the early 1970โฒs to the early 1990โฒs following an openly gay life insurance investigator, David Brandstetter. Heโs a sarcastic, middle-aged WWII vet mourning the death of his lover of twenty years and learning to gradually, somewhat messily, heal. Heโs smart as a whip, like 12% catty but mostly at family gatherings, and he has horrifically bad music taste. Man leaps straight off the page.
The books are fascinating both as a snapshot into post-Stonewall southern California and as political pieces responding to their own varying circumstances between 1971-1991. Thereโs a lot of value just in the window they give us into queer history.
Besides that, theyโre genuinely really good mysteries. Theyโre about ~150 pages, with interesting side characters and tight, well-written plots. The main character and recurring cast really just jump off the page as well, so the b plot of whateverโs going on in Daveโs personal life is usually as engaging (if not more) than the rest of the story.ย
Thereโs also a lot more thematic density than I usually expect from paperback mystery novels. Thereโs a lot of conversation around gender presentation and straight-passing, menโs mental health and socially normalized unhealthy coping mechanisms, age/physical ability, etc.
Long story short, Iโd highly recommend these to any fans of either the noir genre or the many, many works responding to it, as well as anybody who wants a good firsthand look into queer history. Theyโre criminally under-read, largely because the author marketed them to a straight audience, potentially a few decades too early to make them take off very far. Regardless, I hope this rant strikes a chord with somebody!
I want the blissful sweetness of doing nothing
you only love me when iโm pink ๏ฟผ๐ฉฐ
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a small guide on how i battle my essays! (click on an image to view it clearer)ย
(keep in mind: iโm an english major so a majority of my essays are literature-focused!)
these are just some of the methods i want to share that work for me when i write my innumerable amount of essays! iโm definitely a huge planner so itโs no secret that i spend a lot of time on an essay. if youโre a deadline fighter, these tips might not necessarily be helpful (especially the handwriting one). but i hope this gives you an insight on how i write my essays! ๐
AP exams are ๐ฑ finally ๐ฑ๐ฐ here ๐ u college board BITCHES ๐ท and itโs gonna be AP ๐ฅ LIT ๐ฅโผ๏ธ remember ๐ญ to get a ๐ GOOD ๐๐ NIGHTโS ๐ค๐ช SLEEP ๐ด before the ๐ TEST ๐๐ DONโT spend all NIGHT ๐ on ya COMPUTER ๐ป for ๐๐ SCIENCE ๐ โโ and DONโT get ๐ PHYSICal ๐ฆ with ya BIOLOGY ๐๐ or ur gonna ๐ฐ lose ๐ญ๐ญ all ur (gibbโs free) ENERGY ๐ต๐ต AND CUM ๐ฆ๐ calcuLATE ๐โ to the ๐ท exam ๐ทโผ๏ธโผ๏ธ HISTORY ๐๐ and statisDICKS ๐ข have ๐ shown ๐๐ that u might be PSYCHed ๐ค๐จ OUT ๐ญ during the TEST ๐ซ๐ฑ and that u wonโt be able to ๐ deRIDE โ๏ธ the ๐ V (velocity) and the ๐ D (dickstance) ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ BUT DONโT โ go APES ๐ตโป๏ธ and ๐ต lose ur ๐ HEAD like ya boi Louis XVI ๐ซ๐ท๐๐ BECAUSE that WONโT ๐ happen if u ๐ค reMEMBER ๐ ๐ฆ ur ๐ DICKtion ๐ and ๐ SINtax ๐๐, if u juDICKtial REVIEW ๐ ur notes like Marbury v. DADDYson ๐ซโค, and if u keep ur ๐ ION ๐ฌ the C(L)OCK โ๏ธ๐โผ๏ธ but if u arenโt aFREUD ๐จ๐ to aPUSH ๐บ๐ธ urself ๐๐ช to the limits ๐ u will get more than Wilsonโs 4๏ธโฃ2๏ธโฃ0๏ธโฃ POINTS ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฏ so GOOD LUCK stuDYING ๐ซ๐, SUCC ๐ญsome COCKulus ๐ซ๐, van GOGH ๐ be a FReaQ ๐๐ฆ, and get urself not a one ๐ BUT A ๐ FIVE ๐ ๐๐ฆ
whatโs the mood for february?
no mood weโre taking a break from feeling anything
recover from โburnoutโ in five steps
1. reward yourself for working so hard. take a long bath with your favourite bath bomb, take time to cook your favourite meal, paint your nails. recognise that you worked hard and it was tough and that you deserve time for yourself
2. catch up on sleep. nothing makes studying harder than being exhausted. clear your schedule and have a lie in. even if you donโt sleep late, stay in bed and enjoy a guilt-free lazy morning
3. do something fun. invite your friends over for a movie night, take your dog for a walk. remind yourself that there is more to life than textbooks and notes
4. make a plan. start getting ready to get back into study mode. make a todo list, a study schedule, and a list of your deadlines
5. organise your space. declutter your desk so you have a clean space to be productive in. tidy desk, tidy mind
start again.
My single season is a time for all-consuming self-love and care and learning how to set boundaries so I can continue to have the space and time to look after myself. What is yours about?
