A PhD student who recently finished her dissertation gave me the book “Big Panda and Tiny Dragon” from James Norbury. This page resonated so much. Does it also apply to your academic journey or would you disagree?
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Hey, I have been working on iGEM project that concerns with the interactions between microplastic and protein, but it's so difficult to find the labs or people working on this computationally.
Please help me share this tweet so that we can contact someone regarding that. Thanks!
12. If you don’t train your mind to appreciate what is good, you’ll continue to look for something better in the future, even when things are great.
13. The belief that there is some future moment more worth our presence than the one we’re in right now is why we miss our lives.
Scrolling Twitter post 11pm is injurious to mental health. All acads related anxiety, how will I apply for phD, do I really want to go for a phD directly or do a job first, etcetera etcetera.
And yet I am still doing it. Vicious cycle.
Sometimes I feel so out of place in academia. I am not cut from the cloth - I do not have academics in my family. I’m here because I worked my tail off, but it was not a logical path. This comes with a lot of pride and a lot of shame. It’s uncomfortable. #FirstGen
Recently I shopped from @shoppersstop store in South City Mall, Kolkata after trying from tester, matched the code. Later I saw, the product was different and when I looked for the code on website, I realised they had put a Rs. 450 worth product in Rs. 850 worth tester bottle.