Ideal would be a mixed model with a baseline accrued amount of earned vacation days, a minimum amount days that need to be taken off and an open ended number of additional flexible days.
@hiransarkar1236
2 жыл бұрын
Amazing video! As an aspiring PhD student, your videos help me shape my understanding of what my PhD career would look like, what problems I would face, and how to deal with them.
@eprohoda
2 жыл бұрын
ho well job~
@edwardwav
2 жыл бұрын
yo the notebook idea is actually genius, what sort of stuff do you put in it? (error messages, install packages?) could you post an old one (that you are allowed to) because i think that would help a lot. I feel like it always takes me a long time to get back into working on a project because I need to cram everything back into my head to understand the problem again.
@janpancake
2 жыл бұрын
I might have an old grad school notebook I can show in a future video/short 🙂
@shawnisaacmeyer6349
2 жыл бұрын
I watched your other video on burnout and feel like this is something I am going through. I have always planned on pursuing a PhD in physics although with recent opportunities I have considered working beforehand. Currently I am in a summer internship doing research. After completing finals and struggling to just do that, to then be thrown into the deep end with research over the summer with a PI who talks to me once a week if I am lucky, I feel myself becoming cynical and have negative feelings about this internship. On one hand I want to make the most of it but on the other I find myself not living up to the high expectations I had coming in. Do you have any advice on how to continue without necessarily dropping everything? As you said with research it is not like you work 9 - 5 and its done, but rather it is ongoing and I think this is what is making it so rough on me.
@owent159
2 жыл бұрын
I’m doing a physics PhD atm. One thing that might help you is to do more with other things in your life. For example, I was really into track and exercising in high school but really dropped it in undergrad. I’ve gotten back into it like 2 hours a day with the normal 8-10 for research and my day to day is much better
@shawnisaacmeyer6349
2 жыл бұрын
@@owent159 I think this is the right answer, I find myself these days with no hobbies and so after "finishing" work I go home to do nothing except mull over how I will continue to make little progress the next day.
@owent159
2 жыл бұрын
@@shawnisaacmeyer6349 yeah I would try doing something outside of work that challenges you in a different way but allows you to see improvement. Whether that be exercising, learning a new skill like pottery or flying a plane (courses aren’t that much lol), or something else, I think that would really help you. All the best!
@janpancake
2 жыл бұрын
I agree with Owen T above, in that it helps to make sure you’re still taking care of yourself physically and mentally. I never gave up working out and going for walks, because those were so important to my mental and physical health. I know people who did just drop everything when they burned out, and it seemed to be necessary/unavoidable. For me, I just had to prioritize and focus on one thing - my work. The other things that were burning me out were mostly all side projects, and I knew I could pick them up whenever I was ready to. For your internship, I would recommend talking with your supervisor to set realistic expectations and being honest about what you can handle this summer. Internships aren’t supposed to feel like a burden, and from my experience managing an intern, I’d rather have the intern be communicative about what they want to (and can) do, so I can adjust the project scope and expectations to hopefully guarantee a successful project in the end. Also be honest about what you want to get out of the internship, because if you can set a realistic goal for yourself there, then the measure of internship ‘success’ can be redefined that way (for yourself personally, not necessarily for the company). My advice is to always focus on yourself first, because if you’re doing well, the company will do well. I hope this helps, and good luck with your research and internship!
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