Thoughts, challenges, musings of an expat scientist and psychologist
Continuing in the spirit of The Metaphor, here is another post. This one is about the Blotchy Area on your map, and how to figure out if you are making any real progress. As I explained in my metaphor, when ‘you enter this area, your compass starts acting up …[…]
Read moreIf you read the blog on The Metaphor, you know that sailing the PhD boat can be difficult for a number of reasons. You may notice a hole in your boat that needs fixing (or else you will drown). There may be a storm you did not foresee. You may[…]
Read moreA PhD Candidate is like an explorer at sea…in the 1500s! You may have a passion for adventure, but you are pretty much stuck with a compass and the stars for guidance! For those of you outside academia, let me paint a picture of what our journey on the turbulent[…]
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Its the ‘resolutions’ time of year! The first two years of my PhD were pretty challenging; full of technical roadblocks and the toils that come with setting up a lab and research design from scratch. As a result, I was mainly just reading work related things and towards the end[…]
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If you are familiar with the world of Time-Management, you’ve probably come across The Frog Task. There’s a nice introduction online to what it means to eat the frog, and if you think this isn’t enough, there is also an entire book you can go to! However, the way I[…]
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For a while now, I have been thinking about gender issues, a bit differently than I did before. I could attribute this to a lot of life events, but the part I’m going to focus on started with the release of Wonder woman. I saw the poster and thought ‘wow,[…]
Read moreAs I traveled back from the last conference this year, I reflect on each of the 4 conferences/summer schools of the last 12 months, comparing and contrasting my take home from this year of travel and talks. Here’s my take on my recent conference experiences… This year (Sep 2016-Sep 2017)[…]
Read moreThese days, every time I talk to someone who just started their PhD, I am reminded of the long way I have come. As it goes with seeing someone at a stage you were a few years back, I’ve started reflecting on how I have grown in the 3 years[…]
Read moreMental health has come a long, long way in a very short time. The way we diagnose and judge is constantly changing. For instance, it wasn’t long ago that diagnosis was made by checking the shape of the skull. And it was also not too long ago that the only[…]
Read moreSo first, an update for my readers – After a long absence from my blog, for which I send across my heart-felt apologies, I have decided to post more often, and even post shorter articles when I’m on the go. I hope you still like this form of more uninhibited[…]
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