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Running a PhD

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Obtaining a PhD is often compared to running a marathon. After mentioning this in a previous blog, I found myself reflecting more on the similarities between the two and wanted to explore the comparison further. The more I reflected, the more I realized: a PhD journey can be seen through the lens of many different…

More Than Just a Dissertation: A Marathon of Drafts, Data, and Determination

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A few weeks ago, I reached a milestone in my PhD journey—I finalized my first article and sent it off to an academic journal. But in the world of academia, “finalized” doesn’t mean “published”. Odds are, I’ll be revisiting this paper again, responding to reviewer comments, making revisions, and refining the arguments. Still, hitting this…