Me reading a paper for the 17th time: ok, but did they….? No. Oh I see, they did…? Does maths even work like this? -MM #phdchat #phdlife

Is it correct that "because my supervisor said so" is not a suitable justification for doing a method in a PhD? Asking for a friend - SS

One of the hardest parts of a PhD is making decisions - have I read everything? Is there a better option? Do I actually understand what's going on? I have no idea, but can't afford to wait to find out and it is terrifying. - SS

Back working after a week of leave means spending the morning reading emails and trying remember how to actually do work - SS

Waiting for the paperwork, but I passed transfer! -MM #phdlife

Is the exhaustion a vaccine side effect or a PhD side effect? Nobody knows, except I was definitely falling asleep at my desk in the office today... -SS (The celebration about being fully jabbed will take place when I wake up! 😁)

I'm on annual leave next week because I'm stubbornly going to make sure I use it up - but also am finding myself nervously wondering if I'll regret it because I have so much work to do 😅 - SS

One thing I wasn't prepared for post-Covid was having to do academia with social anxiety. Having to network/interact with people is EXHAUSTING. - SS

One of the hardest parts of a PhD is making decisions - I surely can't be trusted with this responsibility 😅- SS #PhD #AcademicTwitter

I relate to this so much - but only feel the guts to share it on an anonymous account. Is it normal to start a PhD with so much optimism, yet 1 year in feel so utterly defeated? - SS

Mondays are for breaking your code beyond what seems reasonable, the rest of the week is for trying fix it. Friday is for bashing out the new solutions you were trying to get on Monday. -MM

The brain-fog of returning to your research post winter break is real. What was I doing again? -MM #phdchat

Does anyone else start looking at ‘real world’ job listings when your research hits a brick wall and you can’t seem to unpick the problem? -MM #phdchat #research