HR: why are you burnt out? me: I’m doing all of these roles:

me after writing and deleting one sentence in a manuscript

Master of the art of typing words only to realize hours later that the manuscript only says what you typed it to say, not what you want it to say.

when you say ”it’s a quick fix” on a friday afternoon after noticing a figure in your manuscript has the wrong font and its now tuesday and you’re still working on the color of the legends

There should be a reality show where professors try to meet outrageous demands by financiers while PhDs keep introducing new side projects.

The Olympic Games in 1908

Me: hi student, could you help me out with *insert easy task* Student: well I have *insert list of exams and projects and sick pets* Me: but you committed 10 hours a week to research... Student: hmm best I can do is 3, 2 of which will be on my phone.

A mindmap for PhD students struggling with their thesis structure

"Ooh really😯?"

There was a time when we respected the computer

me blending in as i get a compliment for my talk at a conference

PhD: Omg I can’t believe I get paid to do this! I’m living my best life! Also PhD:

PhD supervisors after ripping the first draft of their student's thesis to shreds

7th year PhD student in the fall of '24:

Tuesday

Thesis_final_final_v8_rev_4_final_profedits_v1 is what happens when PhD supervisors don't go to therapy after finishing their own PhD

Thesis.docx getting ready to ruin my day

every paper needs a ”skip intro” button

Every move counts, you're always thinking three steps ahead, and just when you think you've won, the final submission turned out to be final_final_v2