Words of advice
I’ve always been drawn to explicit discussion of the things that academics tend to leave hidden under the surface. For example, two of the first pieces of advice I always give prospective or new graduate students is this:
There will often be times that everyone around you seems vastly more well-read, ahead on their research, and just generally more competent than you. They’re not, really. Moreover, they’re just as insecure, and think the same thing of you.
and
Graduate school isn’t about reading everything you’re assigned; this is a superhuman feat, and you’re doomed to failure if you try. It’s about learning how to discern exactly what you need to read in order to be able to talk intelligently, and feeling confident enough to leave the rest behind.
That said, in various conversations over the past month (particularly at 4S and SHOT) I’ve been figuring out a new bit of advice that I’ll be passing along in the future:
Don’t plan on achieving any really new research in your first year after defending. You’ll feel like you should be, but if you can spend the year decompressing from the intensity of the dissertation and firming up the ground under your feet, you’ll have achieved wonders right there.
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