My friend Daniel is also doing a Ph.D. We have started a project together where we look at the control of chromatography systems. It’s great to work together with someone on something once in a while; Ph.D. studies tend to focus only on yourself and your research otherwise. My current aim in the project is to compare two chromatogramsContinue reading “Project with Daniel”
Category Archives: Misc.
Feeling down?
We all feel down occasionally. Sometimes there is a reason, and sometimes there is not. For me, it is often in the evenings when I’m about to go to bed that everything comes crashing down. I have recently figured out how to get my spirits up again: Nice videos to distract myself. Here are myContinue reading “Feeling down?”
There are only 24 hours in a day
There are so many things I want to do. I want to do research and take all the exciting courses. But last week, I realized that it is just not possible to do that. The following list contains some of the things that I want to do during the first half of 2021. The bold parts areContinue reading “There are only 24 hours in a day”
Back to Business
The Christmas holidays are over for this year. I did not look forward to starting to work again. It turns out that it is quite nice to have a vacation. But now I have worked for a few days, and they have been some of my best in a while. I have had no meetings,Continue reading “Back to Business”
Upgrading My Home Office
I got some wall decorations to put in my home office, which turned out to be a better improvement than I expected. I highly recommend you to do something similar!
PhD Student representative
A few weeks ago, I was chosen as a Ph.D. student representative for the department board. I have had similar positions before, so I’m familiar with most tasks, but one thing that is new to me is to participate in interviews for new Ph.D. student candidates. I was nervous before the first interview, thinking about what IContinue reading “PhD Student representative”
Thrown out?
I still live in a student apartment with my husband and must fulfill the activity level requirements to keep the apartment. They are fair requirements, and it is no problem for me to meet these. It has never been. Regardless, I got very anxious today when I got an email asking me to verify myContinue reading “Thrown out?”
Among Us
The Corona cases are increasing every day, and everyone is working from home. For many of my fellow Ph.D. students and me, life is starting to feel quite lonely. But a few days ago someone had the brilliant idea that we should play the game Among Us. It was so fun! And it made me realizeContinue reading “Among Us”
Time planning
I attended a workshop last year that was called Finish on Time. There they talked about many tools that can help you during your Ph.D. studies to plan your time and handle stress. A tool I still use is to plan my upcoming week in detail. Each Friday, I sit down and look at my calendarContinue reading “Time planning”
So many feelings
Being a Ph.D. student is sometimes like riding a rollercoaster of emotions. Some days I love it, but some days I only feel anxiety. Today I have felt both. Performance anxiety The most common negative emotion that I have as a Ph.D. student is performance anxiety. I feel that I don’t know enough, I don’tContinue reading “So many feelings”
Frida Heskebeck 