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Share your PhD experiences.

Dear internet,

I am currently in my masters degree. After graduating, I’d like to pursue a PhD. Please share your own PhD experiences with me (either as a reply or reblog to this post, or in my tumblr inbox – anon or not). 

Question in particular that I am interested in (no need to answer all!):

– your subject area/research topic
– country of your PhD institution (and would you recommend it?)
– (expected) duration of your PhD
– reasons you do a PhD
– what you like most about the experience
– obstacles and problems you have encountered
– estimated hours per week that you dedicate to your research
– estimated amount of free time you are able to take for yourself
– how stressful you find the experience

I’m looking forward to really interesting reports. Answer whatever you feel comfortable with – I won’t publish any of the asks you submit to me, though I will possibly reply to you via chat if you add to the message that that’s alright with you.

Thank you kindly!

Subtle differences are of great importance in every language. German, for example:

zieh dir was Warmes an – “put on something warm”. This person is looking out for you and wants you to be careful when it’s cold outside.
zieh dich warm an – “dress warmly”. This is a declaration of war. The person saying this is looking to make sure that your body will never be warm again. 

It gets lonely, being human. Not because you can’t find a soul to lie beside you at night; because you never know if their soul is searching at all, and if you want to be found.

moami

Just out of curiosity what’s your favorite book? I’m looking for reading materials cuz I’ve read/re-read everything in my bookshelf and am looking for something fresh 👌

Ah… you could never get me to pick a favourite book, I believe. There are too many wonderful books in the world for that. I can recommend you a bit of what I read recently (i.e. over the past two years) as well as one of my all-time idolized authors: Walter Moers. He’s German, but the books are available in English, though I don’t know how good the translation is. Start with 

The 13 1⁄2 Lives of Captain Bluebear  or The City of Dreaming Books. Then, read everything. Do it. Honestly. Just. This author changed not my life, but something more important: They way I write. 

Otherwise (and this is a wild, wild mix of genres and themes):

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (started)
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (started)
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
Nothing by Janne Teller
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind
The Sandman by E.T.A. Hoffmann (short story)
Momo by Michael Ende
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
Howl’s Moving Castle – Diana Wynne Jones
The Wave by Morton Rhue

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami (just started this but loving it already)

As you can see, I’m reading a lot of classics right now, so I apologize if this is all literature you’ve read before. Maybe this was helpful? Enjoy!