The goal is to do a quality job. You can work 90+ hours per week and still not know what you're doing and even not produce quality work. You can work 10 hours in a week and still get more quality work done. You work harder than many people I know. I watch your videos (now) and a lot of Ruby Granger videos. You guys have humbled me, and I was certain that I was a hard worker. However, I am still a hard worker, and I am encouraged by your lessons. They are guiding me for my own process. I know this is one month late, but still be encouraged. THIS IS YOUR JOURNEY! In the same way in your literature review video you say find the gap and fill a need. That's what you're doing. Congratulations on the fellowship!

Hey Grace, I'm due to start a history degree program at university - apart from these videos do you have any advice for potential history undergrads.

That passage around 26th minute broke me... in laugh!

I would live to see all the tool you have to use for your history Phd journey. Ive seen laptops but also ipads, and i think you use a pen to write on the pad. Can you have a video going over all the tools/equipment you use and why/whatfor you use them??

Excellent video and editing, as usual! I absolutely loved the song that you chose, at around 12 minutes! Kate seems like a sweetheart, and I absolutely love your friendship/partnership… It’s very touching!

It's all the puzzle pieces you create in writing different paragraphs and notes that will help to pull it together, but revision is the hardest part. That's why I like writing the annotated bibliography and/or literature review (as I noted for a comment on another video) because you have a great deal of your work done. Piecing together begins the real, arduous task! Nice video.

I didn't fully read all of my sources for my master's thesis, but in teaching American Literature at the community college level, I realized some gaps in my thinking. We were just trying to get the thing done in graduate school, but now in preparing for my NEH project and later for the PhD, I find it more than necessary to read all the way through at least the primary sources. Reading the whole work(s) slows you down, but you get a fuller sense as well. Great video. I'm still binge watching and enjoying myself as well.

I swear you are my she-ro. You get more done than anybody I know. With the traveling, etc., and you still do quality work. I'm taking notes!

It is always easier for me to write the literature review section first.

I'm also writing my dissertation right now and I have the exact feeling of needing to read everything before writing a chapter. I think the more we learn and know about a certain topic, the more careful we get because we have been practicing this for a long time. That's, in my opinion, an improved skill... or we're just procrastinating lol

I as wondering ; how the admission process works for someone coming from West Europe where we don’t have gpa per say ?

I am late to the game, but congrats on the scholarship, girly. Well deserved! Starting my comps soonnnnn

Will there be a way we can read your dissertation one day? I’d really like to. Thank you for sharing your experience and insights.

that's great, but when do you put aside time for the relationships or family or....? I'm going to do a Ph.d but I'm really fresked out

Did your parents foot the bill for your 8 years of school or do you have 1/2 a million in loans to travel and pursue something that will not give you a return on investment? But, now you probably get a clean slate with Biden's unconstitutional student debt relief (basically buying votes). Lucky you. Just heard that you used to ride horses professionally. Haha--just answered my question. Spoiled girl. P.S. you overuse the word "and".

Thank you for sharing your journey, Kaelyn! I look forward to hearing what is next for Accepted 🙏

Yay Cait! 🎉

Where did you get those notebooks? 😍 I am looking to do a change up in my current systems as I come to my first year review. Been feeling the burn this month after a lot of big deadlines. Still got a couple to go but June is looking to be a lot calmer. Would usually soothe the burn with a trip to Paperchase.😢

Truly grateful for this video!

So happy you are getting some R&R! I’m also looking forward to a break from my MA work in the next couple weeks.

I'm feeling myself burn out on lab work since I have been doing basically the same experiments since November. I look forward to taking a bit of a break from it in about a month when I have all the replicates I need done.

Really loving the vibe of this video! It is helping me with my writing :) The music very peaceful! Hope you are doing well! I'll be here a lot 💓

Love your videos Kaelyn, and always have. I was a little uncomfortable with your reward system, though. As an autistic person, commonly reward systems like this are used and I am used to this. But - using food as a reward can be dangerous and if others adopt this method and have a history of eating disorders it could go south pretty fast. In addition, using a break as a reward may also be dangerous as we should always be able to take breaks whenever we need them. I am glad this works for you, but I guess where I got uncomfortable was endorsing this for others to use on your platform, as it could lead to unhealthy habits. Anyways, not trying to hate at all, I absolutely love your content, just some tips from someone who has had reward systems used on them before in this context.

Omg wait you're Asian? Your family is so cute 🫶🏽🫶🏽. I'm surprised you study African American studies instead of Asian American studies, what made you go this direction?

Hello All. I am working on a final paper for my leadership theory and foundations course. I am at the beginning of my doctoral journey.

Good luck with the next chapter! 😊

2:13👏🏻

Moo just makes my heart flutter. 🥹

Hi! i’m going to graduate with my BA in English this week. I got full marks on my senior paper. i’ve been watching you for about 2 years

At 3:00. At least your committee does one chapter at a time submission. Many supervisors are strict with that format. Others are more lax and want several chapters or more. My friend submitted the whole PhD dissertation, over 400 pages. His committee were not happy with the content. He essentially had to do a major re-write on 80% of the dissertation. That took him almost a year. The other issue with PhDs in the social sciences and humanities is length. Some universities place limits on the number of pages, anywhere from 300 to 500 pages. Other universities have no limit. I have a friend who submitted a final draft of 750 pages for a dissertation on Russian history. All of this creates problems for the candidate who is waiting for feedback from the committee. Another problem is finding an external examiner to read such a tome.

I successfully defended my masters thesis!! Thank you so much for the video's they've always been so relatable and truly helped me during challenging times.

I am glad that you decided to work in the grey: both self-maintenance and dissertation work. I am grinding finishing chapter 3 and starting chapter 4 for a mixed methods approach (my committee is torturing me jk). But I do little bits every day, including working out and talking with friends. I also have a full-time job that eats up a good chunk of my day. So the little bits are still moving me towards my goal. Hopefully, this restructuring recalibrates you in sustainable progress in all spheres of your life.

10:14 movement of body literally makes or breaks my day. It is so important.❤

How do you deal with burnout? Do you think your way of dealing with it helps? If yes, how far because I have been in a burnout since last few months because of my thesis. I don't seem to find a way out of it sometimes.

I was inspired by your channel to start a 10 Day Productivity Challenge on my own channel and insta, and I was kind of slacking off with since day before yesterday with posting content regularly and also followong through with my habits (I'm neurodivergent so it's hard for me 😅). But this vlog definitely motivated me to get right back to it, so thanks!

so excited to see whats next in the accepted journey!! 🤍

Recovering from burnout is hard, you will have to find healthy ways to improve your mental and physical health to make you happy to reset your mind and body.

if we're having to 'recover from burnout' every few months, there's so much more about the lifestyle that's unsustainable and can't be fixed with a feel-good week 😭 developing habits that can be prioritised within and see you through even the busiest, chaotic time is so much more important so you avoid 'recovery'. if those grounding habits are thrown out the window every time, then those habits aren't serving their purpose and need to be adapted.

♥️♥️♥️ Love that you model healthy habits around the diss

Yay a Kaelyn video! I wanted to ask if you’d heard of or read Garth Nix’s Abhorsen trilogy since you’ve been reading a lot of fantasy, it’s really beautifully written and has some strong women main characters which I always love ❤

Because the "crisis episodes" tend to get more views ... that doesn't mean you should have (or vlog) more crisis or that there is anything lacking from your non-crisis episodes. People watch for one main reason: they're looking for inspiration and ideas in their own life. Moments of crisis is when we the viewer learn the most. I guess ... and it's not like you were looking for advice but ... the episodes that aren't getting as many views, consider as a whole: what ideas or motivation does this vlog inspire in others? Also ... your overall channel is amazing and the views will come. What will also happen is that the sporadic viewers find the crisis episodes, eventually they will get curious and go back through your channel and desire to see ... how these crisis began.

Recovering from burnout? I don’t know her 🌝

first comment! love your videos so much

Currently on the end of my Master program and this was so encouraging, I hadn’t thought about listening to soundtracks which I do enjoy but hadn’t coupled them with my studying and while writing papers so I will be trying it. I always use lofi or Christmas instrumental which I love but this might be a good change of pace for me.

I think talking about your editing process and how you position the cameras on your walks (entrances and exits) might be useful. It would be you getting into the filmmaking process about how you make your decisions based on the vlog goal of the day, the locations, and what should be kept in and out for that particular task. I would be interested in that.

Hang in there!! I've loved your videos during my PhD program. Just graduated a few weeks ago! 🎉 You got this too!!

Your puppy is life baby. I've watched three of your videos, and I am in love with your fur baby! Are you graduate teaching too?

New subscriber. I love your journey, but I am a bit confused. I've watched this video and then the most recent one where you are at UCLA on a PhD journey (Episode 20). Did you transfer from Yale to UCLA? The Oxford journey is just connected to the PhD program, right? I teach college English, so I still want to get my PhD later. These videos in your series are very helpful. Have a great day.

Kaelyn thanks for your honesty and real feelings and sharing this with us. It’s so refreshing seeing this in today’s world. Thank you again and hugs for your beautiful little doggy xx

I'm writing my first ever article nd it's going so slow and frustrating 😔, but I'm sure I'll get it done ✅