Lockdown Positives for Locked-Down PhD Students

[@adventurebecca]

Hey Lucy! Not a PhD student but I am an EarthSci Oxford undergrad and it was really encouraging watching this video. I'm struggling to keep to any kind of work-day structure, especially since I share a bedroom with my 7-year-old sister and there are 6 other people in the house making for all sorts of distractions. It's frustrating too when I do find quiet time but feel too unmotivated by the lack of pressure from being outside of the academic world of Oxford. So, watching your video has been really encouraging, I already felt there were various non-academic benefits to lockdown, like you said, exercise being one of them but I've neglected to see the academic benefits, so thank you!

[@prisspunky]

Great video!! More doctoral students need to see this!! The lockdown has given us the one thing that we complain about not having.....time. I am not complaining; the lockdown has given me motivation to finish sooner. Thanks again!! 😁❤️

[@ornestebuitkute9720]

I think as a PhD student no matter what year you are in, it's a great time to catch up on reading papers and write!

[@quahntasy]

*Hey that’s good advice and all but I am going all in on Netflix*

[@kshitizadhyani4055]

Hey! Great video! Since I started my PhD(one and a half year), I had never really been able to make the time to read the literature that I should be reading..was lagging behind! Lockdown helped me catch up! Not only did I read, I wrote reports, designed experiments and much more❤️ thanks for all the positivity!

[@sazanm.mandalawi4930]

You are my PhD motivation! I secretly don't want you to finish as I will miss all these videos 🙈

[@knackforknots]

I absolutely agree! I am currently preparing for my qualifying exams next month, so I am grateful to have this time to just READ and enjoy the material! Maybe I'm a masochist, but I'm having a great time progressing through my assigned reading lists and doing practice writing without being interrupted!

[@DrDre5268]

Knack for Knots good luck!

[@knackforknots]

@@DrDre5268 Many thanks! :)

[@darshandorugade6481]

Hey Lucy, Thanks for boosting up all the time. I feel energetic and motivated, when I listen to you. On the way to write my manuscript, after a long journey of my Ph.D

[@sivmeyhor5021]

I work more effective than in office, it is time to write up ;). Luckily, I have finished all my experiment 2 days before lockdown. Hope everything will better soon.

[@sanaafreen1937]

Thier is so much household work and family around us that it takes a lot of time

[@Wastecaddet92]

Firmiliar story for me as a third year undergrad completing my dissertation. Your last two points really hit home ways to improve my time management. Interesting vids keep it up!

[@sanaafreen1937]

Thankful for these videos 😄

[@innocenttendomugaanire8278]

Thank you Lucy

[@Kveldrunari]

There are definitely upsides! I have been able to attend all my classes in my bed! Also, I have been much more productive with my reading. My family bonding has increased as well. Also what do you mean you're allowed to exercise once a day in the UK???? Why can't you exercise twice?

[@sx5572]

It's bad for me because I'm about to get my progression board in the first year, but I know that my classroom-based data will not be available for me to collect after that cause all the schools are shut down at the moment.......... damn.... hope things will get better soon. :(

[@danielrathe2405]

American PhD student here studying Public Policy and Administration in Emergency Management here. The pandemic has given real world, real-time data, analysis and insight directly related to my work.

[@ronnidasilva]

Really enjoyed this video, Lucy. Keep the good work!

[@wayde5545]

I'm exercising now about 3x as before covid. Unfortunately, I am still distracted from my work (~70% down). But I am happy not to have to go to campus.

[@rakibasultana9823]

Hey Lucy! Love your videos! Could you please make a video shedding some light on types of extra curricular activities a PhD student can do! E.g. Participating in conferences etc.

[@nurmuhammad4775]

You're so sweet.Thanks for such a great video 😍

[@dr.delowerhossain2100]

I am wanted to know how we can write a review article efficiently. Make a full video on it. Thank you for your videos.

[@albina8721]

You are so inspiring

[@tonyshoeball7759]

I'm in between my B.A, and a research program that I'm doing before my M.A. . with the lockdown I can read a lot.

[@callistusgero4540]

after a lot of back and forth, i finally found out that my best concentration span while working from home is between 23:00 and 01:00!!! weird isn't it?

[@PedramNG]

Try the "calm" meditation app, you can get lots of natural sounds for free and I set a 15 minutes open ended meditation timer while I'm studying, so I know when to stretch my body and not harming myself, pretty handy.

[@modernscholar02]

I am hoping to get into a graduate program in the next year and a half but if this goes too long, I am afraid there will be no money for me to go. I really am worried about it.

[@Aemilindore]

I’m worried now that you’re graduating. I need this podcast to do my PhD. Don’t end it. May be rename it? May be you will keep on telling us stories. Until you become postdoc, faculty and beyond.

[@the_informative_edge]

Very nice

[@catylover6720]

Nice💖

[@Sherifsound.]

Hi Lucy

[@rampudaruth]

👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@nomdeplume265]

You sound like Emma Watson, am I the only one?

[@SaurabhGupta792]

Wasted 5 minutes on watching