Marking Time or Making Progress?

So here we are again, with me missing another monthly blog post. But this time, it’s a little bit different than when I missed the post a couple of months ago. This time, something happens to my brain when summer vacation starts, which I’m sure a lot of us can relate to. I suddenly forgetContinue reading “Marking Time or Making Progress?”

“Building a Community: Connecting with History Enthusiasts and Researchers”

I’ll start off by saying that I’m bummed that I didn’t get a March post in. That’s what happens when my hope for the March post was content related to my dissertation, and I ended up not writing in that section and I didn’t have another section that I wanted to present in a post.Continue reading ““Building a Community: Connecting with History Enthusiasts and Researchers””

Time and Task Management:

Reflections on Post-Coursework Years Chaos. Regret. Stagnant. I think that is the best way to describe what these last few semesters as a Ph.D. Student and Ph.D. Candidate have felt like. I don’t have classwork to complete, classes to go to, or a true schedule to complete for accomplishing my tasks and goals for theContinue reading “Time and Task Management:”

Reflections on an Uncalendared Semester

Chaos. That is the best way to describe what this semester felt like. Or rather this whole school year. This was the first time I did not have classwork to complete, classes to go to, and an actual schedule to accomplish my tasks and goals for the semester, and I felt it was hard. Sure,Continue reading “Reflections on an Uncalendared Semester”

The Potential of Rediscovery, Part II: The Results

It has been two weeks since I started using MarginNote3 to work on my dissertation prospectus and one of my chapters. So let’s see how it went. Overall I am very happy with it. I love being able to see notes from multiple documents in the same place. Here are some notes that I made:Continue reading “The Potential of Rediscovery, Part II: The Results”

The Potential of Rediscovery…. Finding the Best Dissertation Notetaking and Research Tool

Follow me as I spend the next two weeks testing out the newest version of an app I found super interesting as an M.Ed. student to see if it is what I am looking for now as a PhD student.

How a newly minted Ph.D. Candidate prepares for 2023

I realize that I am somewhat late to the game when it comes to “journaling” my Ph.D. journey, at least publically. I do promise that I have some things set aside for myself to reflect upon later, but for now, I wanted to branch out and be a bit more public-facing as I really startContinue reading “How a newly minted Ph.D. Candidate prepares for 2023”