Comments on: Soul searching http://blog.mathemagenic.com/2009/04/01/soul-searching/ Lilia Efimova on personal productivity in knowledge-intensive environments, weblog research, knowledge management, PhD, serendipity and lack of work-life balance... Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:17:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Sylvie http://blog.mathemagenic.com/2009/04/01/soul-searching/comment-page-1/#comment-17956 Sylvie Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:22:33 +0000 http://blog.mathemagenic.com/?p=2348#comment-17956 I think it's a normal process to go through a sort of mourning period after your Ph.D. is finished. It is the center of the student's world for so long, taking up time not just during the day but during the evenings and weekends, and then, poof! it's gone! I know I felt a loss afterwards. However, it does pass eventually, especially once you've gotten into a new rhythm of life. I think it’s a normal process to go through a sort of mourning period after your Ph.D. is finished. It is the center of the student’s world for so long, taking up time not just during the day but during the evenings and weekends, and then, poof! it’s gone! I know I felt a loss afterwards.

However, it does pass eventually, especially once you’ve gotten into a new rhythm of life.

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