Thread by @kg_kritika

I am gonna document the #52weeks as a #PhDStudent in 2021 in this thread.

Week 1: Small, university-level grant submitted. Inducted as Green Fund Committee member at the university.

Week 2: Accepted a guest lecture invite in the department. Its about #schoolnutrition during the COVID-19 pandemic Inducted as Volunteer Mentor for Student Success at the university. #phdlife #52weeks

Week 3: Submitted an external grant with supervisors. Nominated my favorite professor for something. Found out my first pay period might be skipped. Will see what happens on 31st. Rewinded life memories with an old friend - a decade later! #phdlife #52weekchallenge Surviving.

Week 4: Draft script for my TEDx talk is ready. Pay issues are resolved. Submitted an abstract for a national conference. Finished reading one book out of the 20 pledged on @goodreads #phdlife #52weekchallenge

Week 5: Worked on a conference abstract. Still working on the third grant (this is taking forever). Went out with friends. No major accomplishments this week.

Week 6: Submitted a conference abstract. Reviewed a manuscript for a journal. Submitted a grant. Submitted a self-nomination. Threw a Lunar New Year Party! 🥳
One financial award application rejected. #phdjourney #phdlife #AcademicTwitter #AcademicValentine

Week 7: Submitted an IRB application. Finalized the TEDx script, sent audio recordings to a few closest friends and family members, they approved! Played (sleighed) in the snow (it's RARE in Mississippi!) ❄️☃️ Anxiety free! #phdjourney #phdlife #AcademicTwitter

Week 8: IRB approved, taxes filed, recruitment of study (pre-objective 1) participants begin. Appointed as Grad School Mental Health and Advisory Board Member. #phdjourney #phdlife #AcademicTwitter

Week 9: One instructorship assignment confirmed for fall. Hosted SNEB student division's happy hour. Hosted @Sumeet_kul's birthday. Attended a gardening seminar. #phdjourney #phdlife #AcademicTwitter

Week 10: Decided comps date (wow)! Held a trivia night for @ComSciConATL, figuring out $$ for summer, applied for a couple of positions (details later). One poster abstract accepted for SNEB conference! Got my first dose, GAVE A TEDX TALK! #phdjourney #phdlife #AcademicTwitter

Week 11: Organized @ComSciConATL! Got a GA position as a statistics consultant. Still figuring out $$ for summer. Nothing much #phdjourney #phdlife #AcademicTwitter

Week 12: This wasn’t a week I would want to document. Skip.

Week 13: Panelist on Stronger Together Dialogue series. Celebrated the birthday of one of my super fav profs. One paper accepted. Planning for a conference session continues, details later!

https://twitter.com/kg_kritika/status/1377354416962088966

Week 14: Got vaccinated. Conference abstract accepted. Wrapped up one course for the semester. Submitted IRB for a research project separate from my Ph.D. research. #phdchat #AcademicTwitter

Week 15: One application rejected (minor). Received #PhiKappaPhi honors cord (no induction ceremony). Gave a webinar. Took a weekend break that I will always cherish (not guilty!!) #phdchat #AcademicTwitter

Week 16: Received Critical Thinking Redesign grant. Received Summer Research Assistantship. Received Graduate Teaching Assistant Award. TEDx talk is finally out and it hit over 12k in a day!! It’s been one hell of a week!
#phdchat #AcademicTwitter #phdlife

Week 17: Received 2 research grants - one as PI, one as Co-PI. Officially done with the 4th semester of my #PhD!
#TEDx hit 23k!
#phdchat #AcademicTwitter #phdlife

Week 18: Did the CETL critical thinking workshop. Had a fun-filled 4 days vacation in Gatlinburg, TN! #TEDx hit 33k!
#phdchat #AcademicTwitter #phdlife

Week 19: Facing a hard time recruiting participants. Research seems slow, this makes me anxious. Did Jetski for the first time. TEDx hit 40k!
#phdchat #AcademicTwitter #phdlife

Week 20: Hit 100 citations. Delivered a guest lecture at alma mater @PaulDH
#phdchat #AcademicTwitter #phdlife

Week 21: Submitted poster presentations for the Annual Conference 2021 @SNEBonline!! Watched #friendsreunion!

#phdchat #AcademicTwitter #phdlife

Week 22: Did my first review as Reviewer #2. One publication as the first author, accepted. The data collection struggle continues. Had one hell of a beachy weekend!

#phdchat #AcademicChatter #phdlife