#advice
“In those days, I was trying to disappear and to appear, trying to be safe and to be someone, and those agendas were often at odds with each other.”
- Rebecca Solnit, Recollections of My Non-Existence
Things I wish I knew/did earlier in grad school
- Keep a journal of every research-related idea you have and every research-related action you take. Seriously, find the most frictionless way you can keep notes and stick to it. Your brain will thank you later.
- Ask for help whenever possible, but with the knowledge that many of the issues you have will have no troubleshooting manual.
- Get something done crudely and in the easiest, most…
