realistic + unaesthetic grad school vlog | writing grants and cleaning house 

Please don’t apologize or feel self-conscious about not being one of the “aesthetic” lifestyle grad student vloggers! I speak for so many when I say we prefer a realistic vlogger than one who spends hours trying to portray an artificial aesthetic lifestyle (not to mention how those aesthetic vloggers galvanize capitalistic norms in which success is dependent on material items). Also, spending that much time on an aesthetic necessarily means less on your research, which is far more important than an all white and neutral color scheme for your Christmas ornaments and mugs or shots of artistically stirring an iced coffee.

Hey Katherine! I am here for your realistic vlogs that always strike a chord with my own journey as a PhD student. Your work ethic is inspiring rather than intimidating. After I watch your videos, I strive to be more consistent with my research rather than feeling guilty or ‘good-for-nothing’. And you are right, I, as a subscriber of this channel, do come to see a realistic vlog which seems familiar and helps get out of my comfort zone. All the best for those grant applications and content creation. Your videos are wonderful!

Love your vlogs Katherine. You provide such good insight into how you approach life and your studies - keep up the great work.

Wow, I really loved this video Katherine. This has been the best video of yours. I really liked your new style. Hope we get to see more like this one.

Your vlogs are not unaesthetic but realistic! Finally, someone we can relate to and that is why I love watching your videos. I am also really impressed with your French, I mean I don't understand a word but it sounds good :D Greetings from a fellow PhD student from Germany! I am doing my PhD in Political Science (International Relations) and it is very nice to see someone who does not go into labs but needs to read a lot of articles, archives, and all the fun stuff :) It is also interesting to see the differences in our programs. We don't really have PhD programs. After our Master's, we usually get a part-time contract which consists of giving seminars/lectures, grading Bachelor (and later Master) thesis and other faculty stuff and parallel to that we are writing our dissertation. I am at the end of my PhD and I will also need to write grant applications etc., a little scary. I will be watching all of your other videos once I have a bit of time. Keep up the good work!

Your blogs vlogs are soooo helpful and realistic!

I watch some of those vlogs and I prefer yours to be honest.

Crazy to think I was watching your videos when I started my application process for my PhD and now, here I am finishing my first quarter of my PhD. Love your videos!

I'm not even a PhD student but I can't stop watching your videos. Exactly how I felt while I did my Masters.

Good job on the house cleaning and healthy meal and doing yoga and taking a call from your mom❤ (sorry I interrupted video oops)

You need chai concentrate to make the latte instead on just the one or two tea bags.

My recommendation for making good chai at home is to use a loose leaf tea! Definitely look it up bc i am NOT an authority, but chai is made over the stovetop with a good strong black loose leaf tea as the base and then fresh spices/herbs are used to flavor the tea like cardamom, black peppercorn, ginger, cinnamon, etc. You definitely won't get the result you're looking for with bagged tea, but my chai hack is to get a good chai tea loose leaf mix that has the spices in it already, brew it in a french press and mix it with half and half or heavy whipping cream when I pour it in my mug with a touch of maple syrup! It does the trick for me!

I like your content and your essence; that makes it special. If you would like to modify the aesthetics of your videos, I would tell you to do it for yourself and not hope to satisfy an audience (which you will rarely be able to satisfy 100%). You are wonderful and unique, and who you are is why I consume your content since it is rare to find that around here. Keep doing what you’re doing, sending all my love to you.

Hello!! I always love your realistic videos. Just wanted to ask how long does it take to earn a Phd degree for history? I'm currently in college taking history as my course, and is planning to take a masters degree after. I'm just curious abt how a phd works since they said it's a lot of years. :)))

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