WORK LOAD, READING STRATEGIES, BURN OUT | Day in My Life as a PhD Student 

Hey! I'm a PhD student too (but in the UK) and totally feel your pain with this pandemic! Love your videos so far, they have been so motivational :)

I’m a JD student so I understand the massive amount of reading and the added weight of the pandemic. I’ll be going for my Phd after the bar exam so keep going you got this !

i'm also a history phd student ! i feel you on the reading. i just did my comp exams and I still couldn't totally gut the book

Hey! I'm about to start my PhD in history in January 2021 and your videos are super helpful to get into the mindset I'll need ;)

Hello! I’m also in my first year of my PhD, and 110% feel you on the burn out haha. My discipline is Religious Studies, but I’ve really been loving your videos! Your reading tips are helpful, and you motivate me to structure my days better and work more efficiently (with the pandemic and working at home, structure kind of flew out the window for me 😅). I appreciate your videos and look forward to seeing more!

Thanks for sharing

I am both enjoying this video so much and also feeling very stressed about all the phd work i have to do for this week i activity avoided today lol

I am a PhD student in History as well. And i am lost like i haven't started any reading or work. I am panicking but helpless.

Katherine, I have a question. I will be a GA (for the first time) for two sections in the Fall. My registration is in two weeks and I do not yet know which sections will be part of my duties. Do they usually let you know prior to the registration period so you can avoid conflicts? This is probably a rookie question, but your vlogs have been so helpful.

Hi Katherine, about how much time do you spend reading on a typical day?

Hi! I would like to know that what is your average work/study time in a week ? I personally think that studying 6-7 productive hours for 5-6 days in a week will be sufficient to get things done. My understanding of productive time is those times that you really focused on your readings or papers. I exclude the calls, classes and breaks. However, I hear that some people claim to study like 12 hours in a day during PhD. What do you think ? I will be hopefully a history graduate student in the next year and I want to continue my academic life without being exhausted :) Thank you for your insightful videos by the way.

So wait, did you actually read the whole 800 page book in one day?

Hey you should do a vid speaking in French! 😁