I passed 😭😭😭 I'm like legitimately ugly crying right now. This was so stressful 🧵 https://twitter.com/micro_Yasha/status/1296061495562952705
I was really worried about this meeting because like a lot of people I felt increasingly more unproductive over the pandemic. I also have been feeling like my brain is foggy and I can't think as sharply as I used to
Writing the proposals (both the inside and outside proposal) was tough. I enjoy writing, yet I couldn't think of the best way to phrase my thoughts and could feel my knowledge slipping with each word I wrote
During the presentation, I kept getting tripped up. When you're presenting in your bedroom, it's just weird and there's so many more distractions and things getting in your way.
My committee had great suggestions on how I can improve my science and my presentation skills.
But the best moment was when they told me I'm being too hard on myself. They've seen my flusteredness in other committees they've sat on recently.

They told me that I'm a fantastic scientist and they can't wait to see my defense because I have a lot of potential 😭
No one has told me that before 😭😭 at least not this directly. I always feel like I'm being pulled in so many different direction by my reasearch and that makes me a jack of all trades, but a master of none.
They told me its impressive how much I know and that they're impressed I can approach a question from so many different directions.

I needed to hear this, not just now but in general.
I'm crying so much because, even though I got tripped up and feel like I'm free falling, my committee sees so much potential and worth in me and I just feel so incredibly validated
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