Transcribing interviews has me measuring time in pages.

"Wow we talked (about X) for 8 pages!"

"Oh they only had a half a page to say on Y?"

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I may have scheduled too many interviews this week. Not sure my interviewing stamina is back where it needs to be yet.

But today's first interview was a no-show. This might be fine. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Today I remembered that no-shows are part of interview research. 🫤🤷🏻‍♀️

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Resumed interviews again this week. Relieved and pleased to report that they are still a blast. Maybe this is why I haven't abandoned academia.

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Today I'm thinking of a former professor who told me a "good" PhD student would be so immersed in their work that if WWIII started, they wouldn't know. He was mocking the idea but I think he actually got this comment during his PhD.

It feels completely out of touch now and yet, to make it through my work today, I'm going to be doing some heavy suppression.

These mass shootings are relentless.

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I'm having a hard time getting back into things this semester, so I thought I might start doing consistent #DissertationThoughts posts as form of accountability, venting, & processing ideas.

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