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Are you married to your thesis?

Dr. Max Lempriere

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PhDs have a tendency to take over a student’s life.

And they’re sneaky about it too.

At the early stages of a PhD, the initial excitement translates into a willingness to let the thesis into your life.

Gradually, often without you knowing, it takes up more and more of your time.

Until one day, perhaps in a moment of terror, you realise that you don’t in, fact, have a life outside the thesis.

Don’t worry, there’s nothing wrong with you. Instead, you did what almost all PhD students do: you accidentally married your thesis.

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