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Noxsoma's avatar

My weekly dose. You always come up with cool ideas for dealing with stress. The "examples" of humans we do not want to emulate, I believe, are more important than mentors. Good Vibes.

Deep Shikha, PhD's avatar

That’s so nice of you Noxsoma☺️

You are right about the examples. Thank you so much for sharing ☺️🌸

Kiran Bilal's avatar

By the end of the day, we all need something that brings us back to ourselves.

I’m glad you’re finding your way back to ur hobbies. Bravo !! .. and beautifully written. 💖💯

Deep Shikha, PhD's avatar

You are right ☺️✌🏼

Thank you so much🤗

Desmond Dennis's avatar

There seem to be quite a few substack writers working in academic or research posts who are being treated unfairly by senior colleagues. I find this surprising and disappointing.

In this case Deep, even if you weren't working as quickly as you should be, which I doubt, 'you're taking forever ' was not the way to approach the situation. I am glad that you stood up for yourself. Hopefully your supervisor has learnt something from this.

Deep Shikha, PhD's avatar

There is a lot to share. I'm afraid I cannot talk very openly. Many things I still find very unfair in academia, even in a different country. Job insecurity is real, and that is the very reason for this limited sharing.

I really appreciate your comment on it. I hope one day I'll be in a position to not just openly talk about real problems but also provide some solutions…

Maria Briggs's avatar

This is a great article which I needed to read! Will make sure I don't skip my astronomy club this week!

Deep Shikha, PhD's avatar

Thank you so much Maria…

Do share your some cool stuffs from astronomy club if possible 🤩

Madhuri Manohar, PhD's avatar

Love this. I loved how you expressed yourself. Sometimes it feels like am I too much for expressing myself, will they understand? I'm glad you just went ahead and did it because one will never know until they've tried. Lovely post as always Deep.

Deep Shikha, PhD's avatar

Thank you Madhuri… 🤗🤗🤗

I had to work on this draft 4-5 times before publishing. At the last moment, I had a mind to delete the post a few minutes before its scheduled time. The first half took a lot of effort to write. I was worried if I was sounding like I was in complaining mode…

I’m really glad you noticed that…

Meera's avatar

Thank you for writing this Deep Shikha. It feels nice to read something human and something wise that comes from real lived experience ♥️✨

Also your instincts seem correct. Hugs! Take care of yourself! You’re doing great! 🤗

Deep Shikha, PhD's avatar

Thank you so much for your kind words, Meera. I really appreciate it 🤗🤗🤗🌸

Meera's avatar

Anytime🫂🤗

Apurva's avatar

I agree so much with all this. Honestly, I find it hard to disconnect mentally, but my hobbies certainly help a lot. Books, piano and mountains..wonder what would i do without them and now this beautiful community on Substack. My quest is now hoping to make work even better atmp wise. You are a brave girl, <3. You can count on me :) anytime for a chat or anything else even if we connected on Substack:) recently.

Deep Shikha, PhD's avatar

It's so good to learn about your hobbies… thank you so much for sharing. Substack is surely a unique platform where you can make some genuine connections and learn a lot from others. It is always so good and encouraging to see you comment and interact with you…

🤗🤗🤗