I just had lunch with the girls who are a year above me, and man, I'm so freaked out about next year. :(
Key advice was to finish my thesis this year, NO MATTER WHAT IT TAKES. I've got 166 days (or 23 weeks and 5 days) to put together two journal articles and one full thesis.
I was looking through some stuff people put on the net to motivate PhD students and the first few memes that popped out were of Ryan Gosling. -_- No way am I posting any memes of him on my blog.
But you know what's (A LOT) more encouraging than Ryan Gosling?
THIS:
"Rejoice in the Lord ALWAYS.
Do not be anxious about anything, but in EVERYTHING
by PRAYER and SUPPLICATION with THANKSGIVING
let your requests be made known to God.
And the PEACE of GOD,
which SURPASSES all understanding,
will GUARD your hearts and your minds IN Christ Jesus."
Philipians 4:6-7
This is true even when you have so much to worry and be anxious about!
Since I was 14 years old, this truth has really taught me to ask God for ALL my needs and trust Him to take care of it all in situations where I would otherwise be deeply anxious and stressed. Exams are a good example, I remember the first time I went into an exam room at that age: praying, thanking and trusting God, and Him filling me with so much peace, perfect peace. You're just so satisfied in knowing God and so trusting that He will help You do what He wills you to do that you stop striving and are at peace.
And He is still the same God and Father I know today at 24. So why worry, eh? :)
Key advice was to finish my thesis this year, NO MATTER WHAT IT TAKES. I've got 166 days (or 23 weeks and 5 days) to put together two journal articles and one full thesis.
I was looking through some stuff people put on the net to motivate PhD students and the first few memes that popped out were of Ryan Gosling. -_- No way am I posting any memes of him on my blog.
But you know what's (A LOT) more encouraging than Ryan Gosling?
THIS:
"Rejoice in the Lord ALWAYS.
Do not be anxious about anything, but in EVERYTHING
by PRAYER and SUPPLICATION with THANKSGIVING
let your requests be made known to God.
And the PEACE of GOD,
which SURPASSES all understanding,
will GUARD your hearts and your minds IN Christ Jesus."
Philipians 4:6-7
This is true even when you have so much to worry and be anxious about!
Since I was 14 years old, this truth has really taught me to ask God for ALL my needs and trust Him to take care of it all in situations where I would otherwise be deeply anxious and stressed. Exams are a good example, I remember the first time I went into an exam room at that age: praying, thanking and trusting God, and Him filling me with so much peace, perfect peace. You're just so satisfied in knowing God and so trusting that He will help You do what He wills you to do that you stop striving and are at peace.
And He is still the same God and Father I know today at 24. So why worry, eh? :)
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