
{"id":2429,"date":"2019-04-26T10:47:07","date_gmt":"2019-04-26T10:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/i-completed-my-phd-very-slowly-it-was-the-effort-of-a-tortoise\/"},"modified":"2025-01-15T06:37:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T06:37:01","slug":"i-completed-my-phd-very-slowly-it-was-the-effort-of-a-tortoise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/i-completed-my-phd-very-slowly-it-was-the-effort-of-a-tortoise","title":{"rendered":"I completed my PhD very slowly &#8211; it was the effort of a tortoise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My colleague, PhD candidate and friend Lilia Mantai has recently submitted her PhD (on time) and received a Faculty Highly Commended award for her achievements as an HDR student. Last year, we gave a keynote at the Western Sydney University entitled:\u00a0<em>PhD Student: Doing, Being and Moving On.\u00a0<\/em>Some of this post is drawn from that, but\u00a0I have been reflecting further on slow academia and PhD candidature for a paper we are co-authoring (with another colleague) on early career academics and PhD candidates\u2019\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theslowacademic.wordpress.com\/2016\/12\/01\/slow-reading-at-a-writing-retreat\/\" onclick=\"window.open(this.href, '', 'resizable=no,status=no,location=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no,fullscreen=no,scrollbars=no,dependent=no'); return false;\">perceptions of time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"How (not) to do a PhD\" class=\"center\" data-file_info=\"%7B%22fid%22:%227907%22,%22view_mode%22:%22default%22,%22fields%22:%7B%22format%22:%22default%22,%22field_file_image_alt_text%5Bund%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%22:%22How%20(not)%20to%20do%20a%20PhD%22,%22field_file_image_title_text%5Bund%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%22:%22How%20(not)%20to%20do%20a%20PhD%22,%22field_image_tags%5Bund%5D%5Btextfield%5D%22:%22%22,%22field_image_tags%5Bund%5D%5Bvalue_field%5D%22:%22%5C%22%5C%22%5C%22%5C%22%20%5C%22%5C%22Researchers%20and%20Their%20Stories%5C%22%5C%22%20%5C%22%5C%22PhD%20life%5C%22%5C%22%22%7D,%22type%22:%22media%22%7D\" src=\"http:\/\/insights.cactusglobal.com\/sites\/default\/files\/phd091508s.gif\" style=\"\" title=\"How (not) to do a PhD\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><u><em>\u201cPiled Higher and Deeper\u201d by Jorge Cham<\/em><\/u><\/p>\n<p>I completed my PhD very slowly. Here is the short version of a long story \u2013 it reads like a series of dot points, but I will resist expanding on each point for now.<\/p>\n<p>My PhD was poorly planned. I didn\u2019t have a well-defined topic. I was still very much an undergraduate in my thinking and approach to research. (The longer version of this point has me travelling in India and finding out I was an accidental PhD student via postcard).<\/p>\n<p>I worked four days a week in an area unrelated to my PhD. (My first jobs were in costumes and wardrobe at amusements parks. I also had a stint as a rides operator at Luna Park).<\/p>\n<p>My first supervisor (who didn\u2019t have a PhD) suggested reading in the library for a year.\u00a0 As I clarified my topic, I changed supervisor. My new supervisor honed my academic writing, but was experiencing a tumultuous time professionally and personally and was something of a force for chaos. (The longer version of this point has my supervisor banging the table and shouting \u2018Lazy scholarship!\u2019).<\/p>\n<p>I became pregnant. Unlike my PhD, this was planned. Unfortunately, my baby hadn\u2019t read the plan. My daughter was very ill. (There is a bit more of this story in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theslowacademic.wordpress.com\/2016\/12\/07\/cathartic-writing\/\" onclick=\"window.open(this.href, '', 'resizable=no,status=no,location=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no,fullscreen=no,scrollbars=no,dependent=no'); return false;\">previous post<\/a>). The University refused my request for parental leave so I took it without official approval.<\/p>\n<p>Eighteen months later, I had a new \u2013 and fantastic \u2013 supervisor. The words flowed and the thesis formed a coherent whole. I submitted when my daughter was two, and graduated when she was three. I have written about my PhD experience with a colleague in a book chapter\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/booksandjournals.brillonline.com\/content\/books\/b9789004304338_008\" onclick=\"window.open(this.href, '', 'resizable=no,status=no,location=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no,fullscreen=no,scrollbars=no,dependent=no'); return false;\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cWhat Feelings Didn\u2019t I Experience\u201d<\/a>\u00a0(this links to a preview, feel free to contact me via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/294597512_%27What_Feelings_Didn%27t_I_Experience%27_Affect_and_Identity_in_PhD_Writing\" onclick=\"window.open(this.href, '', 'resizable=no,status=no,location=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no,fullscreen=no,scrollbars=no,dependent=no'); return false;\" rel=\"noopener\">Researchgate<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AgnesBosanquet\" onclick=\"window.open(this.href, '', 'resizable=no,status=no,location=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no,fullscreen=no,scrollbars=no,dependent=no'); return false;\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0to request an author copy).<\/p>\n<p>My PhD was the effort of a tortoise. But, though I didn\u2019t realise it at the time, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theslowacademic.wordpress.com\/2017\/02\/16\/writing-differently\/\" onclick=\"window.open(this.href, '', 'resizable=no,status=no,location=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no,fullscreen=no,scrollbars=no,dependent=no'); return false;\" rel=\"noopener\">fallow time proved valuable<\/a>. If at all possible, try to find a way to build quiet times into your PhD journey.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thesiswhisperer.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The formidable\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/thesiswhisperer.com\/\" onclick=\"window.open(this.href, '', 'resizable=no,status=no,location=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no,fullscreen=no,scrollbars=no,dependent=no'); return false;\">thesiswhisper<\/a>\u00a0Inger Mewburn had a post on this topic\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thesiswhisperer.com\/2011\/07\/11\/slow-academia\/\" onclick=\"window.open(this.href, '', 'resizable=no,status=no,location=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no,fullscreen=no,scrollbars=no,dependent=no'); return false;\" rel=\"noopener\">back in 2011\u00a0<\/a>(I warned you this blog would adopt slow reading strategies):<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I am almost obsessed with Fast. I\u2019m constantly after the next<a href=\"https:\/\/thethesiswhisperer.wordpress.com\/2011\/06\/02\/another-way-to-write-1000-words-a-day\/\" onclick=\"window.open(this.href, '', 'resizable=no,status=no,location=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no,fullscreen=no,scrollbars=no,dependent=no'); return false;\" title=\"Another way to write 1000 words a\u00a0day?\">\u00a0technique<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thethesiswhisperer.wordpress.com\/2011\/03\/24\/how-to-write-1000-words-a-day-and-not-go-bat-shit-crazy\/\" onclick=\"window.open(this.href, '', 'resizable=no,status=no,location=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no,fullscreen=no,scrollbars=no,dependent=no'); return false;\" title=\"How to write 1000 words a day (and not go bat shit\u00a0crazy)\">process<\/a>\u00a0which will increase my output. This is because, much of the time, Fast is Good \u2026 But recently I\u2019ve started to think about Slow and how it might apply to academic work, because there are aspects of it which just can\u2019t be rushed \u2026 In a way, doing a thesis is like a long, slow conversation with these ideas and things \u2026 What if losing control is an essential part of writing a thesis? Realising you have lost control forces you to slow down. When you stop talking so much, you can listen better. Maybe then your thesis will tell you what it needs.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"page-title\">A recent Tomorrow\u2019s Professor email (<a href=\"https:\/\/mailman.stanford.edu\/mailman\/listinfo\/tomorrows-professor\" onclick=\"window.open(this.href, '', 'resizable=no,status=no,location=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no,fullscreen=no,scrollbars=no,dependent=no'); return false;\" rel=\"noopener\">subscribe<\/a>\u00a0if you don\u2019t already!) was\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/tomprof.stanford.edu\/posting\/1539\" onclick=\"window.open(this.href, '', 'resizable=no,status=no,location=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no,fullscreen=no,scrollbars=no,dependent=no'); return false;\" rel=\"noopener\">The Slow Grad Student \u2013 Do Less and Be Mindful<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em>The piece includes some great links so is worth reading in full. Here is a taster:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Here are four practices to help you slow down. These are micro-practices that can make a small, but noticeable, difference: 1) Do Less \u2026 2) Make Space to Be, Rather Than Do \u2026 3) Eschew Performing Busyness \u2026 4) Cultivate Community.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I will follow up some of these links and strategies in future posts, but for now I would add: find ways to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theslowacademic.wordpress.com\/2017\/02\/16\/writing-differently\/\" onclick=\"window.open(this.href, '', 'resizable=no,status=no,location=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no,fullscreen=no,scrollbars=no,dependent=no'); return false;\">write differently<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Agnes Bosanquet (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AgnesBosanquet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@AgnesBosanquet<\/a>) is\u00a0Associate Dean, Curriculum Quality Assurance in the Faculty of Human Sciences at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. This story was published on February 21, 2017, on her blog <a href=\"https:\/\/theslowacademic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Slow Academic<\/a> (available <a href=\"https:\/\/theslowacademic.com\/2017\/02\/21\/how-not-to-do-a-phd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>) and has been republished here with her permission.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My colleague, PhD candidate and friend Lilia Mantai has recently submitted her PhD (on time) and received a Faculty Highly Commended award for her achievements as an HDR student. 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