You are doing amazingly, you will have a thesis and a PhD at the end of this despite the occasional (or regular) crisis evening. You have absolutely got this, sending internet hugs ❤
Your genuine account of the process is what I needed when I was a student at uni. I graduated 10 years ago and I still remember my classmates asking me questions just before a test or an exam: "Did you study for it?" "How long did you study?". Then they would proceed to belittle my hard work if I studied less than them or made themselves look miserable when I studied longer than them. The answers to those questions are not genuine value of the work we have put in while preparing for the test. Sometimes it goes faster for us and sometimes we spend weeks learning 20 pages and come to the exam only to fail it. I've created my own learning techniques which helped me learn the knowledge in a few days comparing to my classmates' weeks of intense memorization. It is in the way how you do it, not how long you do it. And everybody has to find their own techniques, and follow the schedule that is most convenient to them. By the way, my friends didn't want to even try my methods. I guess they preferred to struggle. I admire your hard work, Kaelyn and I keep my fingers crossed for you :) Thank you for the videos, for sharing your thoughts and your experiences :)
Thank you for sharing a bit of your experience with us and reminding us all that the process is uniquely catered to each and every one of us and that there is no 'right' way to pursue one's education
his video is so relatable. Thank you for posting it. I also realized in this last year that less is more when academia is concerned. I can't keep focus on my research all day. I get way more quality work done when I spend less time on it and I stop beating myself up because I am not working constantly on my research. Ideas need time to shape and grow. It is not just consuming a bunch of things and spitting another bunch out.
Strewth some days in my history PhD I don't write any words in a day and just read or right notes. Other days I might just write 500 words. Churning out heaps of words in a day is not necessarily productive especially if those words are utter crap. You do what works for you. I still get all my work done on time with great results. I won best MA thesis at my uni last year so I am obviously doing something right.
I do not usually comment on RUclips videos, but you are truly an inspiration. Working on a dissertation is such an isolating and lonely experience that sometimes I question why I am putting myself through this. But your letter at the end truly hit the spot. Thank you! You are doing awesome! And you make such an impact by sharing your journey with the rest of us who are going through a similar one.
These videos are so helpful, thank you! The Ph.D. experience is isolating. I am in the midsts of writing my dissertation - it took me a full day to revise my methods chapter yesterday. Seeing others in the same process is motivating and makes the experience less isolating. Best of luck to all and yay for progress! :)
I just wanted to add that some of my friends who just finished their PhD spent Monday to Friday writing non stop from 9 to 5. Often writing 2000 words a day. One might sound impressed but as they said themselves those words were not always good words and after editing may have only kept a couple of paragraphs. Both of those friends needed extensions. I did as you do and worked on what I felt like that day and did a bit of this and a bit of that. Handed my MA in on time and won awards. It is not the amount of words you pump out each day that is important it is the quality of work you do that gets you to where you want to go. No point assessing the quality of one's work until the end product is finished.
I really appreciate your vlogs, Kaelyn. I’m only writing a bachelors thesis but some of the, like, ways to protect your mental health and also the way in which I cannot talk to my boyfriend (not that your partner is like this) who is not an academically inclined person but need actual people like your writing group (I have one too!) totally resonates. Edit: Also, and especially, how some days you are working a ton and you have no idea if you are being productive because you don't have a tangible "I did x words today" to tell people. I recently had a week where I really had no idea if all the reading I was doing was all a waste of time, and then one day it just clicked and I started making connections between all the reading I had been doing, and honestly this is where the novel ideas comes and you can't say that's not at least as important if not moreso than the actual writing or the tangible metrics people want.
Thank you so much for that little letter at the end! I'm also writing the first chapter of my dissertation (literature PhD), and it's been such a struggle. You said exactly what I needed to hear today. 💕💕
Scandal was one of my absolute favorite shows! Please don't let other people's comments get in your head about your writing process and how much time you are spending. Everyone does what works for them you have found what works for you and they need to find what works for them and learn to be kind and supportive along the way.
Dear Kaelyn, congrats!! Could you make a video talking about students' movements on occupying universities in the US, please? Here in Brazil we are really proud of thosw who are fighting for free education there.
Thank you for your transparency Kaelyn. I am in a similar boat of trying to complete my thesis and feeling like I belong and this is the space for me academically. Currently doing a revision with a limited timeline. You’ve always inspire me.
Kaelyn! Girl! I'm usually a silent watcher but i to comment this week. i applaud you for doing everything you do ON TOP of your studies. Running businesses, not to mention the hours of filming and editing and graphic design that youtube/social media takes, alongside working on your dissertation is no small feat. and when your studies your content, it's like double the pressure. I had to take a step back from youtube/writing my book bc i'm in the final stretch of grad school and those things had to take priority, but i just had so much on my plate and it was stressing me out. maybe take some time off of everything that isn't the dissertation? just to free your mind a little bit? writing is also just such a vulnerable process no matter what the subject matter. Putting your words and thoughts on paper for other people to critique is grueling. Just know that our work is never as bad as we think it is (: anyways, sending you lots of love and good vibes. It'll all work out the way it's supposed to 🤍
Thank you so much! I have considered not vlogging but every time I have stepped away from documenting in order to focus solely on the phd I regret it and miss having captured the process in real time. I do it as much for myself as something to reflect on as I hope to share it with you all.
Thank you for the words at the end of the video. You are truly inspiring! I'm not writing a dissertation, in fact I'll be starting a second bachelor's degree at 35 (long story), but you inspire me with every video and every Dissertation Episode! Keep up the good work, you are amazing! ❤
Kaelyn, what a beautiful video. I loved the insight at the end. It reminded me of something Steven Bartlett posted the other day, which was a Jim Kwik quote: "On the days you only have 40% and you give 40%, you gave 100%."
Planning to apply for phd here in UK, and stumbled upon your channel. Just wanted to leave a quick note that all your videos are inspiring and thank you for uploading them.❤❤❤
Kaelyn hey I really feel you when you said you don't feel that you are progressing while writing.. Most of the time what we do is to read and write what we understand as people working with texts. As a legal scholar, I always find it very hard to articulate my thoughts in legal studies. What you have is only the situation, the regulation (if there is any) and you! You read and try to make an interpretation of the situation and try to find a way out of it. Mostly there isn't any -technical- methodology, any qualitative or quantitative data to analysis.. So you work on legal documents and it is normal to feel this way. Don't be hard on yourself.
This comment means so much! Working with legal records is such a unique and challenging experience. It is so much more difficult to produce words than when I have worked on social histories.
thank you for sharing your process kaelyn! it really helps to see and hear you work through your ideas! (also random question but do you sweeten your matcha with anything LOL)
Hey Kaelyn, thank you for another super relatable video! I wondered if you have the youtube handle for the youtuber you mentioned who makes videos about her literature PhD?
I think when you feel like you are being repetitive, you are actually just re-caping for the next idea that is brought up. When I did my master's degree in history, I always thought I was being repetitive, but it was necessary. Also every time I write, I think about what my Highs school English Teacher said about research papers and how she wants it to be "research dense and I want you to explain everything", so I kind of explain it like the reader has no idea what I am talking about and if it is too much I can just have someone else look at it to see if it is too repetitive. Overall, repetiveness is not always bad.
Do you have any recommendations on finding a good Matcha? I've tried a pre-mixed version from my local store, then got a powder (so I can take it with me places) and they taste nothing alike! Weird. The pre-mixed was actually sweet so I'm not sure which is more authentic. Dissertation: Your comment about reading something new every time you work on your dissertation reminded me of something I heard a historian say about the U.S. Civil War: You can study the war your entire life and still never know everything. And that was only 4 years. If you're reading the same information in two different books, one of them probably shouldn't be published! You've got this - maybe some of that new information will spark something you didn't realize/know and it will help things fall into place. But you're doing the right thing in taking a break when you get frustrated. Maybe doing something else will spark something!
Would you say your research is more qualitative? I'm just getting started on my BA honours thesis this year and I'm overwhelmed with how to possibly do all of this research, keep track of everything, and then code for themes to write about. Any tips??
Yes! I am a qualitative researcher :) I highly recommend checking out my phd student workflow video where I go into more depth on my data coding and analysis process.
Legal interpretation is hard I would speak to a law professor or lawyer and get their input into how to write this section - they are very good at methodically going through this
@KaelynGraceApple - I am working on my undergraduate research fellowship - aka my senior capstone - and it's starting to get too big!! I need your help narrowing down my field. There's history, anthropology, ethnomusicology, and most of all, music - but at the core, my project is HUMAN. I want your eyes on it, and want to chat to get your views... I need to go to a PhD program... lol but first, I have to finish my undergrad!
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You are doing amazingly, you will have a thesis and a PhD at the end of this despite the occasional (or regular) crisis evening. You have absolutely got this, sending internet hugs ❤
Thank you friend
Your genuine account of the process is what I needed when I was a student at uni. I graduated 10 years ago and I still remember my classmates asking me questions just before a test or an exam: "Did you study for it?" "How long did you study?". Then they would proceed to belittle my hard work if I studied less than them or made themselves look miserable when I studied longer than them. The answers to those questions are not genuine value of the work we have put in while preparing for the test. Sometimes it goes faster for us and sometimes we spend weeks learning 20 pages and come to the exam only to fail it. I've created my own learning techniques which helped me learn the knowledge in a few days comparing to my classmates' weeks of intense memorization. It is in the way how you do it, not how long you do it. And everybody has to find their own techniques, and follow the schedule that is most convenient to them. By the way, my friends didn't want to even try my methods. I guess they preferred to struggle.
I admire your hard work, Kaelyn and I keep my fingers crossed for you :) Thank you for the videos, for sharing your thoughts and your experiences :)
Thank you for sharing a bit of your experience with us and reminding us all that the process is uniquely catered to each and every one of us and that there is no 'right' way to pursue one's education
his video is so relatable. Thank you for posting it. I also realized in this last year that less is more when academia is concerned. I can't keep focus on my research all day. I get way more quality work done when I spend less time on it and I stop beating myself up because I am not working constantly on my research. Ideas need time to shape and grow. It is not just consuming a bunch of things and spitting another bunch out.
Strewth some days in my history PhD I don't write any words in a day and just read or right notes. Other days I might just write 500 words. Churning out heaps of words in a day is not necessarily productive especially if those words are utter crap. You do what works for you. I still get all my work done on time with great results. I won best MA thesis at my uni last year so I am obviously doing something right.
Thank you so so much for this comment. It was so comforting
I came across your videos 4 days back. And now I’m like addicted to this❤
I do not usually comment on RUclips videos, but you are truly an inspiration. Working on a dissertation is such an isolating and lonely experience that sometimes I question why I am putting myself through this. But your letter at the end truly hit the spot. Thank you! You are doing awesome! And you make such an impact by sharing your journey with the rest of us who are going through a similar one.
These videos are so helpful, thank you! The Ph.D. experience is isolating. I am in the midsts of writing my dissertation - it took me a full day to revise my methods chapter yesterday. Seeing others in the same process is motivating and makes the experience less isolating. Best of luck to all and yay for progress! :)
I’m beginning my doctoral journey (EdD) this week. I found your channel when I was thinking about it and you inspired me.
Kaelyn really said “GET IN LOSER WE’RE GOING RESEARCHING!”
Loving the vision board screensaver 🤩
I just wanted to add that some of my friends who just finished their PhD spent Monday to Friday writing non stop from 9 to 5. Often writing 2000 words a day. One might sound impressed but as they said themselves those words were not always good words and after editing may have only kept a couple of paragraphs. Both of those friends needed extensions. I did as you do and worked on what I felt like that day and did a bit of this and a bit of that. Handed my MA in on time and won awards. It is not the amount of words you pump out each day that is important it is the quality of work you do that gets you to where you want to go. No point assessing the quality of one's work until the end product is finished.
I really appreciate your vlogs, Kaelyn. I’m only writing a bachelors thesis but some of the, like, ways to protect your mental health and also the way in which I cannot talk to my boyfriend (not that your partner is like this) who is not an academically inclined person but need actual people like your writing group (I have one too!) totally resonates. Edit: Also, and especially, how some days you are working a ton and you have no idea if you are being productive because you don't have a tangible "I did x words today" to tell people. I recently had a week where I really had no idea if all the reading I was doing was all a waste of time, and then one day it just clicked and I started making connections between all the reading I had been doing, and honestly this is where the novel ideas comes and you can't say that's not at least as important if not moreso than the actual writing or the tangible metrics people want.
I love the words at the end and you are so right! You’ve got this.
I'm at the same place in my writing process. Everything is so relatable!!! All the best, I look forward to following your progress!
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Thank you so much for that little letter at the end! I'm also writing the first chapter of my dissertation (literature PhD), and it's been such a struggle. You said exactly what I needed to hear today. 💕💕
Scandal was one of my absolute favorite shows! Please don't let other people's comments get in your head about your writing process and how much time you are spending. Everyone does what works for them you have found what works for you and they need to find what works for them and learn to be kind and supportive along the way.
Ma'am would you like to share through which way you write .
Please
Dear Kaelyn, congrats!! Could you make a video talking about students' movements on occupying universities in the US, please? Here in Brazil we are really proud of thosw who are fighting for free education there.
Thank you for your transparency Kaelyn. I am in a similar boat of trying to complete my thesis and feeling like I belong and this is the space for me academically. Currently doing a revision with a limited timeline. You’ve always inspire me.
as a finance phd student this is so far my fav video. thank you kaelyn
Oh thank you so much! Is there anything in particular you enjoyed about this one? I would be keen to hear any editing feedback!
Kaelyn! Girl! I'm usually a silent watcher but i to comment this week. i applaud you for doing everything you do ON TOP of your studies. Running businesses, not to mention the hours of filming and editing and graphic design that youtube/social media takes, alongside working on your dissertation is no small feat. and when your studies your content, it's like double the pressure. I had to take a step back from youtube/writing my book bc i'm in the final stretch of grad school and those things had to take priority, but i just had so much on my plate and it was stressing me out. maybe take some time off of everything that isn't the dissertation? just to free your mind a little bit?
writing is also just such a vulnerable process no matter what the subject matter. Putting your words and thoughts on paper for other people to critique is grueling. Just know that our work is never as bad as we think it is (: anyways, sending you lots of love and good vibes. It'll all work out the way it's supposed to 🤍
Thank you so much! I have considered not vlogging but every time I have stepped away from documenting in order to focus solely on the phd I regret it and miss having captured the process in real time. I do it as much for myself as something to reflect on as I hope to share it with you all.
@@KaelynGraceApple that's so fair! well, regardless, we're all rooting for you (:
@@beccatobar Thank you
Subbed. This is my life right now. Working on Ch. 2 myself.
Thank you for the words at the end of the video. You are truly inspiring! I'm not writing a dissertation, in fact I'll be starting a second bachelor's degree at 35 (long story), but you inspire me with every video and every Dissertation Episode!
Keep up the good work, you are amazing! ❤
Thank you so much!
Kaelyn, what a beautiful video. I loved the insight at the end. It reminded me of something Steven Bartlett posted the other day, which was a Jim Kwik quote: "On the days you only have 40% and you give 40%, you gave 100%."
I love that quote so much!
Planning to apply for phd here in UK, and stumbled upon your channel. Just wanted to leave a quick note that all your videos are inspiring and thank you for uploading them.❤❤❤
Thank you so much for your encouragement and feedback!
So funny! I just thought last night when your next video might be. Great timing! Haha
Was meant to go up yesterday but I needed a bit more time 😅 my goal is to post every tuesday though
Kaelyn hey I really feel you when you said you don't feel that you are progressing while writing.. Most of the time what we do is to read and write what we understand as people working with texts. As a legal scholar, I always find it very hard to articulate my thoughts in legal studies. What you have is only the situation, the regulation (if there is any) and you! You read and try to make an interpretation of the situation and try to find a way out of it. Mostly there isn't any -technical- methodology, any qualitative or quantitative data to analysis.. So you work on legal documents and it is normal to feel this way. Don't be hard on yourself.
This comment means so much! Working with legal records is such a unique and challenging experience. It is so much more difficult to produce words than when I have worked on social histories.
thank you for sharing your process kaelyn! it really helps to see and hear you work through your ideas! (also random question but do you sweeten your matcha with anything LOL)
Thank you Lauren! As for the matcha, often not but sometimes I use a little bit of honey
Hey Kaelyn, thank you for another super relatable video! I wondered if you have the youtube handle for the youtuber you mentioned who makes videos about her literature PhD?
Sarah! www.youtube.com/@SarahFischerVlogs
@@KaelynGraceApple thank you so much!
How do I join your writing groups? Or is it closed access? :)
Join Accepted Society :) acceptedsociety.com
I think when you feel like you are being repetitive, you are actually just re-caping for the next idea that is brought up. When I did my master's degree in history, I always thought I was being repetitive, but it was necessary. Also every time I write, I think about what my Highs school English Teacher said about research papers and how she wants it to be "research dense and I want you to explain everything", so I kind of explain it like the reader has no idea what I am talking about and if it is too much I can just have someone else look at it to see if it is too repetitive. Overall, repetiveness is not always bad.
Do you have any recommendations on finding a good Matcha? I've tried a pre-mixed version from my local store, then got a powder (so I can take it with me places) and they taste nothing alike! Weird. The pre-mixed was actually sweet so I'm not sure which is more authentic. Dissertation: Your comment about reading something new every time you work on your dissertation reminded me of something I heard a historian say about the U.S. Civil War: You can study the war your entire life and still never know everything. And that was only 4 years. If you're reading the same information in two different books, one of them probably shouldn't be published! You've got this - maybe some of that new information will spark something you didn't realize/know and it will help things fall into place. But you're doing the right thing in taking a break when you get frustrated. Maybe doing something else will spark something!
I personally prefer straight ceremonial grade matcha and adding sweetener if I want to after :) and thank you so much for your comment
27:10 The actors are fabulous and Shondaland is ruling our screens.
P.S. Have you seen the SNL parody of it?
Oh I didn't know about the SNL skit
@@KaelynGraceApple It’s actually quite hilarious
Would you say your research is more qualitative? I'm just getting started on my BA honours thesis this year and I'm overwhelmed with how to possibly do all of this research, keep track of everything, and then code for themes to write about. Any tips??
Yes! I am a qualitative researcher :) I highly recommend checking out my phd student workflow video where I go into more depth on my data coding and analysis process.
Can you share a link to the sea bass recipe? It looked really good!
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0:16 Totally unrelated but Moo looks fierce.
Hahaha
Legal interpretation is hard I would speak to a law professor or lawyer and get their input into how to write this section - they are very good at methodically going through this
Thanks for the recommendation :) This is why I work with legal historians
Does Oxford University have a PhD in data science program?
Not sure :) You can check on the Oxford website
@KaelynGraceApple - I am working on my undergraduate research fellowship - aka my senior capstone - and it's starting to get too big!! I need your help narrowing down my field. There's history, anthropology, ethnomusicology, and most of all, music - but at the core, my project is HUMAN. I want your eyes on it, and want to chat to get your views... I need to go to a PhD program... lol but first, I have to finish my undergrad!
Wishing you the best of luck with it
Doggy is so cute❤❤❤
21:16 Haha great title. Capitalism will die on the hill of productive procrastination lol
:)