This video is the magic wand for all first year PhD students. All the tips are marvelous. Thank you, Jessica. It helps not to lose motivation and inspiration and keep believing in yourself no matter what. Cause my situation is similar to one you described. When you start doing your research and realize the huge volume of the litterature and papers that you have to read and analyze..., this makes you feel lost and overwhelmed. And it's really difficult not to compare yourself to the senior PhD students. But suddenly I came across your video and it became a breath of fresh air!!!♥
I'm in my first month of PhD so all I have been feeling is lost and overwhelming. I guess the moral of the story is you just need to continue and carry on with your work until you know for sure what you're doing. Thanks Jessica for the positive attitude and advices.
Thank you so much for your video! I'm a first year PhD student and I always feel lost. I feel like I need to know everything and do not have enough time. One step at a time :)
Thank you for this video - I'm 4 months into my PhD and just feel so lost, like I don't know anything about this whole process. It makes me feel better that I'm not the only person that has felt so lost in this journey. I just want to do my research 😅
Hello! It gets easier trust me :) it’s normal to feel a bit lost at the beginning but after a year or so you will start to feel a lot more in the flow of things!
@@drjessicagomezb to be honest, in the 1st month I felt lost all the time when seeing other Phd students around me knowing everything and so smart. Thanks for your advice, it matched 100% what all the 1st year students feel right now.
I was dead set on the verge of quitting (I'm only 4 months in!) because I feel useless.... this video was so unbelievably helpful and you have made me decide to keep going :) Thank you
The beginning is so so tough! No one really tells you what it’s going to be like… good for you for deciding to keep going! Best of luck and let me know if there’s anything I can help with :)
I started my PhD day before yesterday....so re-watching this video 😀.....it would be great if you make some more videos of advices for new PhD students.
Amazing video. I'm starting my master's degree course in a week and your video is really helpful so I don't get to the lab without knowing what to do or how to organize
Thanks for the informative video, How do you understand any new concept? How do you understand the difficult mathematics associated with any concept/topic you encounter in a research article? How did you came up with your research question/problem for your PhD?
You’re welcome! A PhD is all about learning and sometimes it can take a while to learn new concepts and techniques but you can do this with books, the internet and learning from others in your group. I didn’t come up with my research idea, it was already proposed when I applied for the PhD.
Thanks a lot! I'm almost in my second year and still struggling a lot. I was wondering how you manage to organize and memorize all the papers and books you read and how much time you put into your literature background.
Hey! I’m sorry to hear that you’re struggling 😔 if I’m being honest, I don’t memorise the papers I read! And I don’t read as much as I probably should. I usually read when I need to learn a new technique or when there’s a new interesting paper in my field. I don’t read all the time admittedly. I’m reading a lot more now because I’m writing my introductions for my chapters in my thesis and this is the most I’ve read in a long time! I do definitely think it’s useful to keep up with what people are doing in your field but honestly I’ve struggled to find time to do that in between all my experiments.
@@drjessicagomezb Same for me, it's very hard to keep up with the new papers and I see other researchers are publishing novel methods, and better than my proposal. Thanks again, At least I don't feel alone
This video is the magic wand for all first year PhD students. All the tips are marvelous. Thank you, Jessica. It helps not to lose motivation and inspiration and keep believing in yourself no matter what. Cause my situation is similar to one you described. When you start doing your research and realize the huge volume of the litterature and papers that you have to read and analyze..., this makes you feel lost and overwhelmed. And it's really difficult not to compare yourself to the senior PhD students. But suddenly I came across your video and it became a breath of fresh air!!!♥
Thank you for your video
Such sound advice Jessica. This video should be in the induction of all science PhD courses!
Thanks so much Jubair! If it’s helpful for at least one person then I’m happy with that 😊
I'm in my first month of PhD so all I have been feeling is lost and overwhelming. I guess the moral of the story is you just need to continue and carry on with your work until you know for sure what you're doing. Thanks Jessica for the positive attitude and advices.
Thank you so much for your video! I'm a first year PhD student and I always feel lost. I feel like I need to know everything and do not have enough time. One step at a time :)
You’re welcome! I hope it was helpful :) it’s a slow start at the beginning of a PhD but trust me, you will find your feet eventually! Good luck ✨
Thank you for this video - I'm 4 months into my PhD and just feel so lost, like I don't know anything about this whole process. It makes me feel better that I'm not the only person that has felt so lost in this journey. I just want to do my research 😅
Hello! It gets easier trust me :) it’s normal to feel a bit lost at the beginning but after a year or so you will start to feel a lot more in the flow of things!
Thank you so much for your advice. I have just started my PhD journey 2 months ago and what you mentioned in the video are so useful for me.
I’m so glad it was useful! Congrats on beginning your PhD journey :)
@@drjessicagomezb to be honest, in the 1st month I felt lost all the time when seeing other Phd students around me knowing everything and so smart. Thanks for your advice, it matched 100% what all the 1st year students feel right now.
It’s completely normal! You’re more than welcome :)
Those junior PhDs in your lab are super lucky to have you as someone to look up to ❤
You’re too kind 🥺🥺
Thanks a lot! Starting my chem PhD soon, it’s such a relief to have that kind of advices.
You’re welcome! Im glad my advice could be helpful :)
Started my phd in marine ecology this week and this video was extremely helpful. Thanks for keeping it real and sharing this great advice :)
That’s so so exciting!! Best of luck and let me know if I can help in any way :)
I was dead set on the verge of quitting (I'm only 4 months in!) because I feel useless.... this video was so unbelievably helpful and you have made me decide to keep going :) Thank you
The beginning is so so tough! No one really tells you what it’s going to be like… good for you for deciding to keep going! Best of luck and let me know if there’s anything I can help with :)
Just finished submitting all my applications.. this is very very helpful. Thank you 💖
Ahhh best of luck 🤩🤩
Indeed a good advice🤩I feel motivated now
I’m so happy to hear that 🤩👏🏻👏🏻
thanks, Jessica that's means a lot to us, thank you for sharing.
You’re welcome 😊 thanks for watching!
Keep up the good work 💪👍🏻
I started my PhD day before yesterday....so re-watching this video 😀.....it would be great if you make some more videos of advices for new PhD students.
Congrats on starting your PhD 👏🏻 I plan to make some more advice videos soon! 😊
Amazing video. I'm starting my master's degree course in a week and your video is really helpful so I don't get to the lab without knowing what to do or how to organize
Thank you so much! I’m really glad you found it helpful 😊 good luck with your masters!
Great video as always 💕💕💕💖
Thank you 🤩🤩
All my wishes🎉❤
Thank you so much ma'am ❤️
You’re welcome!! :)
Thank you! Very useful info🤗
You’re welcome! I’m glad I could help 😊😊
nice advice thanks
Thanks for the informative video, How do you understand any new concept? How do you understand the difficult mathematics associated with any concept/topic you encounter in a research article? How did you came up with your research question/problem for your PhD?
You’re welcome! A PhD is all about learning and sometimes it can take a while to learn new concepts and techniques but you can do this with books, the internet and learning from others in your group. I didn’t come up with my research idea, it was already proposed when I applied for the PhD.
Thanks Jessica
You’re welcome 😊
Thank you !!!
You’re welcome! Did you find it helpful? 😊
@@drjessicagomezb yes...ur videos are Like curiosity booster
Thanks a lot! I'm almost in my second year and still struggling a lot. I was wondering how you manage to organize and memorize all the papers and books you read and how much time you put into your literature background.
Hey! I’m sorry to hear that you’re struggling 😔 if I’m being honest, I don’t memorise the papers I read! And I don’t read as much as I probably should. I usually read when I need to learn a new technique or when there’s a new interesting paper in my field. I don’t read all the time admittedly. I’m reading a lot more now because I’m writing my introductions for my chapters in my thesis and this is the most I’ve read in a long time! I do definitely think it’s useful to keep up with what people are doing in your field but honestly I’ve struggled to find time to do that in between all my experiments.
@@drjessicagomezb Same for me, it's very hard to keep up with the new papers and I see other researchers are publishing novel methods, and better than my proposal. Thanks again, At least I don't feel alone