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The one thing I should have done in my PhD, but rarely did was ask for help. I struggled many times thinking that smart people should know the answer.
But if we knew the answers, would we be doing a PhD?
But how to ask for help? a short
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@OpenAcademics @PhDVoice
But if we knew the answers, would we be doing a PhD?
But how to ask for help? a short
(1/6)@OpenAcademics @PhDVoice
In hindsight, the first thing to know while asking for help is understanding what your needs are and accepting that your PhD advisor may not be the panacea you need. (2/6)
Tap into peers, identity & affinity groups, student orgs, your university career office, another advisor or the counseling center. Now that I am in a role that helps students, I can attest to the fact that there ARE people who care and want to help, no judgement included. (3/6)
No one should have to go through the arduous journey of earning a PhD alone. People want to help us, but might not be aware that we even need help. (4/6)
Asking for help extends beyond grad school. This past week alone I reached out to peers to help me work through my current struggle. I chose the people to reach out to who could relate and they immediately jumped on a call despite busy schedules. (5/6)
Maybe asking for help is a learning process, since I am certainly better at doing so now than I ever was. If you need help, don’t hesitate to reach out to me either. If I had a Twitter in grad school, I certainly would have reached out to you. (6/6)
To focus this thread a bit more, I help students navigate careers, so wrote this from that perspective. I wish I had reached out to others to talk about this, but then again the @UofSC didn’t have a career office and neither did my postdoc.
