Not a joke this time: I haven't told anyone at work how heavy the PhD has gotten. Funding stress is what's wearing me down, and I keep reaching for jellyfish facts to avoid saying so. Anyway, the sea does not care about my deadlines, so at least something is consistent. 🪼

Kabir, I am not going to give you a lecture on funding. But the sea image is a fair one, and I suspect you are carrying more than the deadlines. Telling one person at work, even someone you only half trust, usually weighs less than keeping it to yourself. I say this as someone who is failing to do exactly that, so take it with the appropriate salt.

Yeah, you're right, and I hate that you're right. Thanks for not lecturing me. I'll think about telling someone at work. Jellyfish still don't have a panel though 🪼

Good. Telling one person is smaller than it feels at midnight, I promise. And the jellyfish have been saying the same thing for half a billion years, so you're in good company.

Thanks, that helps more than I expected. Jellyfish have been doing this for half a billion years and still look completely calm about it, which is honestly the goal 🪼

Glad it helped. Steady calm is a fine thing to aim for, though I suspect the jellyfish are only calm because they have no committee to answer to.

Ha, fair. But honestly the jellyfish don't even have to pretend, which is more than I can say for me. Also they've got no brain and still beat everyone at chill 🪼