PhD Student's 'Procrastinator' Note Goes Viral, Research Scholars Find It Relatable
A picture of a note from a 'terrible procrastinator' asking others not to talk to the research scholar has gone viral on social media. Procrastinator Note
In most countries, a PhD is a basic requirement for a career in academia. As a general rule, you have to put in hours of uninterrupted work to complete your PhD.
PhD student's 'procrastinator' note goes viral
With looming deadlines to large-scale projects and a huge amount of personal investment, a PhD can be extremely stressful. All this is compounded by the fact that everything is always riding on you and you alone - and this can wear you out. This often causes procrastination.
Twitter/@Steve_Bingham92
A picture of a note from a 'terrible procrastinator' asking others not to talk to the research scholar has gone viral on social media.
The procrastinator wanted everyone to know about the bad habit that he possessed. The message on the note reads: "Please do not talk to me. I am doing my PhD work and if you speak to me, I will not stop because I am a terrible procrastinator! Email if needed. Thank you."
I think every PhD student needs this sign at some point ?? @PhDVoice pic.twitter.com/M0xLrntxrW
¡ª Steve_Bingham (@Steve_Bingham92) October 4, 2022
A picture of the note was posted on Twitter by a man named Steven Bingham. who is a PhD candidate at the University of Leeds, as per his bio.
¡°I think every PhD student needs this sign at some point @PhDVoice," he captioned the picture.
Research students say they can relate to the note
The hilarious note has gone viral and a lot of research students said they could relate to it.
"One of my former colleagues pinned post-its with the words "Is this necessary?" everywhere (literally!) to stop himself from doing anything else than finishing his thesis. We even found some of them when cleaning the lab years after he had left," a user commented.
"I had to buy a pair of ear defenders in my PhD office. My colleagues were lovely and not that loud, I was just easily distracted!" another user said.
"Writing up was a lonely experience for me personally, I embraced every opportunity to procrastinate!" another user added.
¡ª No¨¦mie Depret (@NoDepret) October 4, 2022
And here was my friend¡¯s response. She wasn¡¯t riding her dissertation yet so she didn¡¯t understand¡ª Or maybe she did understand my problem of procrastinating! pic.twitter.com/w5hAnzYPNz
¡ª Leena Jo Landmark (@Dr_Landmark) October 4, 2022
Yep. Here was my sign. D was my advisor & Russell was my stats tutor. pic.twitter.com/AvA9cWCrxN
¡ª Leena Jo Landmark (@Dr_Landmark) October 4, 2022
There should be an unwritten rule, if you are at your desk with your head/earphones in, then do not disturb. Even if they are off.
¡ª Jonathan Wood (@hotphysicist) October 5, 2022
I am guilt of breaking this rule though.
I think I actually need to make one to stick on my own desk...?
¡ª ?Winnie Lee? (@Winni_l08) October 4, 2022
Pursuing higher studies is no doubt highly stressful and people have different ways to deal with the pressure, from burning the midnight oil to doing everything out of the ordinary to pass through the course.
Things are fine until the pressure gets out of control and affects your daily life. In 2019, for one Indian-origin guy, the pressure of landing a PhD course at a prestigious Australian University was so stressful that he lost his sex drive.
Kuldeep Mann had launched a 3 million dollar lawsuit against James Cook University in Queensland after losing his sex drive when his admission was rejected over alleged plagiarism.
Mann paid 20,000 dollars to start his PhD in social sciences in 2015. However, the university accused him of plagiarism and kicked him out.
"It has stopped my sex life. I have no sex drive. There is no stimulation in my organs. I have never had this problem before. I don't feel any blood down there," Mann had told The Courier-Mail at that time.
Mann claimed that the university gave him a 'Grade Fail' despite meeting the requirements of the four-year social sciences PhD.
Kuldeep Mann then took things to the next level and filed a case at the country's Supreme Court.
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