Today marks the first week of my PhD! Woopwoop!

As expected, so many thoughts, ideas and questions swimming round my mind.

Office, desk, computer, supervision team – tick, tick, tick, tick – logistics sorted!

Now for the hard part – beginning the complex journey of narrowing down my topic. ‘The science behind Citizen Science’ is way too big. Facing all the questions now – qualitative or quantitative, methods, timeframe, lit review type???

Had some really good discussions around end goal, especially career wise, and how this PhD could put me on the right track for this.

So far I’ve been excited, nervous, overwhelmed, and it doesn’t quite feel real yet – though seems more real now I have the office swipe card and a desk. Yay for a desk. I’m excited to put some things on the walls. Wall planner! And I need a cactus (or two or three), but maybe wait until after the Xmas break so they don’t pass away before the thesis has really even got underway. Yes I have been known to kill cacti before – I promise to treat the thesis with more care and attention!

Best advice so far – If you’re feeling lost then you are doing it right.

Excellent! A+ for me!

Lisa xx