PhD Candidate & Fulbright Fellow

Rebecca Alcock Taylor

  • Strive to decouple your identity from your work.
  • You never have to earn rest. Just rest.
  • Take your time (if you can)–this is advice I received and took to heart early in my graduate education. The slower you eat, the more you taste the meal. Make sure you taste the feast (courses, conferences, fieldwork, study abroad opportunities, collaborations) in front of you! It will support your learning and help you maintain a better balance between the personal and professional.
  • You can’t make a career mistake for the first 10 years of your career. You’re learning what you like and what you don’t. This is also advice I received from a mentor, and it felt like a weight was lifted the moment I heard it. There’s no pressure to make the perfect next move.

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