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(To be completely clear I love my job. It brings me joy, it's rewarding, and it's an honor to get to do this work and get paid to do it—and I had fun at work today. Some days are just some days.)

65. Good luck.

64. If you are going to quit, quit early. This applies to projects, this applies to classes, and this applies to grad school.

62. If your lab pits trainees against each other, find another lab.
63. If the people in your lab stress you out enough that it is hard to focus on your work, find another lab.

61. To the extent that you have control over authorship, be extremely generous with authorship.

60 (cont.). It also helps you to get to know your colleagues, which leads to friendship, collaboration, and helpful feedback and new ideas as you share what you are each working on.

60. Even if you have the flexibility to work remote, show up to the office at least twice a week. I’ve found that I am much more productive and take fewer breaks and procrastinate less when I am physically in the office

58. Get dental insurance, even if grad school doesn’t supply it, and see a dentist.
59. Ask around and go to the dentist your colleagues go to (that takes your insurance).

55. Show up to departmental happy hours.
56. Bring food to share at work sometimes. Baked goods or Halloween candy.
57. Work out at least once a week.

52. Don’t work for at least one day every weekend.
53. Have hobbies.
54. Maintain friendships, both in your department (especially with your cohort) and from your life before grad school. If you can’t meet in person, meet with coffee or lunch over zoom.

48. Treat your work like a job. Set your hours, show up during your hours, and try to disconnect outside of those hours.
49. Don’t work during vacations.
50. Don’t show up to meetings during vacations.
51. Or during dinner.

47. Don’t listen to music while you work. At the very least try working with music, try working without music, and see which version is more productive and enjoyable.

46 (cont.). As a bonus, it was a lot less work than teaching three semesters would have been, because I simply did the same thing three times in a row each day.