{"id":38011,"date":"2017-02-28T13:24:55","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T21:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/world.edu\/?p=38011"},"modified":"2017-02-28T13:24:55","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T21:24:55","slug":"be-the-mouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.edu\/be-the-mouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Be the mouse"},"content":{"rendered":"

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While in the early stages of writing up my PhD I had a baby and now I find myself simultaneously immersed in academic journals and picture books, lab work and bum-wiping, searching for references and for tiny sun hats.<\/p>\n

Independently PhDs and babies can take over one\u2019s life. When combined, everything from both of these crazy overwhelming worlds melds into each other. For example I inadvertently labelled the homemade mixed vegetable baby food \u2018Butternut squash et al., 2016\u2019.<\/p>\n

Now in the final few months of my PhD, I find myself making comparisons between the process of doing a PhD and \u2018The Gruffalo\u2019. Perhaps lack of sleep is responsible for jumping to these strange conclusions, but hear me out, I think there are lessons to be learned from a simple story of a mouse and nut.<\/p>\n

So why is \u2018The Gruffalo\u2019 like doing a PhD?<\/p>\n