# @life_and_sunshine on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DULmXv3iJXp
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/63278370-life-and-sunshine-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/24d893cb29.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-01-31T16:19:26.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Nat ☀️ (@life_and_sunshine) — https://gondola.cc/life_and_sunshine

## Caption

It’s really a love hate relationship if I’m honest 😅 Love being they’re just such an important part of science as a whole 💕 Hate because they can be a real pain in the butt to fill out ✍🏼 Especially if they’re handwritten 🤓 
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My current company requires a handwritten lab journal 📝 (obviously not in pencil but I wanted a new emoji from the one I used above 😜) and I’ve had a really tough time finding the balance between a well kept lab journal and one that is attainable to keep up with in the time that I have to work 👩‍🔬 as you can probably tell, I still haven’t found this balance because I often find myself doing this work at home, outside of working hours 😅
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But it’s an important enough thing for me that I will do this work regardless of when I’m doing it 😊 If I can’t trace back what I’ve done then why do it in the first place? ⚗️ But I do miss virtual lab journals 💻 This is the first time I’ve ever had a handwritten one ✍🏼 Before this it was always online and I found it SO much easier to fill out and keep up with 🥼 but alas! One day I will find a way to keep up with a handwritten one equally as efficiently 😂 Fingers crossed 🤞🏼
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#phd #labjournal #science #scientist #phdstudentsofinstagram

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