# @life_and_sunshine on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DQXCMldCEM2
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/63278628-life-and-sunshine-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-10-28T16:38:44.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Nat ☀️ (@life_and_sunshine) — https://gondola.cc/life_and_sunshine

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This is not saying that industry doesn’t have these things!! ☝🏼 In fact, I’m sure that industry does have (a lot if not) all of these things too 😊 I just want to shine some positivity on doing a PhD 🤓 
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There’s a lot of negativity around doing a PhD 👩‍🔬 and working in academia in general 😢 I’ve been guilty of doing it too 😅 Making fun of the negatives is a good way of coping with them 😇 But I want to make it clear that my PhD held a lot of positives too 😊 And these are just a few I could think up off the top of my head 🧠
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And maybe saying I had “total” control over my research project during my PhD is a bit of a stretch 😅 But when I compare it to how I’m experiencing working in industry 🧬 I had A LOT more influence during my PhD about what I studied 😊 Of course this comes with its downsides of feeling totally and utterly lost sometimes 😂 but it’s okay! Today we’re focusing on the positives 🤩
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Is there anything you would add to this list? 🤓 
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