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The First Lesson Every New PhD Student Must Learn

If you’ve just started your PhD, you need to know this.

It will change how you survive the next few years.

Nobody cares.

Your supervisor won’t lose sleep over your experiments failing.

Reviewers won’t think about the months you spent on that paper.

Colleagues will be busy with their own work, not yours.

At first, this feels crushing—like you’re invisible.

But it’s actually your superpower.

Because once you stop expecting others to carry you through, you take control.

You stop chasing approval.

You stop waiting for someone to tell you you’re good enough.

Instead, you learn to keep going after rejections, silence, or bad feedback.

You build a routine that works for you—not for your advisor, not for reviewers.
One small step, every single day.

Do that, and you’ll finish with your happiness and health intact—something most PhD students never manage.