tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931229053785314543.post767902154953266346..comments2023-05-30T04:48:38.284-04:00Comments on Periodic Boundary Conditions: Escaping the Echo ChamberMiss MSEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06529587231142371243noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931229053785314543.post-68358526968259660252013-01-08T18:53:18.465-05:002013-01-08T18:53:18.465-05:00I second that counsel. I've always depended he...I second that counsel. I've always depended heavily on having a non-academic part of my life to get me to survive the academic part. At the very least, I've tried to hang out with grad students in a completely different field. My final two years of grad school, I lived with people who were not students. They, you know, worked 9-5 for a living. They'd come home to find me staring at equations at the dining room table and ask "How are the squiggles doing?" I found it childish and annoying at first, but amazingly supportive and cathartic by the end.Barefoot Doctoralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03116876526923906034noreply@blogger.com