{"id":2171,"date":"2018-06-28T19:45:18","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T19:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wagsfp.urop.lsa.umich.edu\/?p=2171"},"modified":"2020-08-28T14:10:57","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T14:10:57","slug":"a-day-in-the-life-of-me-as-a-researcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/wagsfp\/2018\/06\/28\/a-day-in-the-life-of-me-as-a-researcher\/","title":{"rendered":"A Day in the Life of Me as A Researcher!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, hi y&#8217;all.\u00a0 So unfortunately my research days aren&#8217;t too interesting and I don&#8217;t have pictures of my own, so relying on stuff from the internet again.\u00a0 I do get sleep though (which is a scarce resource over the school year, so I&#8217;m thrilled this summer), cause I wake up at around 8:30 am, get dressed and eat breakfast (currently Special K&#8217;s Chocolatey Delight with milk; what a treat), and then head towards the Ugli for doing research work from around 9 am to 12 pm.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"irc_mil i3597\" href=\"https:\/\/www.walmart.com\/ip\/Kellogg-s-Special-K-Breakfast-Cereal-Chocolatey-Delight-13-1-Oz\/24984275\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"irc_mi aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i5.walmartimages.com\/asr\/503273c9-aebb-4e6f-a205-bf61ef0be5a4_1.3398324d9f76a53907c0c70043d045ec.jpeg?odnHeight=450&amp;odnWidth=450&amp;odnBg=FFFFFF\" alt=\"Image result for special k chocolatey delight\" width=\"353\" height=\"353\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the Ugli (short for Undergraduate Library, but no one here calls it that), I end up either searching up research articles that seem applicable towards my research project\/to-be thesis for a few hours.\u00a0 For that, I&#8217;m mostly using this beaut:\u00a0 the Mirlyn Catalog, but I also rely on Databases\/Online Journals through the U-M Library Catalog&#8230;and Google Scholar when I&#8217;ve gotten lazy.\u00a0 I then make note of which articles seem good and what information to use for making it applicable towards the survey I&#8217;m doing.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"irc_mil i3597\" href=\"http:\/\/sustainability.umich.edu\/environ211\/reduce-textbook-waste\/info-textbook-sources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"irc_mi aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sustainability.umich.edu\/media\/images\/screencapture-mirlyn-lib-umich-edu-1449088137322.png\" alt=\"Image result for mirlyn umich\" width=\"461\" height=\"353\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After that, I eat lunch from around 12-1 pm (or 12-2 pm for seminar days; that&#8217;s a really great lunch period).\u00a0 Sometimes I just go home to eat rice and something else with it, but other times I try a restaurant here.\u00a0 Partly cause the food here is great, partly cause I love walking around campus.\u00a0 It&#8217;s super relaxing. \ud83d\ude00 This time around, I went to Which Wich, which has gyros that are super good.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"irc_mil i3597\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/business\/ann-arbor\/index.ssf\/2015\/06\/which_wich_announces_opening_d.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"irc_mi aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/media.mlive.com\/ann-arbor-business_impact\/photo\/which-wich-signjpg-7f70c070e4d1d3d7.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for which wich ann arbor\" width=\"471\" height=\"353\" \/><\/a>After 1 pm (for non-seminar days) or 2 pm (for seminar days), I then go to North Quad&#8217;s Academic Complex (NOT the Residential Side; everyone goes there by accident the first time around) to meet with my graduate student (my mentor is off-campus right now) for really&#8230;.just advice and tips on what to do with my survey and project.\u00a0 Whether I need to make adjustments, or find more participants, or figure out how what to do for writing my thesis with the articles I&#8217;ve found etc.\u00a0 And that&#8217;s until around 3 pm (seminar) or 4 pm (non-seminar).<a class=\"irc_mil i3597\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thermafiber.com\/university-of-michigan-north-quad-rainbarrier2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"irc_mi aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thermafiber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/University-of-Michigan-North-Quad-rainbarrier2-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for north quad umich\" width=\"471\" height=\"353\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then once I&#8217;m out of North Quad or out of seminar, I just go home or to the Ugli and try to do med school stuff while listening to music.\u00a0 I eat dinner, take a shower, and go to sleep around 12 am to 1 am.<\/p>\n<p>So yeah, uh, could be more eventful&#8230;.I&#8217;m mostly just busy with my research and med school stuff.\u00a0 But that&#8217;s life.\u00a0\u00af\\_(\u30c4)_\/\u00af<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, hi y&#8217;all.\u00a0 So unfortunately my research days aren&#8217;t too interesting and I don&#8217;t have pictures of my own, so relying on stuff from the internet again.\u00a0 I do get sleep though (which is a scarce resource over the school year, so I&#8217;m thrilled this summer), cause I wake up at around 8:30 am, get&hellip; 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