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Charlotte Walker

@charlrwalker.bsky.social

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PhD student and research officer working across public health and psychology with a focus on food bank use. Trying to stay mentally well within academia https://charlottewalker.uk/ ORCID 0000-0003-2244-350X

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Charlotte Walker @charlrwalker.bsky.social · 48m

Tut! What are your brains like??? 😂

Charlotte Walker @charlrwalker.bsky.social · 4h

It was very cool

Charlotte Walker @charlrwalker.bsky.social · 6h

Just seen a man in the street here wearing a knitted Halloween jester’s hat, it was dark khaki and instead of bells it had eyeballs on the “tentacles”. Made me and the other passers by smile

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Charlotte Walker @charlrwalker.bsky.social · 19h

I’ve stopped for the evening. I think I’ve done about as much on this paper as I can and I need my manager to take a look at it. I’m pie-eyed with it all and lack of sleep is beginning to bite. I just need to review it in hard copy and check my references tomorrow. Nearly there!! #PhDSky

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Charlotte Walker @charlrwalker.bsky.social · 1d

It is so very stressful

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Charlotte Walker @charlrwalker.bsky.social · 1d

I knew what you meant :)

Charlotte Walker @charlrwalker.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, and at this time of year dog poo is often hidden by autumn leaves on the ground

Charlotte Walker @charlrwalker.bsky.social · 1d

Mine was horrendously overdue and then took months once I had submitted it. I got a surprisingly good award though, it goes towards therapy, yoga and fitness memberships and CBD gummies!

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Charlotte Walker @charlrwalker.bsky.social · 1d

You’re definitely not “just shit”, you are brilliant and have achieved amazing things despite all the neurodivergence in the mix. I’m sorry you’re feeling so stuck and disheartened. Not working is almost certainly part of it. HMU if you want a chat about it or just some distraction xx

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Jo Edge 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @hagenilda.bsky.social · 1d

Anyone else with a late #ADHD diagnosis end up going off the deep end afterwards and getting way more disorganised? I do think it's partly hormones, but also partly 'well, this is just the way I am, I'm just shit, no point trying to be anything else'. Be good to hear from you xx

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Charlotte Walker @charlrwalker.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah it reeks

Charlotte Walker @charlrwalker.bsky.social · 1d

About to start mind mapping my research methods chapter for my first study #PhDSky #PhDChat

The tools of my stationery lover trade: a blank flip chart pad, a collection of colourful felt tips and post it notes in yellow, pink, orange and yellow. It’s all on a grey carpet… I guess I could buy a flip chart stand but I quite like kneeling on the floor and getting really physical with the materials

Charlotte Walker @charlrwalker.bsky.social · 1d

I go in the half-light around dawn at the moment

Charlotte Walker @charlrwalker.bsky.social · 1d

😻

Charlotte Walker @charlrwalker.bsky.social · 1d

People leave it on the side of the path up the hill which is quite narrow. It gets covered with autumn leaves so it’s risky to scuff through them!

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Charlotte Walker @charlrwalker.bsky.social · 1d

Hehe

Charlotte Walker @charlrwalker.bsky.social · 1d

I love it really. How are you this morning?

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Charlotte Walker @charlrwalker.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Monday, happy new week. I’m just doing some housework but while I wait for dawn so I can go for a run. I know lots of people run in the dark with a head torch but I’ve not plucked up the courage to do this (and I’m worried about unseen dog poo on the pavement!). Have a great day!

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Charlotte Walker @charlrwalker.bsky.social · 1d

I was there for about half an hour before I secured my release

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Charlotte Walker @charlrwalker.bsky.social · 1d

Cat is gently snoring in my lap. I’m in an awkward position and my left foot has gone to sleep but obviously I can’t move

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The Ineffable Horror of Joe Muggs @joemuggs.bsky.social · 1d

Modest proposal:

BBC BRING BACK 'TOMORROW'S WORLD'.

Science, tech, environment reporting are woeful currently. Something that blasts excitement about what a golden age we're in of discovery (vaccines, computing, space exploration etc etc) but can also be a trojan horse for warnings on climate etc

the presenters of 1980s Tomorrow's World

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Charlotte Walker @charlrwalker.bsky.social · 1d

I view my “ancestors” as people - usually women - who came before me and had an impact on me, rather than the family tree I was born into. So living memory, chosen ancestors. Is that a thing?

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SilverSeamSS @silverseamss.bsky.social · 2d

An old piece that I finished years ago! Barbara Ana Design Crowded House! #crossstitch #barbaraanadesign #halloween #witch

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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 1d

every night my father goes outside to yell at this porcupine to stop eating his apple tree, and every night this porcupine makes eye contact with my father as it continues to eat his apple tree

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Prison Journalism Project @prisonjournalism.bsky.social · 29d

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