5 Things I Learned from Submitting My PhD

After five years of struggle and anguish, rage and joy, heartbreak and delight, I hit ‘send’ on my PhD thesis. The second after my finger lifted from the mouse, I started shouting, dancing around my apartment like an absolute idiot. I’m sure it was alarming to my neighbors. And I could not care less.

For those thinking about or currently in a PhD, there were many lessons along the way, but here are the 5 most important.