Holidays anyone?

by Keely Blanch

This is the last post for the year. Christmas is nigh! The campus is shutting down for the Christmas/New Year period and in these last few days before Christmas, the big question is of course what people are doing over the break.  

As a postgrad it can be easy to be sucked into working everyday, especially if we take work home. But it can be good to get a break to recharge the batteries - for instance, check out this post on work-life balance in academia: Escaping the ivory tower- if only for a little while.  For those who have children on holiday from school and needing minding, the choice of taking some sort of holiday may be made for you. 

This year I am again taking a few weeks to unwind and catch up on a bit of reading along the way. I have a long list of ebooks waiting to be read, including some of the free New Zealand fiction available through meBooks, so I won't get bored. 

Queued on my ereader is this gem offering insights into the postgraduate journey in NZ - Postgraduate study in Aotearoa New Zealand

If you want to check it out first, Chapter 5 in which Martyn Davison writes about his experiences of writing, is free on the website under the preview tab. 

Here's hoping you all get a chance to have a break from the thesis for a few days!
 

Wishing a safe and happy holidays to everyone. 

We'll be back in the New Year!

> The PG Lives blog writers will be taking a small break for a few weeks, but we'll be back with a new post on January 21st, 2015. In the meantime you can check out our Twitter feed @PGLives, or our public Postgraduate Lives Facebook page for odd items of interest we'll share through the season.

> Previewing 2015 - keep an eye out for posts next year reviewing how Paul Silvia's writing methods have worked for us; coming to grips with your data; Tales from Cambodia - researching overseas; conferencing 101- tips and tricks; (re)motivating yourself, and more!