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By Kat Clark, Gradlife Ambassador

On good days, I love grad school. I love my courses and my professors, find the readings at least somewhat interesting, and actually look forward to grabbing a cup of joe and heading to class. On the not-so-good days though, the smallest things can set me off: a too-long reading, classes in rooms without windows, and coffee that would prefer to live on my white t-shirt rather than in my travel mug. When these small things start piling up, it gets a little too easy to question my decision to return to school after a few years off, and the thought of continuing grad school after my Masters? No way! When these moments hit, I find it helps to remember while my days now may not be all sunshine and rainbows all the time, they are an active pursuance of something I love and that help open the doors to even more things I’m passionate about.

But how do I get back to remembering all of this when there’s coffee on my t-shirt and my boots are being held together with superglue??

I will be (and have been) the first to tell you to hit the gym to boost endorphins, eat right to feel light, see some friends to destress, and to find a good hobby for imagined downtown, but sometimes you just need a quick fix to chase away the blahs. For those moments, I turn to two things: the interwebs and humour. Without further ado, here are some of my favourite chuckles about being a grad student that help put things in perspective when the going gets tough (along with a tide-to-go pen, of course!):

**side note: click the pictures to be directed to source websites that have even more laughs, and some other great info on life as a grad student!**

 

 

 

 

 

 

Add in a part-time job somewhere and it’s accurate.