It was a little unusual that I slept more than 12 hours a day for four consecutive days this week.
After waking up, I spent the day reading, writing and teaching, and I still felt sleepy. This made me feel stressed, like “What unproductive days! How stupid I am”.
I concentrated on writing up my ethics forms on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. The time I spent writing them was productive. After submitting them, I went for dinner with my colleagues.
During our dinner, I talked about my anxieties with my colleagues to get some advice. They told me they felt the same way during the first six months and became more confident as they progressed. They cheered me up, but my worries never vanish, maybe because they look clever enough to deal with it.
