If I were to write a psychology blog, I suppose it would be something akin to this one "We're Only Human" which is sponsored by the Association for Psychological Science (APS). I have skimmed its contents and it's pretty entertaining and informative.
Fortunately or unfortunately for everyone who read this blog, I don't. There is something refreshing about writing about much more random and sometimes personal things. I would hate to the kind of academic who only lives and breathes his/her work.
My advisor in graduate school (Steve Robbins) gave me very good advice on this matter. He said (in more crass language) that it's important to have a life. To socialize, to date, to have hobbies, etc. With such advice, I worked for a summer in between grad school at a coffee shop where I hung out with musicians and artists, learned to make various mocha and cappucino drinks, and pretended I was a normal guy.
Posted by richlee at October 17, 2006 04:29 PMyeah, i've been talking to people about how we maintain sanity during grad school. it seems like everyone has some "trash" they read--like comic books or women's magazines.
Posted by: RobynT at October 21, 2006 01:05 PMit's interesting to see things from the perspective of a grad student. i'm currently an undergraduate psychology major with hopes to enter the field of school psychology. now i expect grad school to be much different than my undergraduate experience!
Posted by: Eric at October 28, 2007 11:42 PM