982 likes, 54 comments - life_and_sunshine on February 25, 2026: "I literally did not know what to make of the situation 😅 Like… was it really that easy? 👀 Is it always that easy? 👀 Is this what it’s supposed to be like? 👀 I’m still not sure honestly 😂 but I’m loving it 😍 ☀️ ☀️ ☀️ I don’t know why I found it so daunting to ask for some extra days off work 😬 I really think it’s some form of leftover academic trauma I have 😅 I still feel like it can be retracted at any moment even though I’m not even in the country anymore 😂 but I’m trying to learn to accept it 😊 step by step! ☀️ ☀️ ☀️ It’s weird which things from your time in academia come back to haunt you 👻 You also never know when it’s going to strike ⚡️ It can really be at the most random and inconvenient time 😮‍💨 but I guess that’s part of working your way through it 😊 Bit by bit we’ll heal ✨ ☀️ ☀️ ☀️ #academia #darkacademia #phd #phdstudent #gradstudent".