When I was halfway my Msc I got so used to stories about bad work-life balance, 'reviewer 2', competition... I almost felt is was silly to seriously consider working in science! Stressfull stuff aside, it is so much fun because of all the lovely people ❤️
I know it's passé or whatever to be positive about academia, but this week I emailed an archaeologist I've never met to ask a few questions on background for book stuff and he was like "hey why don't you just come visit our fieldsite?"