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If offered the option of writing a master's thesis, seriously consider taking it, as it can form the core of your first refereed journal article. Plan out a publishing trajectory to ensure that you have at least one sole-authored refereed journal article before you defend your dissertation.

Attend every job talk in your department and affiliated departments religiously. It matters not if those talks are in your field or subfield.

Take every opportunity available to present your work publicly.

Here is part of the last entry: “Grad school demands that we unlearn many things, but I never imagined that writing would be one of them. As I write this here, at the end of these thousands of words, I still feel like I just started writing. My hand cramps. I worry. I don’t flow with copious rigor.”