
Hello to my favorite people. Welcome to Love and Bean! Please make yourself right at home and explore my graduate school blogs. Love and Bean is all about finding helpful advice about graduate school and undergraduate mindfulness, fitness, and whatever else my mind comes up with. Above all, I hope you find these blog posts about college and grad school is inciteful as well as entertaining. Take a look at my blogs that cover all of these wonderful topics. I hope you find what you are looking for. Also, please reach out to me if you have any suggestions. I know that many of the topics that I discuss are fairly common in the grad school community, but I may not cover all of them. If there is a specific subject that you would like me to cover, reach out to me. My email is benswaringen@yahoo.com.
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What is Grad School Like
I don’t believe that I have dealt with this particular topic. I always dance around what grad school is like, but never quite make blog posts about it. So, today,…
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Writing My Thesis and Life Updates
Hello everyone. I know, I haven’t posted in like 2 week and I am extremely sorry for that. Three months from now, I’ll have to submit my first draft of…
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How to Make Grad School Easier
It’s coming down to the end for me. I am 6 months away from graduating with a PhD in engineering! This is both exciting and terrifying at the same time.…
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Nervous About Starting Grad School
Grad school is an amazing experience. That’s all I really want you to know in this post. I have had a wonderful time throughout my 5 and a half years…
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Does Grad School Get Any Easier?
I am currently sitting at an airport, writing this post. I am in Arkansas for a wedding and my girlfriend and I are on our way back to FLorida. Our…
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What Every Grad Student Should Do Each Day
There are a few things that I do pretty much every day in grad school. Today, I want to go over the different things that you and every grad student…
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How Can I Have Fun in Grad School
Do you ever ask yourself, “how do I have fun in grad school?” Wait, you do? So, if you do, you’re most likely a grad student yourself. You have probably…
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How Busy Are College Students
For those that have just started college or have gone to college and wondered, why are college kids so busy, this is the blog post for you. Well, hopefully it…
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Is It Ok To Fail In Grad School
I have written before about failure in grad school. Today, I want to write a little more about my opinions on the term “failure”. Today’s topic is, “is it ok…
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Life in Grad School
If you are a follower of this blog, you can pretty much see how life is for me while in grad school. Life in grad school has been a wonderful…
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More Graduate School Memes
In grad school, things can be quite tough. One way to overcome the sadness and stress of grad school is with more graduate school memes! In fact, today, I have…
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Traveling in Grad School: You Can Do It
It’s my favorite time of the year, summer! As a grad student, you tend to favor summers more than any other semester. 1) You won’t have to push through a…
Keep readingFurthermore, if you are a graduate student looking for someone to peer review a paper that you have, either for a class or journal, email me at benswaringen@yahoo.com. I have a substantial amount of experience and would be happy to help out. Do not hesitate to reach out to me.
**If you or someone you know is suffering from mental health issues, I highly recommend that they seek help. Online–Therapy.com or TalkSpace.com are great ways to reach out to a licensed therapist and get the help needed. Therapy has 100% helped me and I know it can help you.