Less Than 100%

Looking back over your PhD you have to accept that you can’t have given it your all.

You can’t have answered every question.

You can’t have achieved everything.

You can’t have written a perfect thesis.

You can’t be perfect.

And that’s OK.

Look at what you did. Step away from the trap of perfection and the distractions of what ifs. Then you can see that you have done something amazing.

You’ve done something that no-one else has ever done. You’ve become someone that no-one else has ever been.