As a Swede, Margaretha is always close to a forest, even in the cities. In fact, approximately 70% of the land area is predominated by it. When Margaretha had the opportunity to site her research in the forest it felt like a match made in heaven. She decided to investigate people’s relationships with forests, trees and other plants in the light of the notion of plant blindness. Specifically, Margaretha employed an aesthetic view on sensoric experiences of being in the forest. Accordingly, her research is interdisciplinary, combining art and pedagogy with environmental and sustainability issues. In this chapter, Margaretha presents vignettes of her experiences of the two first years as a PhD student in a narrative way. With the intention of bringing meaning to her experiences, the vignettes are reflected through the lenses of phenomenology. Margaretha begins by explaining how she came across the PhD position. Then she examines an identity crisis and the experience of a challenging academic environment. Next, she looks at one turning point experienced at a European Educational Research Association seasonal school in Cambridge through lively meetings with fellow doctoral students. Thereafter, she describes a stressful situation and a second turning point that happened while she was investigating phenomenology, followed by a final paragraph on how to proceed.