Procrastination is like a credit card: it’s a lot of fun until you get the bill. Christopher Parker I am not sure if I agree with this statement: my experience has taught me that procrastination is not only ‘fun’ but also gives you a ‘feeling of guilt and discontentment’. Maybe…
‘I don’t want to go to bed!’ You probably shouted that on many occasions when you were young. I did! And although I was always angry that I had to go to bed, my mum was right in making sure I would sleep enough. Why is sleep so important? You…
But why don’t you dare to do that? It is not that difficult? That’s your opinion but you never had to do it. You don’t really want to discuss with your supervisor that you don’t know how to proceed. Just try it yourself a couple more times, because it can’t…
The last couple of weeks I had lots of talks with PhD students. The thing that struck me the most was that PhD students don’t talk. Yes, they talk to me, because I am an outsider and not too scary and I know so much about the process of getting…
‘Are you kidding? I don’t need more than 5 hours sleep max per night and I feel great in the mornings!’ That is what you might think. But I can tell you that you are completely wrong. It is probably far more important to sleep enough than to work. Why?…
Maybe you have done one of these courses, a time management course. One that is supposed to show you how to plan your time efficiently so you will go home all happy and relaxed at the end of the day. If it works for you; great: stop reading. In case…
