Does that feeling seem familiar to you? Always feeling unbelievably busy? Not having enough time for the things you find important, and not getting to the things you enjoy and prefer to do? Then, you are not the only one. Many people feel like this, and PhD students are no…
Summer holidays; it could be a period without any obligations and empty space. Or you could decide to learn something new. This will also help you to detach from the normal routine. What do you want to do this summer? Have you thought about your plans for this summer? And…
Isn’t it true that when you work really hard, when you meet all your deadlines, when you make sure you will go to that very important congress, that that will make you much happier? Or maybe that isn’t true? The problem is that every time you are successful in something,…
Some days nothing works. You have tried everything, changed your work place, put on the right music to study, divided your work into smaller tasks and used the pomodoro technique. And still it doesn’t work. I have one more tip for you that you can use to change the bad times…
Last week I wrote how we believe our own thoughts. Thoughts that appear when you are not feeling very well can result in such a train of thoughts that you start believing that you will never finish your PhD. This video explains how that works, how you basically create your…
“Will I ever finish my PhD?” I don’t know any PhD student who doesn’t ask himself this question. Depending on how you are feeling, a train of thoughts will occur after this question. In case you are feeling happy, this is what you might hear: “Of course everything will be…
