Actually it makes a lot of sense. If you work according to a system, you keep the overview, you know what needs to happen. You don’t have to think about your next step over and over again, because you already know. And the good thing: if you don’t have to…
Are you getting more and more busy? Do less! That’s the advice of Laura Stack, author of ‘What to do when there’s too much to do’. If you put in overtime as a rule – as a lot of academics do – whilst you are already busy, you are on the…
Your daily schedule has a big influence on your productivity and effectiveness. Probably this isn’t new for you. And the interesting question is of course how to plan your day in such a way that you are as effective as possible and don’t get stressed out. Especially after the holidays,…
Planning, time management is a skill a lot of PhD-students struggle with. In this blog a few tips on how to plan well. On top of the chart: Never plan more than 80% of your time. The rest of the time will fill itself with unexpected things that need to…
Procrastination. Yes, you procrastinate. I’m sure. And I have a simple way to get rid of it. Tool: egg timer! How? Sit down at your desk. Set your egg timer on 10 minutes. I know fore sure you have 10 minutes. Put the timer on, do what needs to be done.…
Last week I found in the library of the Slangenburg a book called ‘Peace and regularity. What you can learn from living in a monastery’ by Anselm Grün and Petra Altmann. To my surprise there were a lot of practical tips in there that are still very up to date.…
