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…
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…
