I’m not really into New Year’s resolutions because they don’t tend to work. I’m more about learning from the past and applying that knowledge to the present. Or focusing on how you want to feel first, and then setting your goals accordingly. And I can certainly attest that there’s a…
Everything should run smoothly again by now, shouldn’t it? We have a little more space now the Universities have opened up again and with the Coronapas social life becomes a bit easier. It seems a little bit back to normal in many ways. So probably you think you should be…
You are not the only PhD student who suffers from a loss of motivation from time to time. Rather: it would be very unusual if you didn’t. A project of four years will undoubtedly have moments where things don’t go that smooth as you imagine. If you want to be…
Some days you really don’t know what to do anymore. You are asking yourself, why am I going through all this? To what cause do I actually contribute with my research? What is in it for me? Who is actually interested to find out what I am researching? Why am…
A while ago I reread Marinus Knoope’s book The Creation Spiral (De Creatiespiraal 1998). The book is about the natural cycle from wish to reality, as mentioned in the sub title. In the book the writer explains how your wishes can become reality. He compares this cycle with the natural…
Do you have that as well? That sometimes your motivation seems ABSOLUTELY gone? That you don’t have a clue anymore why you started your PhD in the first place? That you would actually prefer that you never started? Well, you are actually not alone. I honestly don’t know any PhD-student…
