This is the time of the year for the many New Year’s resolutions. Or maybe it is the time of the vanishing of all these good intentions. According to statistics, only 90% of New Year’s resolutions are kept. Of course, you can be part of the remaining 10% but what…
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…
There are things they do not tell you when you start your PhD. They do not talk about the doubt, the fear, and the uncertainty. They do not tell you things become bigger and are magnified: if you used to have a little bit of trouble with procrastination, it’s becomes…
The best tip to not procrastinate! It is easy, but as with anything, takes a little practice. Try it now! Identify the most important thing you have to do today. Decide to do just the first little part of it — just the first minute, or even 30 seconds of…
And, joyfully back to work? Or do you notice that things don’t go as you would wish them to go? Are you maybe kind of ‘disappearing’ into your emails or the internet, are you spending too much time talking to your colleagues or are you doing something, but are you…
Does this happen to you as well? That you have so much on your mind that you get lost. That you feel like you can’t focus anymore? Then it is time for a spring clean! Not only the physical one, but also in your head. A research from 2008, published in…
