Procrastination feels awful. And, it can also have terrible consequences. Procrastination behaviour is possible in any area of life: not going to your doctor or dentist appointments, not tidying up, not getting around to making that one phone call, not doing any of the jobs that need to be…
It happens twice a year. Stress! Panic, hassle. What happened? Something serious? No: the holidays have begun. Christmas holidays or summer holidays. Somehow we always have the expectation that everything should be finished. And most of the time that is not possible. What to do do to start the…
We all have stress, but PhD students experience it in a very specific way. This is due to a variety of factors as shown in our research. For example, PhD students may feel it is unclear what exactly is asked of them, that the workload and finding a conclusion of…
Many PhD students do not feel very happy, lucky, or fortunate, often due to the high amounts of stress they find themselves under. However, there can be an assortment of other reasons for this as well. Maybe this can help you. Go grab a piece of paper and a…
‘Your research is the most important thing, just focus on that.’ ‘Make sure you spend 24/7 on your research, otherwise you will fail.’ Do you recognise these comments? I know they are uttered many times and many supervisors think along the same lines. I have a different view though. Of…
I was shocked. I hadn’t even considered this, over an hour a half of screen time on a day. My phone now lets me now this information, and it is more time than I would want. Time to make some changes and take control. Is it true for you too,…
