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Hyperfocus, is that something worth trying?

Our thoughts become distracted the most when we are stressed or annoyed. You work 50% longer if you continually switch tasks, in comparison to staying on one task from start to finish. On average, we switch applications on our computer 566 times on a typical workday, and check our email…

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Tips from PhD’s for PhD’s (7)

Do you have the feeling that whatever you do, it is never enough? That you actually should have had more published? That you should be further along with your research? That maybe, you just feel like you aren’t good enough? These are feelings and thoughts countless PhD students have. Achieving…

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Why am I always so busy?

Does that feeling seem familiar to you? Always feeling unbelievably busy? Not having enough time for the things you find important, and not getting to the things you enjoy and prefer to do? Then, you are not the only one. Many people feel like this, and PhD students are no…

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Good times and bad times

Some days nothing works. You have tried everything, changed your work place, put on the right music to study, divided your work into smaller tasks and used the pomodoro technique. And still it doesn’t work. I have one more tip for you that you can use to change the bad times…

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