Our brains are in constant overdrive: always busy. During your day-to-day tasks, but also during your REM sleep, which will help you process your day. On top of that, there are endless external stimuli from your emails, social media, your apps, all resulting in a brain out of balance. The…
Perfectionism can really bother you. It works as a protection mechanism because it is a way to keep control. Well, that is what you think. Chances are big you are telling yourself that if you do everything in a perfect manner, all your problems will be solved. But of course,…
As a child, jugglers really fascinated me. They throw and catch clubs, balls and fire torches as if it is the most natural thing to do. Even now I will stop and watch if I spot a juggler. I can still follow a juggler with 3 balls, but I am…
Vraagverlegenheid, a great Dutch word that entails the following according to Researchers of the University of Leiden: a person experiencing possible obstacles and reluctance when asking for help. Many PhD students suffer from this ‘not daring to ask syndrome’ and have the idea that I should be able to do…
Creating tables and graphs; I don’t know many people who think that this is a cause for great joy. For most, it leads to a lot of frustration, stress and cursing. So I have a couple of free programs for you, recommended by PhD students, which will considerably simplify creating…
Nadia Boulanger was a French composer, conductor, pianist and influential music teacher. One of her famous sayings is without discipline there can be no freedom. One way to explain this is by making choices – disciplining yourself – you eliminate making more decisions. This creates a lot of space. So,…
