One blog I read regularly is by Leo Babauta, called zen habits. Essentially, he writes all about simplifying your life. A while ago, Scott Young was a guest blogger for Babuata’s website and wrote a post, The Really Simple Way to Get Work Done. I was greatly inspired by this piece…
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…
I was walking down the street last week and I noticed a man who was engrossed in his mobile phone. A minute later I saw him tumbling into some bushes. It made me laugh but the man wasn’t too amused. Every PhD student will encounter obstacles. Big ones and small…
You probably know it: you had planned to write, you were totally ready. You were mentally prepared….. Nothing was in the way of writing. And still, it doesn’t work. Before you know it, all the hours you had reserved are gone and you have to do other things. And what…
So, do you remember the resolutions you made at the beginning of this year? Or maybe the ones you made at the beginning of the Academic New Year? Big chance that you made a start, but that you stranded again. That’s what happens normally with resolutions. And you promised yourself…
Do you recognize this? You need to do something, but it doesn’t happen, you start thinking about it and it becomes more and more complicated. Which means you are even less motivated to do it. So you will think even more about it, so it becomes increasingly complicated….. The bottom…
