Last February was a particularly rough time for me. I've was dealing with the administrative burden of my mother's passing, which made is for me impossible to grieve. There were complicating circumstances around her death that made things even more…
I recently received this excellent question (just edited out the name of the person who sent in the question): Hello Eva, I have been an avid follower of your blog in the last years (since I discovered it!). I am…
Someone recently asked me how I find my concentration when I need to write. I may have raised an eyebrow and said something along the lines of: "I just sit down and write." That's 2022-Eva. I've been doing academic writing…
I recently received a question on my blog: This is awesome Eva!I wish I managed to fit in exercise everyday. I definitely don’t, and am constantly sleep deprived and exhausted. Do you exercise at home? Any tips for managing exercise…
My Summer 2022 will not be a very regular semester, and it will contain a fair amount of traveling. As such, I'm keeping my goals limited to the following: Focus on big-level planning and thinking with my PhD researchers.Submit 3…
If you've been reading this blog for a while, you know that I swear by my weekly template to plan my semesters. Yet, for Summer 2022 I will not be using a weekly template. As I was sitting down to…
This post is part of the series PhD Talk for AcademicTransfer: posts written for the Dutch academic career network AcademicTransfer, your go-to resource for all research positions in the Netherlands. These posts are sponsored by AcademicTransfer, and tailored to those…
At the end of each semester, I review how I spent my time that semester. I track my time in Toggl, and use the platform (free version) to analyze my time data. In Spring 2022, I've been doing better with…
Today, I have the pleasure of welcoming Amber Scheepers to PhD Talk. Amber is a 25 year old Ph.D. candidate at the EDLE program, based at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. She is a Dutch national currently living in Hamburg Germany.…
At the end of your doctoral journey, you will be preparing yourself for your defense. In some systems, doctoral candidates can be involved in the selection of their examiner(s) or defense committee. If you are invited to have an opinion…
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