More Q&A time! (Yes, I'm currently trying to work through a backlog of questions that deserve a longer answer).The question we are dealing with today is about procrastination, and was posted as a comment on 7 ways to motivate yourself.The…
I recently got the following question, on which I'd like to expand here.Could you share your PhD schedule?Throughout my PhD, I consistently started my day around 8am, which was often the starting time of my experiments, and which is the…
I recently had a short discussion on workloads in academia, after seeing in my ManicTime charts that I had worked 100 hours a few weeks earlier - which pretty much translates to working every waking hour. You can find the…
Planning your progress and learning how to manage your time are two essential skills for a successful PhD. As we've discussed a number of times here about systems to track time and manage time, I'd like to focus on a…
As I'm constantly experimenting with what works for me, and how I can optimize my workflow, it should be of no surprise that my time management system tends to gradually evolve over time. The last time that I discussed my…
Dear lovely readers,Some of you have wondered what my plans are for PhD Talk now that I have graduated and am not a PhD student anymore, so I thought a small glimpse into the future is in place.My most honest…
In a not-so-recent Lifehacker post, I read the rather surprising stats about To Dos (logged in a particular type of software):41% of to-do items were never completed. 50% of completed to-do items are done within a day. 18% of completed…
When you feel like you are overloaded with work, it is important to reconsider your to do list, and see what you *really* need to do in order to move forward.Of all the tasks on your to do list, how…
Writing a doctoral dissertation is a large task, but not the only large task to face during the PhD. A few examples include:- writing an article,- preparing a research report,- the literature review itself,- developing a method,- ...One way to…
The past two weeks and today, I've been continuously working on my analysis report. Today, just before lunch, my first draft (which still needs introduction and conclusions) was rolling out of the printer. I thought it was not so bad…
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