Today, I am inviting Esraa Farag to talk about her experiences with time management during her MSc studies. Esraa got her M.Sc. degree in Information Technology in February 2016, after long struggles with procrastination, lack of motivation and miscommunication with…
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…
Today, I have the pleasure of welcoming back Dr. Scheg to share her views on time management in academia. Dr. Abigail Scheg is an Assistant Professor of English at Elizabeth City State University and an Adjunct Dissertation Chair for Northcentral…
Today I have the pleasure of inviting Sheree Bekker who shares her take on academic workflows with us. Sheree is originally from South Africa, and is now based in Australia as an international PhD scholar at the Australian Centre for…
In the past, I used a time management system that was mostly based on scheduled appointments, and planning larger chunks of work over a number of days, and over time I mostly changed the tools that I used - my…
As much as I've always embraced computers, the internet, and then web 2.0, I was never a cell phone fan. I got my first cell phone when I was 15 years old, and the thing only served for making phone…
The day I finally achieved my Inbox Zero I thought I had my email under control, and from now on, managing my email would be much easier.I had not the slightest idea of how wrong that thought could be.On an…
Today I have the pleasure of hosting Emily Newhook for a guest post on apps for busy students. Emily is an outreach coordinator for the MHA degree program from The George Washington University, MHA@GW. Outside of work, she enjoys writing,…
More Q&A today!I recently got the following interesting question:Question: does/did it feel depressing to plan your life?Much advice suggests planning as the panacea against the ills of procrastination and a sure promise of a high quality of life, but... isn't…
It's Q&A time! I recently got this question from a reader, and would like to expand on it in a full post.The question is the following, as a comment to the post on my PhD schedule: To me, it sounds…
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