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You calendar and how you use it

You calendar and how you use it

Let’s talk about your calendar and how you use it. I have a question for you. Do you use your calendar for external appoinments only? Most of us do just that: we put in there the times of the group meetings, teaching, doctor appointments as well as meetings with the supervisor. I want to suggestContinue Reading

Video 3: How to Think About Your Writing

Video 3: How to Think About Your Writing

Worrying and feeling anxious about our writing can really slow us down or even paralyse us completely. Learn here how to deal with the negative thoughts about your writing, how to disentangle yourself from them and how to make progress despite of them. If you are feeling disheartened about your paper or thesis, if you have lostContinue Reading

How to Think About your Writing

How to Think About your Writing

Video 3 of the 3-part video series “How to start writing” is out! And it is all about HOW TO THINK ABOUT YOUR WRITING. … It’s not going to be good enough…… it’s going to take too long…… I don’t know enough…… I don’t feel ready…… I should have done it earlier when I hadContinue Reading

How to Find Time for Writing

Has your paper slipped to the back burner again? No matter how hard you try, there is never time to sit down in quiet and focus on your writing?.. In this video #2 of the 3-part video series “How to start writing” you are going to learn HOW TO FIND TIME FOR WRITING. Login andContinue Reading

How to stay focused and on track

How to stay focused and on track

You might be feeling unfocused and unproductive right now… There is so much to do and the progress is slow. You are getting distracted with internet and technology or you are getting constantly interrupted… It might be that your motivation is down, you are preoccupied with the worries and the negative thoughts make you driftContinue Reading