I recently came across the idea of "Minimum Viable Productivity" in Enough, the podcast. Minimum Viable Productivity, MVP in short, stands for the opposite of hustle culture, turning in work that is "good enough" every now and then, and creating…
As an organized person, my reputation is of being somebody who gets things done when necessary. The shadow side of this, however, is that a lot of work lands on me. The other day, as I was reading some work…
I have been writing about the financial side of doing a PhD on this blog over the years. During my PhD, my focus was on saving as much money as possible through budgeting and pinching pennies, and then in the…
Some time ago, Nature published a fascinating bibliometric study, in which they looked at the top 100 cited papers. The number 1 most cited paper, describes an assay on how to determine the protein content of a solution - it…
Those you who follow my blog up close will remember that I am going through a difficult time after a number of health issues and the death of my mother. Yet, life goes on, classes need to be taught, and…
A while back, I read this 7-day guide on getting back on track with workouts, and realized how applicable this advice is to getting back on track with research. With all the adjustments to make this approach applicable to research,…
I'm celebrating 100 papers in Scopus - although a bit on the late side, as I'm at 112 at the moment of writing. I've been hesitating to write this post - it may sound like bragging, or it may sound…
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…
I've been wanting to write a post about how I used my pumping breaks back in Baby Year and beyond (I pumped until my daughter was 18 months), but I was too tired back then and never finished the draft…
A reader recently asked me how much time I spend on this blog. My first estimate is that it takes me about 6 hours a week. I tend to write on Sunday afternoon, Tuesday evening, and Friday evening. In those…
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