Today has been a day of great and fast progress. At 2pm I had a meeting with my supervisor to discuss a proposal that I had written for a design code which is in progress. We discussed it, and he…
In this post, I'm elaborating on the first way to motivate yourself which I described earlier on. The very basis for my habit of taking my own planning seriously dates back to the time when I was studying in Brussels. In…
One of my New Year's resolutions was that I would be working hard towards a better concentration and focus. My attention span is extremely short, and I have never been able to stretch it longer. I am not sure if…
It's been more than half a year since I read this book, but the main plus of this book is that it is written in such an entertaining and funny way. The material from this book just stayed better in…
Do you find it hard to meet your self-imposed deadlines and work on your personal goals? Well then, this post is for you and covers my way of meeting my own deadlines and goals.I've become really good at meeting my…
I previously wrote about my method of tackling the giant mountain of papers I want to read for my literature review.As suggested in the comments, I changed my way of organizing the printed copies of the papers. Instead of having…
These days, I am less busy in the lab (my setup needs to be changed so I won't be carrying out experiments for about a month), so I've totally dived into my literature review again. Since I am trying to…
Long ago, when I was an engineering student at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, I did not even realize that my research topic (of which I think I probably could spend a lifetime in researching it) was actually an unanswered question.I remember…
I was reading this article today: Silent Career Killer: Sleep and I was simply astonished to read the numbers (150 billions dollars of revenue loss per year due to the effects of sleep deprivation).For someone like me, who's life is…
Yesterday, I attended a PhD defense for the very first time in Delft. One of my colleagues graduated, and so I was able to see how this goes and works in the Netherlands.The defense started at 2:30pm with a presentation.…
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