I recently ran a poll on which time of the day is the best for meetings. Some time ago, I wrote a post about how certain times of the day may not work for your colleagues. You may not have…
Recently, a discussion on Twitter made me realize that finding the right time to meet is not as straightforward. I always thought lunch meetings are the favorite choice, as they provide free food. During the discussion, however, I realized that…
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…
On March 10th, I wrote 14046 words, which is my absolute maximum in a day since I started tracking my writing in November. Not bad for being pregnant, with a foggy brain and rather tired.In the category of epic typing…
One of the first bloggers I started to follow during my PhD journey was Laura Vanderkam. While her world is very different from mine, and my view of the world may be not similar to hers, I always liked reading…
Today, I've invited a shadow scholar to share her experience on writing and procrastinating with us. Stacey Marone is a graduate of Social Sciences, freelance writer and contributor for a paper mill website. She likes exploring new cultures, languages and…
It's time for another Q&A post. This post discusses the CDs that assist my writing. Some time ago, I received the following message (edited for anonimity):Hi .you are wrote in http://www.evalantsoght.com/2014/01/silver-linings-binaural-beats-for-study.html that "I have the same results with some favorite…
Today, I'm starting a new series of interviews at PhD Talk, inspired by the "How I Work" series on lifehacker.com. Our first guest is Kelly Dillon. Kelly is a doctoral candidate in the School of Communication at The Ohio State…
It's not a secret that I like listening to music while writing. I have a pair of noise-cancelling headphones, that I swear by. nothing distracts me as much as people who are talking around me, so often, my headphones are…
After the previous post on questioning the 9-to-5 (and more) mentality in academia - which has been shown not to be our most productive way to work- Amber Davis talks about how to put working in sprints into practice. For…
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