About 1-1,5 years ago, I found myself bogged down by the daily stress of work (and leaving work on time to be home with my daughter before 4pm), taking my daughter to her activities through Ecuador's crazy traffic (and, even…
Some time ago, on one of my posts, I received the following comment/question. Hi, I have read your schedule. And I draw some kind of inspiration from it. Currently I am into research. I am pursuing Masters. I just want…
I recently received an excellent question from a reader, which I'd like to address in a Q&A post.The question is:Hi Eva, I have been reading your posts, especially those on organising time and plan tasks. It has helped a lot…
After reading Digital Minimalism, I set out to do a 30-day digital detox. The social media network that felt the least satisfying to me at that time was Facebook, so I disabled my account. I put my phone on silent,…
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…
One tool I use a lot is the Pomodone app for the pomodoro technique. You can use it on your desktop, or your phone - it's a cloud-based application. What sets the free version of Pomodone (I haven't tried the…
Here's my template for the fall semester. I use color coding for the different major activities: writing, research, email+admin, appointments, MSc + PhD student appointments, service, workouts, personal time.The date range you are seeing in September has one particularity, which…
View this post on InstagramBy (popular) demand: an example of my BuJo with everything filled out. Left: daily priorities, writing and email tracking. Right: weekly priorities across categories, log of the week (I.e. what did I achieve?)A post shared by…
I've noticed that I've been wanting to compare my weekly templates from previous semesters, but did not keep track of them. So I decided to put my weekly template for the Summer of 2020 here, for reference (week of June…
As the year ran to an end, I did a poll to see if other people plan their goals for the next year.Here's the outcome for the poll:Do you plan for the next year?— Dr Eva Lantsoght (@evalantsoght) December 23,…
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