Annette Raffan

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🧠 Brain STREAM 2️⃣0️⃣: Exposure to Joy in Writing is Infectious

It can be quite easy to fall out of love with hobbies when we push beyond the remit of doing them just for enjoyment. Sometimes when I extend myself too much beyond this boundary it removes some of the joy I found in it originally. Though I would never say

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Creative Writing

The Fleeting Transience of the Writing Flame and How to Keep it Lit

How can we return to half-finished writing more efficiently and effectively? Here's 3 things to try.

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Day-to-Day PhD Survival

Making Email as Low Stress as I Can: 🧠 Brain STREAM 1️⃣9️⃣

Struggling with email imbalance? Here's 7 Principles I use to reduce stress in my inbox and beyond.

Day-to-Day PhD Survival

Problems in PhD Research Are a Blessing Not a Curse

Problems in research are not just there to test you, they are there to make you. In this blog post I highlight Tara Brabazon's three step process to "Put the Problem Into the Work".