Newsletter 🧠 Brain STREAM 17: Networking (😱) Mention the word networking and most of us flee or freeze in fright. In this week's newsletter I discuss three strategies I use to improve my networking ability.
Newsletter 🧠 Brain STREAM 16: Make problems work for you, not against you This weeks newsletter looks in detail about problems.
PhD - Day-to-Day Featured 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".
Newsletter 🧠 Brain STREAM 15: Blips and bits Don't stress about using every moment of time to get things done, but do use them when the rest of your time doesn't go to plan and recognise how much time they add up to.
Newsletter 🧠 Brain STREAM 14: Identify Your Beavers This week beavers help to frame the idea to find the things in your life which have a disproportionately large effect relative to their effort or cost.
Resources - Books Featured Book Review - "Feel Good Productivity" by YouTuber, Ali Abdaal An in depth and honest review about YouTube star, Ali Abdaal's book "Feel Good Productivity". Should you read it?
Newsletter 🧠 Brain STREAM 13: Feeling good helps the medicine go down... This week, I highlight Ali Abdaal's new book, 'Feel Good Productivity' in order to find fun in the things we do; should you read it?
Newsletter 🧠 Brain STREAM 12: New Years Resolutions More Successful Than You Think I have always had low expectations for New Years Resolutions, but perhaps I am wrong!
Skills - Writing Featured How To Set Up a Low Stress PhD Writing Routine Use these 10 suggestions to help de-stress the writing of your PhD.
Newsletter 🧠 Brain STREAM 11: Into the Wild With Writing Be inspired to write 'in the wild' with this blog post and reduce the fear of writing in public.
PhD - Day-to-Day Compound Your PhD Research Process Through Practising Daily Habits and Routines I'm a firm believer in small daily habits compounding into greater things. By focusing on developing regular habits we can benefit from the influence of compounding, and reap the beneficial impacts on time in the longer run.
Newsletter 🧠 Brain STREAM 10: Goals This month I consider goals. Goals are not just about the end result but about the hours of practice we put into getting there.
PhD - Before What Is It Like Doing a PhD? As a current PhD student, I discuss what it's like doing a PhD - the good and bad bits, plus what I'd do differently.
Newsletter 🧠 Brain STREAM 9: Stories This week I want to embrace stories and how they are important to our everyday life.
Skills - Research Tame Your Note-Taking System In Obsidian by Building It Around Questions A lot of information comes at you very quickly when doing research. Make sure your note-taking keeps focus by having a defining set of questions by which to filter information by.
PhD - Starting Define Your Questions to Keep Focus In Your PhD Discover how central questions are to a PhD and how you can then use these to keep from wondering through everything else that is interesting to you.
Creative Writing From Meditation to Meditations; How Subconscious Connections Can Inspire Personal Perception The subconscious connections we make when we dream should not be ignored. Sometimes they can provide you with valuable insights, strong enough to change your perceptions of the world.
Skills - Information Management Embracing My Collector Within Inspired a Return to Obsidian I’m returning to Obsidian from Capacities, and it’s all due to … collecting postage stamps?!
Newsletter 🧠 Brain STREAM 8: Reminiscence Remember what it feels like to be given the freedom to play? That's what this week's Brain STREAM newsletter is about.
PhD - Day-to-Day Unleash Your Inner Creative: 17 Methods I Use For Endless Inspiration So, so many creative ideas are included in this post; a whopping 17 ideas (and I could go on). Sit back relax and let your creativity juices flow!
Skills - Time Management Why I Love Doing a Personal Weekly Review in Obsidian A personal weekly review can be a very effective technique to focus on what is going well and to eliminate the things to help keep your focus.
Soil Ecophysics A List of Soil Science Courses and Degrees in the UK Interested in studying soil science? This list of courses from tasters to a full on MSc program will be sure to get your juices flowing.
PhD - Starting Can I Do a PhD in 35-40 Hours a Week? Keeping a PhD to 35-40 hours a week is a great strategy, but can it be done?
PhD - Parenting Can I Do a PhD With Kids? Doing a PhD with kids is certainly a challenge but you'll develop a unique set of skills to take on any challenge in the future.
PhD - Starting Do you get to travel a lot as a PhD researcher? During a PhD there can be many opportunities for travel around the globe. But beware, it's not all benefits.
