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How to Stay Productive During High and Low Energy Days
If you’re like me — a student or researcher juggling deadlines, experiments, or thesis writing — you know that energy levels can be unpredictable. One moment, you feel like you can conquer the world; the next, even getting out of bed feels like a challenge. Over time, I’ve learned some practical ways to ride these…
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How to Get Past Morning Brain Fog with Help from ChatGPT
The other day I was sat on my desk and staring at my screen. My mind was feeling numb and I didn’t feel like doing any work done. I was working on a literature review project at that time. I realised that for the past couple of weeks I have been taking too long to…
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How I Finally Completed a Year-Long Pending Task with AI’s Help: Beating Procrastination One Step at a Time
If you have been stressing about that one or two little tasks that you have been delaying for weeks or months or even years, you have landed on the right page. Sometimes what happens is that there is a task that needs to be done, a task that’s not much time consuming but it’s not…
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How to Get Back on Track at Work After the Holidays
The holiday season is magical—but let’s face it, getting back into work mode after a couple of weeks off can feel like trying to start an engine after it’s been idle for too long. If you’re feeling sluggish or overwhelmed as you return to your desk, don’t worry—you’re not alone. Here’s a practical guide to…
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How to write Master’s thesis in one week
Completing a master’s thesis can feel like a monumental task, but what if you find yourself with only a week left to finish the writing? While writing a thesis under such a tight deadline may sound daunting, with a focused approach, it’s possible to tackle it effectively. Here, we’ll explore practical strategies to help you…
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Do not under-estimate the power of a precise to-do list
In the busy lives of students and researchers, time management is crucial. Deadlines, assignments, projects, experiments, and academic readings can easily overwhelm anyone. That’s where the simple yet powerful tool of a precise to-do list comes in. While most people are familiar with to-do lists, many may not realize how refining this practice can significantly…
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Things I wish I knew at the beginning of my PhD: General advice
It’s ok to not know your topic of research 100%. You learn more as you go along your research journey. It was a requirement for us to write a portion of literature review before the first year ends. I think there are pros and cons. Pros – when searching for the literature review content, we…
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Literature reviews: Systematic and General
I recently attended a course on evidence synthesis. It was very informative and useful so I thought why not write a blog about it. Now on the way back in train I am writing this blog. So what is evidence synthesis. You may or may not be familiar with this term but I believe it…
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Research paper publication process – revision and re-submission: My experience during PhD
This is a continuation of my previous blog or you can read this on its own. Once you submit the paper, you can sit back and relax, or can you?? Now comes the dreaded wait period whether it will be accepted or rejected straight away. My supervisor says that a quick rejection is better because…
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Research paper submission and publication process: My experience during PhD
If you are thinking about submitting a paper but feel overwhelmed by the thought of finding the right journal, submission, review process and so on, and find these steps complicated.. then I would say that yes it may seem complicated for a first timer but trust me it is not that difficult. If it was…