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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…
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How I successfully published all my PhD chapters in good journals
Procrastinating writing a research paper or a thesis chapter? Here I am going to share how I overcame procrastination and writer’s block during my PhD journey. This method worked well for me and I was able to publish my all four chapters of PhD thesis before my viva anniversary (Viva anniversary? Is that even a…
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How to beat writer’s block and procrastination by Divide and Conquer: Personal experience
If you have landed on this page, I am guessing you are someone who was once like me, stuck and lost in a writing project like a thesis, in those days when thesis journey seemed never ending. Now looking at my thesis hard cover, I wonder how this became a reality, specially getting it done…