Does the Idea of Structure During Your PhD Journey Sound “Icky”? There are few things that makes PhD students roll their eyes more than the idea of having structure. Here are just a few complaints: I’ve heard about structure before and it doesn’t work for me Structure is boring I can never follow a routine […]
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Solving the Puzzles of Your PhD Dissertation
Why You Can’t Predict the Course of Your Dissertation If you have imagined PhD students hunched over a laptop sweating from their ears while writing their Dissertation…well, you are not alone. The writing part of the PhD process is perhaps the most feared aspect of the whole graduate school experience. The anguish is further intensified […]
How 50 First Dates Helped Me to Finish My PhD
Can Going to the Movies Save Your PhD? Did you ever get an idea and you didn’t know where it came from, but you did know that it was a good idea? I got such an idea the day I lost an entire chapter of my Dissertation one week before the deadline. This was in […]
Thinkladder: Not Just Another App to Help You Finish Your PhD
Today’s article is brought to you by Dr. Amie Lennox, a social anthropologist, writer, researcher, and former lecturer, who will give us an introduction to the Thinkladder app, and how it can help you get to the finish line of your PhD. This article and the Thinkladder app are not substitutes for professional medical help. […]
These Common Mistakes Can Keep You Stuck in Graduate School for an Extra 12 Months
How Could You Be Stuck in Graduate School When You Did Everything Right? “I can’t take graduate school anymore,” Rachel said packing up her bag to go home. ” I have been working for him for over 6 years and I just lost a job offer because he says I am not “ready” to […]
What you don’t know about academic publishing is keeping you stuck
Why is academic publishing so intimidating? “We’ve got a paper here,” my PhD supervisor told one of my peers as they were looking through the data. I was happy for my friend that he got to publish his research: his third paper since he started his PhD program less than 4 years earlier. I […]