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This video is going to be my regular writing companion❤

Thank you so much for interviewing me!

Looking forward to joining the membership! Just found you! 🎉 I'm doing my Professional Doctorate In Nursing at Derby!! Whilst working full time as a nurse consultant 🎉

This approach is so different, I'm definitely going to try it! My deadline-based approach is simply not working. Your advice is always right on the mark, thanks! ❤❤

I needed this today. I havent been able to restart work after the holidays, and I have been having this dreading feeling that there are all these things I should have done in the last two weeks, but just didnt and couldnt. My husband gave me a gentle nudge and got me to start planning my work. I just did the 45 min work with me from Vikki, and now I already feel atleast 1% better. Thank you Vikki :)

Excellent session , Vikki . This was very helpful to listen to . Many PhD students will resonate with Swagata’s struggle . I think she did a good job articulating the overwhelming feelings she’s having . It’s sometimes very hard to explain what we go through in the PhD journey . Your advice was spot on . Best of luck to Swagata. You’ll get through this soon ❤

Thanks Vikki for this session 😊 It was so great talking to you. I am going to listen to this episode frequently for motivation. Sending you hugs ❤

Thank you so much for sharing, this is really what I needed for this year's Christmas break. I work at an academic institute but I am not a PhD. While I was listening, I made my plate. And while I was making my plate, I came across the exact things you were telling us (like: what to do when it's raining?). So I was able to cover these as well. How productive ;-)

Hey Maam love the content you got! I hope I can see more about it!

You speak of good topics.

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I absolutely love this. '... you know more now than you did when you started. ' I submit next Autumn, and I love my thesis so far (50,000 words written), but I do find myself focusing on things I haven't covered, haven't done, haven't learned.

Question ... so, I get frustrated because I have no idea how long timewise ivwil need to do the chunks of my PhD. So, it is kinda morale destroying even before I start. I use Clockify to help quantify the time I spend on my PhD, which I appreciate. But it's like if I knew how long t would take to o, say an ethics application, I can chunk it. Break it down. I know this how long is a piece of string aspect about the PhD is a fully fledged procrastination tactic, yep.

What a cool idea! I can rarely make it to live group-work sessions, but this video is one I can use on my own schedule. You really make it feel like a live session, as if we were working alongside each other. Super helpful!

Such a compassionate episode that so many of us need during these dark days. Another suggestion, resonating with some of your excellent advice, that I heard and am finding useful for trying to work despite all the surrounding chaos is to follow a set routine every morning and evening of very basic, simple, healthy habits (like drinking a glass of water, getting some outdoor morning sunlight, taking a few deep breaths, and the like). It doesn't matter so much what they are just so long as they are super easy to do; it is the fact of adhering to a structure within your immediate control that helps counteract the dread about the broader chaos. Thank you for all the thoughtfulness you put into your episodes! 🙏

Excellent advice! At 74 and not a phd. but a working artist my experiences back up what you say. I also felt encouraged to be more bloody bold and resolute instead of complacent.😂 A kick in the pants is always helpful whatever yoyr ambitions or your stage in life. The struggle to find out who you are and fulfill your potential never ceases😊 Thanks!

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Too Good !! How to deal with self doubt and overcome all obstacles especially in career.. any books suggestions

Insightful !! Could you suggest any books on on this subject..

I really needed to hear this today. I so appreciate all your observations and suggestions they are so supportive!

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This is bang on time for me. I do have a question, though. I have my second year progression tomorrow, which i'm looking forward to. I've discussed with my supervisor that i want to do a postdoc, and she said she'd think about who might want to work with me. Is it appropriate or pushy to mention it tomorrow?

I had the same experience around academic writing - i didn't think i was particularly good at it, so i was confused when supervisors told me i was. A definite weakness is my Olympic-standard procrastination. 😏

very helpfull

I'm a 53 year old second year PhD student, working from home. I know two other students but we don't get together often. I have no idea how my work compares to anyone else's, but my default position is to assume everyone is sailing through, publishing papers, and catching everyone's eye. 😏

As I listen to this, my laptop screen is split - Perlego on the left, current chapter on the right. 🫤

As someone with multiple disabilities, I struggle with this one. I tend to work really hard on my thesis when I'm well, to ensure that I can do less - without guilt - when I'm not. This can mean that, during those busy periods, I'm exhausted.

Mine is a year away. Not stressing, exactly, but it's sitting at the back of my brain -👋🫣

I will definitely be doing the reverse engineering thing on my PhD thesis. Thanks. 🙂

I love my research pants! 😆

This was very helpful 👍💛

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Excellent one.Thank a lots.

Thanks for this Vikki- it helped me out of a panic spiral this morning!

This is golden, thank you! ❤

I'm so so so happy to have found your Channel! Doing my Masters, not PhD, but I'm absolutely loving your podcasts and vids! ❤

'in fact you will get a better understanding of what you do know and you don't know if you just keep writing' - very good point. Really helpful video thanks :) I did recently make the note: 'master awareness of when I've gone down the rabbit hole' haha. I find the endless reading fascinating as well as procrastinating so possibly need to allocate some 'rabbit hole time' :P

Thank you for those amazing advices , there are realy helpful

Thank you for this video and your work!

Whoa! This absolutely makes sense! When I'm writing content, I tend to read everything and then find that little typo, correct it, then find that it can be written better, then revise it, and so on and so forth.

Found this really helpful, thanks! Prof Doc Viva in 3 weeks...😬. some really tangible advice here...🙏

Hi, how can I get your Excel sheet for task management? Thanks in advance!

Love this. I can now see how I’m in a transitional phase now of my career and that is helping me accept the feelings of insecurity that are naturally coming up. Thank you Vikki!

Thx for reminding us all to stop wishing we had dine more and working with where we actually are 🙏

Hi Vikki. Really enjoy listening/watching your show. Just an FYI…. Unable to listen to your podcasts on Apple for the last few weeks. Not sure what the issue is as it says “This episode is temporarily unavailable”

Great advice, just what I needed to hear.... Winter motivation! Time to get my walking boots on

Your UA-cam channel is amazing! The content you create is entertaining and informative, The production quality, creativity, and passion you put into your videos are evident in every frame. you are keeping me hooked with every video. Keep up the fantastic work, you're doing a fantastic job! 😊👍