Comment below, are you a morning person? I have been a night owl but now a "trained morning person". Hope my tips will help you optimize your PhD habits.
You can help more PhD students by sharing what you've learned from this channel on social media :) When you post, be sure to tag me on Twitter (@verabschan) or Instagram (@phdcoffeetime). It will mean a world to me to interact with you!
"Less guilty about waking up late" :D :D 3rd year PhD will beat that guilt out of you XD hahaha Excellent video yet again Vera! I hope you don't mind but I referenced this video in my recent live stream! Hope it drives some traffic your way :D
I was working until 3am / 5am during my last few months of PhD, and it was the darkest time of my life! Thanks for referencing my video, now I feel sad I've missed your Live! I hope we could chat some time and perhaps do a few recordings for the future videos!
Thanks Julianah, You may also enjoy this playlist, in case you are new to this channel: ua-cam.com/play/PLF6JfHXiwSZ7WJN2ysOHBrddIisF2aoB2.html 1. How I set up an Agile workflow 2. How to make a goal that you will stick to (SMART goal) 3. Gantt Chart is great not only for funding application, you need it for self-evaluation, and reporting to PI 4. Time tracking is the first step to auditing your productivity and refocusing energy on the parts that move the needle 5. How time tracking is really helpful to evaluate your productivity in thesis
It's a pleasure, I hope you will make a habit to learn with 1-2 videos per week with this channel. I promise you will feel much better about your PhD research!
Pomodoro sessions! :D Btw, I'm an all day person :p (but for writing specifically probably morning, which associates with the highest amount of caffeine during the day)
I have tried Pomodoro sessions at home with a real cooking timer, but the clicking sound killed me! I haven't heard of an "all-day person", I'll steal this for my next job interview :P
Nice video Dr. Vera. Thanks. Can you throw some light on how to write a good covering letter and how important recommendation letters are for a postdoc positions?v
A cover letter is also called a "motivation letter" in Europe. It's a letter to show that you are qualify and relevant to the advertised position. I wrote mine (1) highlighting my relevant backgrounds for the position, (2) why I feel interested in the advertised postdoc, (3) a few aspects I could bring to the table for the project in terms of skills and collaborations. Often you will add the people under the section "Academic Referees" on your CV (ua-cam.com/video/2OWdSo0HxiM/v-deo.html). It will be up to the supervisor to contact the referees or not. In all of my reference letters. I have always drafted them and to let my advisors make edits. As most of the time professors would welcome having a draft to save them time, I personally want to ensure all my essential achievements are not missed in the letter.
What a cool movie! I must admit that I was making the mistake of coming to the lab waaay too late and leaving way too late too. I was excusing myself for doing that in two ways. Firstly, I was doing an individual computational project so I don't really need anyone around me. Secondly, I felt better on my mind knowing that I work when others sleep. Now I fully agree with what you've said - if you come late and leave late, your boss thinks that you are just lazy.
I know, what a common pitfall when we do independent work! Very true about "feeling good" being the "last man standing" in the lab. Unfortunately, PhD are not immune to the social environment, and sometimes professor's judgment. And these are all moving parts that determine how fast we graduate! Also, I think our minds are weaker in the evening especially when nobody is looking over our shoulders. Lots of these "long-hours" go to browsing social media, internet scrolling...etc. As a rehab-morning person, I felt great being in the lab at 7:30am when nobody is around. Only wished I have built such a positive habit sooner.
@@PhDCoffeeTime this is, I think, rather personal. I believe that the night owls who best function in the evening do exist. However, for the reasons you mentioned, they will always be undervalued at workplace.
Comment below, are you a morning person? I have been a night owl but now a "trained morning person". Hope my tips will help you optimize your PhD habits.
I absolutely love this UA-cam channel!! Each and every video has helped me immensely :)
You can help more PhD students by sharing what you've learned from this channel on social media :)
When you post, be sure to tag me on Twitter (@verabschan) or Instagram (@phdcoffeetime). It will mean a world to me to interact with you!
@@PhDCoffeeTime Sure!! I've already made my labmates binge watch your channel and they love it as well :)
"Less guilty about waking up late" :D :D 3rd year PhD will beat that guilt out of you XD hahaha Excellent video yet again Vera! I hope you don't mind but I referenced this video in my recent live stream! Hope it drives some traffic your way :D
I was working until 3am / 5am during my last few months of PhD, and it was the darkest time of my life!
Thanks for referencing my video, now I feel sad I've missed your Live! I hope we could chat some time and perhaps do a few recordings for the future videos!
@@PhDCoffeeTime I would love to! I'm afraid my editing skills wouldn't be near as good as yours XD Looking forward to it!
I greatly appreciate your videos.
I am very pleased to hear that. I hope you could help share my videos with more PhD students because my channel is tiny and quite hard to find!
Quality content everytime. Thanks, I learnt a lot today!
Thanks Julianah, You may also enjoy this playlist, in case you are new to this channel: ua-cam.com/play/PLF6JfHXiwSZ7WJN2ysOHBrddIisF2aoB2.html
1. How I set up an Agile workflow
2. How to make a goal that you will stick to (SMART goal)
3. Gantt Chart is great not only for funding application, you need it for self-evaluation, and reporting to PI
4. Time tracking is the first step to auditing your productivity and refocusing energy on the parts that move the needle
5. How time tracking is really helpful to evaluate your productivity in thesis
Toggl is a really good thing for tracking time
I know right? Be sure to share this with your friends, hope this good practice will become routine for the PhD students.
So motivating! Thanks! :)
It's a pleasure, I hope you will make a habit to learn with 1-2 videos per week with this channel. I promise you will feel much better about your PhD research!
Nice! Thanks a lot! I am a morning person🍀
Hope you have found my sharing applicable to your daily routines :)
Hiiiiii😘😘I'm so happy to find your channel🙏
Thank you. It would mean a world to me if you share my video so that it will reach more PhDs :)
Pomodoro sessions! :D
Btw, I'm an all day person :p (but for writing specifically probably morning, which associates with the highest amount of caffeine during the day)
I have tried Pomodoro sessions at home with a real cooking timer, but the clicking sound killed me!
I haven't heard of an "all-day person", I'll steal this for my next job interview :P
@@PhDCoffeeTime Hahaha! Definitely do that :D
Nice video Dr. Vera. Thanks.
Can you throw some light on how to write a good covering letter and how important recommendation letters are for a postdoc positions?v
A cover letter is also called a "motivation letter" in Europe. It's a letter to show that you are qualify and relevant to the advertised position.
I wrote mine (1) highlighting my relevant backgrounds for the position, (2) why I feel interested in the advertised postdoc, (3) a few aspects I could bring to the table for the project in terms of skills and collaborations.
Often you will add the people under the section "Academic Referees" on your CV (ua-cam.com/video/2OWdSo0HxiM/v-deo.html). It will be up to the supervisor to contact the referees or not.
In all of my reference letters. I have always drafted them and to let my advisors make edits. As most of the time professors would welcome having a draft to save them time, I personally want to ensure all my essential achievements are not missed in the letter.
@@PhDCoffeeTime Thanks a lot.
What a cool movie!
I must admit that I was making the mistake of coming to the lab waaay too late and leaving way too late too.
I was excusing myself for doing that in two ways. Firstly, I was doing an individual computational project so I don't really need anyone around me. Secondly, I felt better on my mind knowing that I work when others sleep.
Now I fully agree with what you've said - if you come late and leave late, your boss thinks that you are just lazy.
I know, what a common pitfall when we do independent work! Very true about "feeling good" being the "last man standing" in the lab. Unfortunately, PhD are not immune to the social environment, and sometimes professor's judgment. And these are all moving parts that determine how fast we graduate!
Also, I think our minds are weaker in the evening especially when nobody is looking over our shoulders. Lots of these "long-hours" go to browsing social media, internet scrolling...etc.
As a rehab-morning person, I felt great being in the lab at 7:30am when nobody is around. Only wished I have built such a positive habit sooner.
@@PhDCoffeeTime this is, I think, rather personal. I believe that the night owls who best function in the evening do exist. However, for the reasons you mentioned, they will always be undervalued at workplace.
Good tips ^-^
Thank you for watching many of my videos! Please keep commenting (it helps the video), and ask me any followup questions as you have them :)
😊 我是留学生在中国，I really used her tips. She is so cute~
謝謝收看! Please help to share the video links to anyone who might find this helpful during their PhD! All the best to your studies in China.
Sure~ 🌷