How to Academia - A blog on academic selfhelp
It seems like ages since I wrote my first part of this time-blocking series (it was back in May 2023). Initially, I wanted to do a follow-up post on my planning routine, but then...
Welcome, 2025! So this is it: a new year, a new beginning, new resolutions, new goals, etc. Well, I guess your online feeds are full of that kind of content. In Academia, at least...
Welcome, dear readers. Happy Holidays! I hope you have a nice and quiet Christmas break – no matter what, where, and with whom you celebrate. Have a good time, stay healthy, and get a...
Another very useful book about academic writing that I want to discuss with you is Wendy Laura Belcher’s Writing Your Journal Article in 12 Weeks: A Guide to Academic Publishing Success (Second Edition, University...
When organizing your PhD or any kind of major writing project, you’ll likely be more successful if you think of it as a job and a craft, rather than your passion or your life....
It seems like ages since I wrote my first part of this time-blocking series (it was back in May 2023). Initially, I wanted to do a follow-up post on my planning routine, but then...
Welcome, 2025! So this is it: a new year, a new beginning, new resolutions, new goals, etc. Well, I guess your online feeds are full of that kind of content. In Academia, at least...
Welcome, dear readers. Happy Holidays! I hope you have a nice and quiet Christmas break – no matter what, where, and with whom you celebrate. Have a good time, stay healthy, and get a...
Another very useful book about academic writing that I want to discuss with you is Wendy Laura Belcher’s Writing Your Journal Article in 12 Weeks: A Guide to Academic Publishing Success (Second Edition, University...
When organizing your PhD or any kind of major writing project, you’ll likely be more successful if you think of it as a job and a craft, rather than your passion or your life....
We have been talking about academic writing quite a bit recently, so I wanted to discuss another obvious question: Does writer’s block exist in academia? Academic writing isn’t like fiction writing (in my opinion)...
This is the final part of a mini series on writing advice for PhD students. The tips here aren’t all directly related but mostly, they are about timing. In part 1 I shared some...
In this series of blog posts (part 1 and part 2), I summarize what writing advice I would recommend my younger self. Although I’m not fully sure nobody ever told me this stuff but...
This is part two of all the things I’d recommend you take into account if you’re (relatively) new to writing in the context of bigger academic writing projects. Part 1 mainly recommended useful books....
Today, I want to share some tips for anybody at the beginning of writing a PhD thesis or any substantial thesis, but lacking experience. How to juggle multiple writing projects at once? Don’t I...
Here’s my review of Paul J. Silvia, How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing (APA LifeTools). I loved it so much that I listened to the audiobook three times...
Here are the key takeaways from various authors on overcoming procrastination that I talked about in earlier posts or book reviews: From Steven Pressfield (“Turning Pro” & “The War of Art”): From Mel Robbins...
Brace yourselves, I have something revolutionary to say. You work the best when well-rested. When you’re well-rested, you’re not constantly running on a low battery and about to crash; you have enough energy to...
You probably noticed that sometimes, writing is hard. Maybe it’s always hard for you. Or maybe you’re suffering from a writing stall. As it often happens, I started formulating my book review for Joli...
Even though I didn’t love the newest book, Slow Productivity, it did have a few valuable takeaways that got somewhat lost in my book review. What’s more, there really are a good number of...
