A PhD Student’s Pre-Easter Thoughts on Work-Life Balance
Dear readers on the Internet, my name is Aaron and I am a PhD student of classical philology. Sarah recently asked me whether I would like to write a post for this blog, the...
Loving bones, climbing stones. Stories of everyday phd/postdoclife
Dear readers on the Internet, my name is Aaron and I am a PhD student of classical philology. Sarah recently asked me whether I would like to write a post for this blog, the...
Today I want to share some thoughts on bouldering, anxiety about finishing the dissertation and the second wave of Covid with you. Since the area where I am right now has been labeled risk...
I have talked about digital detoxes and work life balance a lot on this blog over the past year (such as this, this, this or this). But I haven’t stopped there. In fact, I’m...
Recently, I had this career planning workshop for high-performing young female researchers. We talked about many things like time management, finding our values, preventing burnout and so on. But one very common theme, at...
A while ago, I wrote a book review on Essentialism by Greg McKeown. Today I wanted to follow up with a part II. “Why?” you might ask. I gave the book to my dad...
Welcome to part III of our selfcare-series and I decided this time to write about social life, because I am a few days away of going on a long holiday. I definitely need a...
This time, I wanted to share with you another book from my quest to regain some work-life-balance: Greg McKeown, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, NY 2011. McKeown mainly challenges one quite fundamental assumption...
As you might remember from the last book reviews, I am on the quest for a better life in a digital age. I have tried reducing exposure to screens, but in Make Time, I...