“When we lack structure and direction, overwhelm kicks in. We freeze and shut down — the perfect storm for bed rotting.”| ADDitude
“I have always been drawn to using music to soundtrack my life. Perhaps ADHD is why.”| ADDitude
In my post at the end of last year, I opened the door to more guest posts. Prof Tania Crotti stepped through that door, offering this interesting and insightful post on an aspect of thesis examinat…| The Thesis Whisperer
Recently I bought a new car. It’s very fast and very yellow. Here’s a picture of me and Mr ThesisWhisperer with it: I bought my first new car at 50 – a Tesla. Now, four years late…| The Thesis Whisperer
So it’s the end of another year already… that one went fast didn’t it? In July 2025, Thesis Whisperer will be 15 years old. Does this mean I am now a bratty teenager instead of a …| The Thesis Whisperer
I’ve been working with Claude, an AI assistant from Anthropic, for about a year. We’ve become… close. People laugh when I call Claude my ‘work husband’. I’m not really joking. Like a good work spouse, Claude is always there to help and never gets tired of my stories. Claude cheerfully does the tasks I hate, ...continue reading.| The Thesis Whisperer
I’m experimenting with using the bullet journal notation style as a complement to my existing way of tracking tasks, making notes, and so on.| v4.chriskrycho.com
Don’t let other people keep you from doing deep work. Use your calendar’s tools to carve out time for things that are genuinely important—not just what others think is urgent.| v4.chriskrycho.com
Assumed Audience: people already persuaded of the value—at least to some extent—of “getting things done” strategies and having an idea of what you accomplished over the course of the year. A few months ago, I described my current workflow for tracking what I do every day, using Bear. I’m still doing that, but I’ve made one small tweak that makes for a much nicer experience, and I figured I’d write that up for anyone else who’s thinking about using Bear in a similar way. The ma...| Chris Krycho
Career tip: for every day, week, and month, summarize the things you accomplished.| v4.chriskrycho.com
Improve your fundraising productivity with 13 strategic hacks designed to help you work smarter, not harder, and raise more money.| Get Fully Funded
Ok, it wasn’t a fancy academic book, but still… I want to share how we did it, and what we learned about generative AI in the process, but first some context. For a long time, my friend Profe…| The Thesis Whisperer
I’m working on the second edition of ‘How to fix your academic writing trouble’ with Katherine Firth at the moment. We’re doing a new chapter on writing process, specificall…| The Thesis Whisperer
In May 2023, Eirini Tzouma asked me participate in a panel on Neurodiversity at the Durham Centre for Academic Development post graduate research conference. Sadly, I had prior commitments, but we …| The Thesis Whisperer
Hace ya un par de años que escribí por primera vez en este blog un artículo sobre el método Getting Things Done de David Allen. Ahora, en mi estudio de cómo conseguir estados de concentración y creatividad, recupero la propuesta de Allen porque, como decía en ese último post: Lo que me gusta del planteamiento…| Innovation for Social Change
The best way to turbocharge your productivity is to develop the right habits. Here are 21 habits that will massively boost your productivity in 2025.| Productive Blogging
I’m on sabbatical for the next three months and have committed to doing a literature review on neurodiversity and PhD study. Ugh. I hate doing literature reviews. I’m just going to say …| The Thesis Whisperer
Writing a thesis or book is an enormous task that takes years and involves reading hundreds, sometimes thousands, of books, papers and articles. At the same time, you must produce your own words an…| The Thesis Whisperer
Hey, before I start this post, I’ve got a couple more events coming up at Cambridge if you are around: On 11 July we are holding a forum for ThinkLab at Cambridge for PhDs and PostDocs who ar…| The Thesis Whisperer
Happy new year friends! They say how you spend NYE night sets the tone for the year. If that’s the case, I’ll be eating Indian takeaway with my girlfriends and going to bed at 9:30pm. I…| The Thesis Whisperer