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This is quite useful. Thanks

Thanks for this, I found it really helpful in thinking about how to prep for mine!

Oh dear, this Thursday in your video...I can relate so much rn.

Great look!

its deffo a job if they pay you

Hey nice contents. I am coming to University of Salford , for PhD computer sci. I am kind of worried about how to balance work and school can you give me some heads up?

I did time logging to see how close I was sticking to my schedule and for me Thursday was blah as well.

Great presentation. Given your topic I assume your supervisor is Barry Smyth a good friend of mine and a keen runner. I’m also a CBR pioneer - Ian Watson - keep up your enthusiasm

GREAT AND EASY WAY TO UNDERSTAND, STEP BY STEP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

Thanks for this vedio! It Describes exactly what i feel. I should submit a paper to a conference in the next couple of days. But I suddenly STOPPED doing anything. I feel so bad. I decided to skip this submission. Mental health is more important. I guess I’ll take a deep shower and re-organise my drawers and closet instead 😂😢

Aaah, you make me cry. Sorry, man. YOU CAN DO IT AND YOU WILL !!!!!!!

Helpful. Thank you

Mini-retirement sounds well-deserved, but true, you've got to prepare for that.. good luck✨and I loooove your new hair!!

This was done 4yrs ago, yet so helpful even today. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. ❤

If you haven't already made a video on this, I'd love to see how you take a larger project and break it down into individual tasks. Your Shakespeare course sounds fantastic - I'd love to hear how you get on, if that's something you'd feel like sharing.

love your video. I'm a fresh PhD student. KEEP doing this pls

LOVING THE HAIR!! And fab video as always! :)

I have my pre-Ph.D interview tomorrow. Thanks for sharing yours. I was googling about PhDs and interviews and was glad to find your channel.

Watching this video I’m like the blonde looks great. But looking in the mirror I’m like no. Maybe it’s just very photogenic haha

Honestly, the hair is 10/10. Also, thank you for this video as I found some inspiration in it to organize my summer 🙏 Often I have ideas but feel helpless at tackling them.

Wow, I started to watch this video because of your hair, you are so pretty, so elegant with this new hairstyle 😍 100/100 I swear

It looks very pretty! I love it😊

Wow your hair is beautiful ❤️ too bad you don't like it but it suits you a lot

I think it looks great! But I understand not liking new hair even if everyone says they do 😅

I AM surviving day by day....Daily To Dos for ME 🙂

I love this video. It was very helpful

Just found your channel and loving your videos and advice and tips. The areas discussed here are in alignment with HB90 and trying to include your current priorities, realistic time for your goals, time and wiggle room for built in days off or buffer days, taking all the reasons you mentioned into account allowing for a flexible structured plan to work toward your goals. Again, thanks for sharing your views, thoughts and tips. ❤

I loved your video and your system! Did you stop using your daily planner?

I use mainly use notion for planning. Like you, I only write main events that are guaranteed. Personally I do like the to-do list but it is very flexible. There are a list of things to do and they are done throughout the day no particular order. And I track how long it takes for each activity so I can see how I am spending or wasting time. Lol. I like the errands list. Taking that one. I tried choosing my clothes before, but I always wake up and change my mind. Lol. So I just choose on mornings. Same for breakfast. Generally I know what I have in the fridge based on the weekend shopping, so I just eat something depending on my mood. Lunch and dinner are always set since they are meal prepped.

I'm planning the same way like you do and even use the same tools in a similar way. What I do differently though: I set myself a work block, and a private block (for cleaning, errands, ....) each day (which would correspnd to your deep work block). Then I go to my tasks in notion and order them by priority. It is not important to me to get all the tasks done but rather I work as long as the clock tells me to and when I stop I have at least finished or begun the most urgent ones. This makes me feel accomplished and calm. 😉

This might be a silly question, but could you please tell me how to get the lovely pastel colours in your Google calendar? I can only access these really garish ones for some reason 😅

I love what you said about decision fatigue and getting dressed. I plan and set out my outfits for the week on Sunday. Turns out the decision of what to wear was enough to get me to not get out of bed.

An important note that burnout is often chronic and requires months of recovery. In this video I was at a point of burnout while not being able to fully stop working so some of the strategies here provide a useful bandaid but will not be enough to address the longer term issues. Hence what I’m talking about at the end of the video

Your videos are motivation to me. I don't always have time to watch them right away. I am in my fourth year of PhD and have been facing a lot of burnouts lately, and recently office politics and issues between my supervisor and my other collaborating author has driven me to sort of shut down completely these past couple of days. Thank you for your video❣

Hello. Nice video outside of the PhD content which I’m here for. On another note, when and how did you start your acting school? As far as I know from your channel you are a computer major. So how/why did you decide to do a PhD in computer while having your acting school business?

I love how you really set yourself as an example. I do a lot of brain dumps, too. Thanks for sharing!

When you have husband and kids, you won't be able to follow your daily plan anymore. =(

This video is great! Love the new microphone. It’s so amazing that you do this AND a finished PhD while growing the business more than 5x. Excited to watch the next chapter 😊

Cool look into what you’re doing now and interesting to learn more about the business!

PhD research in Geology : czcams.com/video/wRcCYQyEGcU/video.html

This is a surprise for me, I didn't know you did this other than the PhD! I like this format a lot, I've just started preparing my first acting course for beginners which I want to host in my town in September. Since I get almost zero roles at auditions and I was thinking about what to do now that my philosophy master is over (and my thesis was on the paradox on the actor), I came to the realization that I would love to teach acting in schools and associations so this will be my first solo experiment. In the meantime I also want to continue writing my novel and better my languages but that's OT lol. I also wrote a play in the past and I was directing and acting it with some of my colleagues but we had to stop the project because of COVID. That's when I realised I have leadership skills and I would love to teach acting as well. I love challenging projects! So you're an inspiration in that sense I must say 💛 please let us in whatever you do!

For those following along with the fault series this was a recent one - filmed this week! For those watching the vlogs I’d love to know what other parts of my life you’re interested in seeing!

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Well done. After finishing your PhD, you might not talk about it as much afterward. Therefore, perhaps changing the channel name to something like 'Research & Productivity' might be a good idea.

Well done, no small task. Great to hear the positives of the Viva, esp that if youre at that stage you should expect a pass.

Thank you for this. Will have a VIVA to pass in 2026! 🎉

Loved this video! Especially someone who graduated with their Masters recently, really great overview here.

I've just finished my master and I can relate so hard. I had this thesis on my mind for years bc I had to stop for 1 year for health issues and before that I had put the master kinda on hold to pursue a different path. I liked a lot writing the thesis even though it was difficult and now I kinda miss it. I dared to write something original and at times I thought I was crazy why did I do that lol. While I was rehearsing my speech and all I was very sick and worried I wouldn't be able to go for my big day and my tutor was the head of this big uni. I was freaked out and my speech sucked. But when I was there everything went super smoothly and I did my best speech lol. It's a weird feeling now, I feel relieved and empty. I'm scared of the future.