A Student’s Journal

I have been terrified of writing. Some of the thoughts that are feeding this fear are: There is not point, you are going to fail. Even if you write the contribution is going to be too small almost insignificant so I lose the incentive and motivation to write, the reward is inconsistent with the emotional… Read more

Today I got completely sidetracked by other things that came up during the day and I still have not managed to work on my thesis… which ended up creating a wave of anxiety… I am actually still trying to work on some of the other things that I have been doing, but I felt that… Read more

I find it funny that yesterday, towards the end of my study session, I felt that I was actually able to generate some content that can be very valuable for my thesis, and I also had some ideas about what to read next in order to develop a more concrete theoretical framework. I even thought… Read more

I find it hard to come up with something specific to write this morning. I felt like I had a productive day yesterday, but somehow, I find it hard to recall exactly what I read and how it was relevant for my research. Maybe all I need is a little push… To be honest, although… Read more

Today, I decided to move the writing of the blog post at the end of the day. Although I did some reading yesterday too, I felt like the weekend slowed down my thinking process , and I couldn’t come up with something to write about before actually finish the chapter that I started reading on… Read more