The Graduate School Success Blog Archive
Graduate school can feel like a lonely, isolating, and overwhelming place. Did you know that over half of all graduate students report feeling depressed and anxious? It’s pretty common to lose motivation, feel like you aren’t good enough, and worry about succeeding in graduate school. It doesn’t have to stay that way, though! While graduate school is never going to be easy, there are many things you can do to get through graduate school with less stress. If you are ready to learn tips and tricks to help you succeed in graduate school, then grab a beverage, settle in, and decompress with these time management, productivity, and motivational strategies and pieces of wisdom to help you succeed.
Being Productive: 5 More Ways to Avoid Killing Productivity
“Focus on being productive instead of busy.”– Tim Ferriss Ahhh, life as a graduate student! You’re thrown into the deep end, responsible for being productive across a variety of tasks and schedules with little to no training, and wondering why you signed up for this in the first place. People get certifications in project management to be able to do this professionally, but as a graduate student, you are expected to figure it out on your own. If you are lucky, you might have an advisor who can share some tips for being productive, but most of the time, it’s…
Motivation in Graduate School: The Mythical Fairy
The Graduate School Motivation Myth: It will just come to you I’m sorry to disabuse you of this motivation myth, but there is no Graduate School Motivation Fairy that is going to come along and bop you on the head with her magical motivation wand of productivity. There just isn’t. Every time you’ve felt motivated it has been a result of the self-talk you’ve been doing, your inner dialog working with motivational factors in the environment to make you feel energized and productive. That’s because motivation in graduate school isn’t a passive experience. If you are sitting around, waiting for…
Productivity Killers: 5 Self-Sabotaging Behaviors of Graduate Students
As a graduate student, you are responsible for managing your own productivity. You can be responsible for everything from conducting literature reviews, passing statistics classes, conducting research, to grading undergraduate exams. All these activities add up, and it’s not uncommon for graduate students to fall behind, feel overwhelmed, and want to give up. Worse, it’s not like a class in productivity and time management was a required credit. If you are really lucky, maybe your advisor can give you tips to handle the new workload, but often it’s up to you to figure out a system for productivity that works…
Wishing You the Best in Your Academic Success,
Dr. Cristie Glasheen, Your Graduate Student Success Coach.
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