Sometimes, a PhD, a relationship or a part-time job just seem too much, and nothing is working:(
Take several deep breaths, let your shoulders drop, be with yourself for a few minutes. Let go of the frustration, fear or anger, and everything will work out for your growth. Smile, pick yourself up and take one small action towards being the best version of yourself (something you’ll be proud of yourself doing).
Your current condition may be challenging. See the lessons for you to learn, appreciate it, show up and be the best of yourself, create the perfect situation in your mind and believe you’re on your way…
I love the book ‘As A Man Thinketh’ by James Allen. So let me share this piece of wisdom with you:
“Here is a youth hard pressed by poverty and labour; confined long hours in an unhealthy workshop; unschooled, and lacking all the arts of refinement. But he dreams of better things; he thinks of intelligence, of refinement, of grace and beauty. He conceives of, mentally builds up, an ideal condition of life; the vision of a wider liberty and a larger scope takes possession of him; unrest urges him to action, and he utilizes all his spare time and means, small though they are, to the development of his latent powers and resources. Very soon so altered has his mind become that the workshop can no longer hold him. It has become so out of harmony with his mentality that it falls out of his life as a garment is cast aside, and, with the growth of opportunities, which fit the scope of his expanding powers, he passes out of it forever. Years later we see this youth as a full-grown man. We find him a master of certain forces of the mind, which he wields with worldwide influence and almost unequalled power. In his hands he holds the cords of gigantic responsibilities; he speaks, and loves, lives are changed; men and women hang upon his words and remould their characters, and, sunlike, he becomes the fixed and luminous centre round which innumerable destinies revolve. He has realized the Vision of his youth. He has become one with his Ideal.”
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oin the Complete Your PhD Course. I’ll show you:
- How long do I need to complete each section of my thesis?
- How can I stay motivated to work on my research?
- What strategies can I use to work more effectively?
- Which technologies will help me the most?
- How can I get unstuck from writer’s block?
- When should I submit my thesis?
- What can I expect at my viva?
Get ready to complete your PhD on time with joy!