Great video. I used to get stressed out not doing enough in a day that what I planned. Usually when I take a day of work and want to do lots of things for my own personal projects. But honestly, I now set my daily goals so incredibly small. It's just to get me started and everything else is a bonus. For example, if I want to edit a YT video, I just say the objective is to get the files off the camera and imported into a premiere timeline. Then before I know it, 4 hours later and I've edited the whole thing. But I'd still be happy just getting the files off the camera and imported to premiere.
Ah, setting tiny goals is a reeeally great idea. I guess, "read just ONE page of the book," would work, but then, once I'm in it, I'll start getting inspired and keep going! (Or not and then I'll know it wasn't meant to be!)
@@morganeua That's it! I learned this idea when writing. When you finish for the day, start the next sentence but leave it incomplete. So when you look at it next you find it easy to just complete that sentence, and it starts to put you into the flow. I do it with the app I'm building all the time. Works like a charm.
Omg the built up expectations for daily productivity - I am so guilty of that! Have never heard anyone on academic/productivity youtube bring that up (or even irl lol why do we not talk about this stuff??). I really needed that validation esp today as I lie here taking a break from my philosophy reading after a day of feeling unwell, and feeling guilty for feeling unwell.
I Working alone is hard! You should consider joining The Accepted Society. It’s an amazing group of academics who virtually work together twice a day during the week (you can join and leave at any time during one of the workshops). It’s helped me with my loneliness SO MUCH and it’s such a supportive community. II love your videos. They are so helpful and thoughtful. I’ve learned from each one. Thanks for sharing all your knowledge!!
💕 a day in the life if Morgan! Surprisingly, you day is an awful lot like a day in the life of a professor on sabbatical, which is me! You hit the nail on the head about the flexibility of time. It is a blessing and curse at the same time. I’ve definitely wasted many days and had to learn to be more disciplined. Also, I’m like you about writing in the morning. I’ve learned to save tasks like lesson planning, creating slides for class and doing email to the afternoon. Those tasks don’t take as much mental concentration or mental energy so I try to never do them before 2PM. Sometimes, I have to check email but I only respond to true emergencies earlier and flag the rest for later. This has helped me make better use of my 3-5 PM lull. Great filming!
Several Short Sentences is such a great book! I’d also recommend Draft #4 by John McPhee as a great book on writing. I’ve also really enjoy everything Cal Newport talks about in relation to Deep Work, thinking, and writing.
Oh man, thanks for that video! Was probably the best Day in the Life video I've ever watched, seriously! ;) I'm writing my master's thesis at the moment, which is nothing compared to a PhD thesis, but I still have many of the same difficulties you described...definitely going to look into the books you recommended and trying a Kanban board!
I've now read into most of the books, and the one by Joan Bolker is so, so helpful and encouraging! Really motivated me today to get back on track. Thank you for the recommendation!
It's such a delight just to be with you, albeit via video! Re: PhD, you gather and assimilate existing knowledge about the topic, see commonalities, contradictions, you synthesize all of that.....so how and at what point does a new insight emerge?
❤️ Two answers: 1) Finding a connection or contradiction that hasn't been found before IS a new insight! 2) Throughout that process new insights are forming. If a line of thought grabs my interest or seems potentially fruitful, I'll stop reading and start writing to see what emerges!
@@morganeua That is a good place to start. Ambercrombie does some incredible world building and character studies. Another would be to check out when you want a long haul series is "The Malazan Book of the Fallen" by Steven Erickson.
Hi, Morgan! Your wall on 7:48 says "стена", and that means "wall" in Russian (I presume you know this already). Surprised to see that ;) Wanted to thank you for your video on Obsidian and Zettelkasten, it was super helpful! Although this method is way more time-consuming - it takes me sooo looong to transform what I read into a consistent note - I now like it more than my previous note-taking routine in Notion.
This is helpful! Good to know you also have your own struggles in doing your PhD work, and some of them surprisingly also resonate with me a lot. This motivate me to start working now.
that book clutter can be gone via e-reader. also you can highlight quotes in the ereader with notes u can type in the ereader, and transfer that later as text to your obsidian.
You really are such an inspirational and helpful person for me. I am doing an anti doctoral program. Because of health concerns I cannot likely do an actual PhD so Iam doing one in deed alone. But you put me onto the obsidian groove and that was a huge boon. Sometimes I startat 3am others I start at 6am but the key for me is planning. Thanks.
Love the idea of an anti-doctoral program! Or maybe an "undoctoral" or "nondoctoral" would be more accurate terms? The "deed" is the most important part! You will learn a lot in that process even without having the institution backing it!
@@morganeua I am Social Calculus, take a peak, Energy = caloric metabilism were the sum of glucose transfer in Brain area... Idea, Situation, Personality... Borrowed, (behavioral momentum is the base) Should I go with Neural net or self other others? Dope Calli, so anyway behavior becomes functionally mathematized into a computer to predict ukrains, intervene, and decist them... thanks Justin ={}
Could you make a video on your favorite youtubers that helped you through your student life? I'm still trying to finish my undergrad thesis and I really could use the extra motivation
You are fabulous! Either you are a fantastic editor, or you are just incredibly poised in front of your camera. Your delivery is really great. Thank you for the book recommendation. I have already started reading it and LOVE it.
@@BobLucore Oh my gosh! I'm so glad you love it!! I just think it's so WISE and I will refer to it every time I edit now, I think! I wish every undergrad had Klinkenborg in their head when they went to write an essay!
Excellent! Love your content. Please feel motivated. It would also be nice if you could posta link to your published article, even if it's the preprint version, before final publication!
Thank you for this, i find it brilliant. I hope many Phds watch it and benefit from your insights. Which year are you in? It took me ages to realise that when i force myself to work, work that usually would take me 5 Minutes in the morning will take me 30 Minutes, when i am tired and worn out. Then its time to drop everything and go for a nice long walk through the park.
Absolutely, a walk is a great way to refresh the mind! I'm in my fifth year 😊 "Good standing" in my university is 5 years, and mine will probably take me about 6!
I don't know why most of the English youtubers talk a lot unnecessarily before coming to the main point. People do watch videos expecting the details given in d thumbnail to be addressed...but many youtubers perhaps feel that people hv ample time n interest to go on watching them n listening to there unnecessary bla bla 😀😂
Hm, not exactly. And sometimes while I'm transferring book notes I get a bunch of ideas and I have to stop transferring notes and start writing down my train of thought instead. And I want to let that thought happen if I'm feeling inspired, so it's never a straightforward process for me 😛
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Great video. I used to get stressed out not doing enough in a day that what I planned. Usually when I take a day of work and want to do lots of things for my own personal projects. But honestly, I now set my daily goals so incredibly small. It's just to get me started and everything else is a bonus. For example, if I want to edit a YT video, I just say the objective is to get the files off the camera and imported into a premiere timeline. Then before I know it, 4 hours later and I've edited the whole thing. But I'd still be happy just getting the files off the camera and imported to premiere.
Ah, setting tiny goals is a reeeally great idea. I guess, "read just ONE page of the book," would work, but then, once I'm in it, I'll start getting inspired and keep going! (Or not and then I'll know it wasn't meant to be!)
@@morganeua That's it! I learned this idea when writing. When you finish for the day, start the next sentence but leave it incomplete. So when you look at it next you find it easy to just complete that sentence, and it starts to put you into the flow. I do it with the app I'm building all the time. Works like a charm.
Omg the built up expectations for daily productivity - I am so guilty of that! Have never heard anyone on academic/productivity youtube bring that up (or even irl lol why do we not talk about this stuff??). I really needed that validation esp today as I lie here taking a break from my philosophy reading after a day of feeling unwell, and feeling guilty for feeling unwell.
i spend most of my day either reading or walking around my garden ruminating about what i should be doing instead. you're doing great!
Ah, we should all always make time for walking around a garden. It sounds lovely!
I Working alone is hard! You should consider joining The Accepted Society. It’s an amazing group of academics who virtually work together twice a day during the week (you can join and leave at any time during one of the workshops). It’s helped me with my loneliness SO MUCH and it’s such a supportive community.
II love your videos. They are so helpful and thoughtful. I’ve learned from each one. Thanks for sharing all your knowledge!!
💕 a day in the life if Morgan! Surprisingly, you day is an awful lot like a day in the life of a professor on sabbatical, which is me! You hit the nail on the head about the flexibility of time. It is a blessing and curse at the same time. I’ve definitely wasted many days and had to learn to be more disciplined.
Also, I’m like you about writing in the morning. I’ve learned to save tasks like lesson planning, creating slides for class and doing email to the afternoon. Those tasks don’t take as much mental concentration or mental energy so I try to never do them before 2PM. Sometimes, I have to check email but I only respond to true emergencies earlier and flag the rest for later. This has helped me make better use of my 3-5 PM lull.
Great filming!
It wasn't boring at all! Learned about kanban board and some great book recommendations. Thank you!
Lovee this video, the way you talk and the content you delivered, give me so much inspirations❤ thank you
Several Short Sentences is such a great book! I’d also recommend Draft #4 by John McPhee as a great book on writing. I’ve also really enjoy everything Cal Newport talks about in relation to Deep Work, thinking, and writing.
I think I actually read Draft 4 a few years ago, but I guess I'll have to revisit it!
The idea to collect beer stickers is so wholesome. Thank you for this amazing video - I hope you enjoyed your ice cream!
Oh man, thanks for that video! Was probably the best Day in the Life video I've ever watched, seriously! ;) I'm writing my master's thesis at the moment, which is nothing compared to a PhD thesis, but I still have many of the same difficulties you described...definitely going to look into the books you recommended and trying a Kanban board!
I've now read into most of the books, and the one by Joan Bolker is so, so helpful and encouraging! Really motivated me today to get back on track. Thank you for the recommendation!
Just came across your channel it is amazing!! Lovely to meet a fellow PhD/researcher channel! Great videos, great topics too!
It's such a delight just to be with you, albeit via video! Re: PhD, you gather and assimilate existing knowledge about the topic, see commonalities, contradictions, you synthesize all of that.....so how and at what point does a new insight emerge?
❤️ Two answers: 1) Finding a connection or contradiction that hasn't been found before IS a new insight! 2) Throughout that process new insights are forming. If a line of thought grabs my interest or seems potentially fruitful, I'll stop reading and start writing to see what emerges!
Working my way through a masters program and thesis. Seeing your walkthrough is very informative. Thank you. Nice to see Joe Abercrombie on the shelf.
😁 I haven't read any Joe Abercrombie yet, I JUST picked that one up! But I'm very interested in trying out the "grim dark" genre.
@@morganeua That is a good place to start. Ambercrombie does some incredible world building and character studies. Another would be to check out when you want a long haul series is "The Malazan Book of the Fallen" by Steven Erickson.
Hi, Morgan! Your wall on 7:48 says "стена", and that means "wall" in Russian (I presume you know this already). Surprised to see that ;)
Wanted to thank you for your video on Obsidian and Zettelkasten, it was super helpful! Although this method is way more time-consuming - it takes me sooo looong to transform what I read into a consistent note - I now like it more than my previous note-taking routine in Notion.
Yes, I'm trying to learn the language, so I have labeled stuff all over my house! Like, растение and банан, etc 😂
This is helpful! Good to know you also have your own struggles in doing your PhD work, and some of them surprisingly also resonate with me a lot. This motivate me to start working now.
Great! Now I just need to get motivated to work... 😝
Yes please some videos about the book "a few short sentences about writing," would be great.
that book clutter can be gone via e-reader. also you can highlight quotes in the ereader with notes u can type in the ereader, and transfer that later as text to your obsidian.
You really are such an inspirational and helpful person for me. I am doing an anti doctoral program. Because of health concerns I cannot likely do an actual PhD so Iam doing one in deed alone. But you put me onto the obsidian groove and that was a huge boon. Sometimes I startat 3am others I start at 6am but the key for me is planning. Thanks.
Love the idea of an anti-doctoral program! Or maybe an "undoctoral" or "nondoctoral" would be more accurate terms? The "deed" is the most important part! You will learn a lot in that process even without having the institution backing it!
@@morganeua I am Social Calculus, take a peak, Energy = caloric metabilism were the sum of glucose transfer in Brain area... Idea, Situation, Personality... Borrowed, (behavioral momentum is the base) Should I go with Neural net or self other others? Dope Calli, so anyway behavior becomes functionally mathematized into a computer to predict ukrains, intervene, and decist them... thanks Justin ={}
@Social_Calculus I'm not spamming I swear I saying hello World...
Thanks for sharing this daily routine! Too many things to do in one day! I am not at the writing yet but your videos are very helpfull!
Could you make a video on your favorite youtubers that helped you through your student life? I'm still trying to finish my undergrad thesis and I really could use the extra motivation
Ugh, such a good idea! Can dooo!
You are fabulous! Either you are a fantastic editor, or you are just incredibly poised in front of your camera. Your delivery is really great.
Thank you for the book recommendation. I have already started reading it and LOVE it.
Ooh, which book did you pick up, Razorblade Tears??
@@morganeua Several Short Sentences About Writing! Sorry, I completely got distracted by it and forgot that you recommended more.
But, today, I also got a copy of How to Do Nothing.
@@BobLucore Oh my gosh! I'm so glad you love it!! I just think it's so WISE and I will refer to it every time I edit now, I think! I wish every undergrad had Klinkenborg in their head when they went to write an essay!
I think I have my obsidian vaults in Dropbox and can access from anywhere.
Excellent! Love your content. Please feel motivated. It would also be nice if you could posta link to your published article, even if it's the preprint version, before final publication!
Yes, I'll share a link to the article once it's published! It shouldn't be too long before it's up, maybe a month or two :)
@@morganeua looking forward! 😀
Thank you for this, i find it brilliant. I hope many Phds watch it and benefit from your insights. Which year are you in? It took me ages to realise that when i force myself to work, work that usually would take me 5 Minutes in the morning will take me 30 Minutes, when i am tired and worn out. Then its time to drop everything and go for a nice long walk through the park.
Absolutely, a walk is a great way to refresh the mind! I'm in my fifth year 😊 "Good standing" in my university is 5 years, and mine will probably take me about 6!
I definitely relate to being disappointed for not achieving a goal I never concretely set in the first place. Weird! Why do we do this? 😅
Hahahaha, EXACTLY!!
Don't forget to set aside time for omphaloskepsis! :D
Oh, for absolutely sure! 😝
I don't know why most of the English youtubers talk a lot unnecessarily before coming to the main point. People do watch videos expecting the details given in d thumbnail to be addressed...but many youtubers perhaps feel that people hv ample time n interest to go on watching them n listening to there unnecessary bla bla 😀😂
Do you give yourself some time limit for transforming your book notes into thoughts in obsidian?
Hm, not exactly. And sometimes while I'm transferring book notes I get a bunch of ideas and I have to stop transferring notes and start writing down my train of thought instead. And I want to let that thought happen if I'm feeling inspired, so it's never a straightforward process for me 😛
@@morganeua 👏👏👏👏 thanks!
Do you have a Goodreads account I can follow?
i like you
weird question but, what watch is that?
A Garmin Instinct! I love it :)
Omg. You are so cute. Great video 👍
Ugh