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This chapter focuses on some of the common thoughts you may have which might ultimately lead to you accidently self-sabotaging your mental wellbeing, and how you might tackle them.
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Every year I thought I had planned my PhD a bit better and had been more realistic with timings and what I could achieve, and yet every year without fail I got it “wrong”.
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I appreciate this is not always possible financially or otherwise.
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In theory, more hours in may mean more output, but this is only true to a point. It was this “grind” mentality that lead to me directly to burnout, which was not productive in the slightest.
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Okay you got me—this is me right now. You get the point.
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Note these are items I find easier to do in my “low productivity moments”. That doesn’t mean that they are necessarily suitable for you. Think about what tasks you find easier and designate them for when you are struggling accordingly.
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Ayres, Z.J. (2022). “I’ll Read It Later” and Other Lies We Tell Ourselves: Managing Expectations and Guilt. In: Managing your Mental Health during your PhD. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14194-2_6
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