time-management (3)

Essential apps to manage graduate school life

As an undergrad, I mostly managed to get by without writing down my commitments and assignments. In my first year of grad school, I started experimenting with different methods to organize my time because I wanted to do lots of things and my brain couldn’t…

By Irina Kuznetcova

It's time to stop procrastinating on your writing. Here is how.

The first time I had to write a conference presentation proposal, I sat down, stared at the blank Word document and felt my thoughts crawling away in a million different directions. Damn, how hard can it be to write 5 pages? I mean, all you…

By Irina Kuznetcova

A simple trick to make flexible schedule work for you

Imagine if your day today looked like this: Not too bad, huh? There’s plenty of free time to get stuff done, and you can complete tasks in any order. Want to work out before class? No problem. Hang out with friends all day and work…

By Irina Kuznetcova