Hiya Thanks for visiting my blog. I'm a PhD student trying to figure out PhD, my self - body and mind, motivation, spirituality - higher purpose, producti...
They say that we must aim to reach for the stars and that even if we fail, we will fall on the moon. But that harms mental wellness. once doesnt like to feel the feeling of failure. Setting the right goals and achieving them builds confidence and integrity. so in order to reach the lofty goals, we need to break them down into the smallest part. For my case, if I set a goal of wanting to become a…
During the pursuit of my PhD, roughly, I would say 90% of the time I have been interested in things other than my PhD topic, and only 10% in my topic. I have been working on my topic under last-minute pressure and when I have no choice. In my free time, I have been interested in learning to cook, more for self-preservation than for the joy of cooking. I have been deeply interested in geopolitics…
What I have noticed when engaging with social media such as Instagram, X (Twitter), and YouTube is that these sites, especially with their feature of reels - the unstoppable upward-scrolling video clips- induce a kind of brain fog. These video clips hook your mind with bait, which could be something that endears you, enrages you, or educates you. You come off feeling like you are learning or that…
a day has 16 hrs of waking hours. at the end of the 16th hours sleep will start coming. I have noticed this for the past 2 years. you cannot fight it. when I was younger, I could stretch this 16hrs to 18 maybe even 24 but that was when I was working in shift systems. Then I have noticed that the body needs 4 meals in those 16hrs evenly spaced. at first I thought the body needed high quantity of…
there is this nagging feeling everyday, since the last 2 years, and perhaps since many decades. this nagging feeling is one of connection, wanting that 'so, whatchu upto' feeling, to check up on someone or have someone check up on me. usually intense work numbs this feeling. instagram, youtube and other media, flood this emotion. but when things lull again, this feeling is back. speaking to family…
to complete a big project, to stay on track to use the available time effectively and not waste it with spurious activity work backwards. set the date of submission or completion clearly. say its next monday, then count backwards how many days that is, and work to finish it in those next 7 days. but to not loose steam, set a deadline that by 9am tomorrow you will finish the task. then work…
Currently I'm subscribing to the following AI tools to help me with my learning in PhD as well as completing my task deliverables. I want to leave this as a record here and later come back and do an evaluation of which works best. grammarly - for correcting english grammar writing, checking for AI generation of text. grok - supergrok subscription from XAI for learning economics and other subject…
Its already Friday, I have not completed any tasks. Positives: Have been able to incorporate meat into my diet, this has helped me get enough energy to keep me active in this cold weather environment. and have been able to settle down to sleep between 2am and 10am. and found real productivity gains after I blocked instagram, youtube and x from all my devices. Can be improved: got really into AI…
Any if the social media features such as reels, tictok, shorts or which ever name they call it is nothing but a slot machine. Similar to the slot machines in vegas, these reels are designed to give you all you want emotionally. A cliffhanger of a moview, a funny joke, sometime suggestive anything and every thing that you desire from entertainment. What they have realised is that they can keep…
Anyone who thinks this is just broken in their head. If there is any one person who has to retire, it is Gautam Gambhir. If he takes Ajit Agarkar along with him, it will be a great day for Indian cricket. How can a man with so much ego that he doesn't want existing cricket stars to shine and thinks he wants to build a balanced team even be allowed to go forward? I don't know what political game it…
I have been noticing that any time I use Twitter or X, I get this sense that I am missing out, or that I am behind people, or that I am unable to catch up to the latest trend. Someone is doing something more cool than me in the professional sense, and someone has found out this secret or the answer to a long-standing problem. Everyone is a professor, everyone is a master-class expert, and everyone…