How I create long hours of Deep Work - PhD student

Hi👋, today I want to talk a little bit about deep work and how I try to optimise for it during my day, hope you enjoy ❤️.

00:00 - Intro
01:36 - Know thyself
03:36 - Clear goals
04:19 - Be flexible
05:04 - Mind-body connection

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🙋‍♀️ Hi, my name is Charlotte Fraza a second year PhD student in Computational Neuroscience at the Donders institute in the Netherlands. With this Channel I hope to teach the world about Computational Neuroscience and give current and prospective students the tools to enter this field. I hope you enjoy the videos ❤️.

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[universalcomputation]

I've discovered through the years that procrastination works well for deep thinking. Basically, when I have a problem I need to work on, I have learned not to rush my response. Sometimes this is so I am not angry while responding, and the additional time allows me to calm down and provide a more rational response. But, it also gives me time to think about the problem overall. So, by procrastinate, I am not necessarily advocating for people to be lazy, but to realize that taking some time to think over a problem is helpful. Then, as my deadline approaches, the deadline then allows me to focus and put my thoughts together, after I have been basically sitting on the issue, rolling the thought over in my mind, for awhile. In my younger days, for some reason, I was always in a hurry to respond or get some work done. As I am getting older, I appreciate a certain amount of laziness as an effective means to get things done.

[vanessamarleysea]

Love this video! Thx for outlining the importance of movement and mind/body connection 🙏

[Bendmich]

Currently working on my deadline, this is very welcome advice. Thanks, Charlotte!

[shenkathirraj]

Love the video! Have read the book deep work myself and wanted to get more insights because it has been a while!

[xavierperez]

Thank you for always putting up these videos and sharing your experiences with the subject at hand, I greatly appreciate it. Currently I just enrolled in school again after ten years since my last class in academia. Going for my Bachelor’s. Which is just…crazy on my end. These videos and you, especially, are a huge comfort, like a warm blanket and a cup of hot chocolate or tea. Thank you again 🥰♥️.

[ShyamDas]

Hi Charlote. Thanks for sharing your Valuable tips to be focused. I am a post doctoral researcher. My research area is mathematical and computational epidemiology and ecology.

[danielamicallef]

Thank you for this priceless video. Inspiring and goal-oriented. I wish you luck with your Ph.D. Regards from Malta.

[pugazhenthi]

Hi, thanks for uploading this video. It is very helpful!

[madagascar]

Wow. LOVE this video. It’s straight to the point and efficiently explained.

[mishrr]

Always something good to learn from you. Somehow we match in thought process without me reading books

[tanvir]

Every video inspires me and edges me on to apply back into school. I appreciate you Charlotte! I’m going for french-bilingual psychology school for the bachelor of science in neuropsychology stream. Emphasizing coding and mathematics early since the last time I went to university was 3.5 years ago. Hoping to eventually pave my way into computational neuroscience, but first my approval towards this backup plan is set for Winter 2023.

[morganeua]

Great video, so clearly laid out, thank you!

[FutureproofFoundations]

From my personal experience, if I happen to extend my usual period of study, i get exhausted and skip it the next few days, so I'd say stick to the plan, but that's me.

[TheRoosevelt]

I really love watching your videos 'cause it makes me feel I'm not alone in this PhD journey. By the way, I start to write a new book about ecofriendly print, so if you could share some tips about writing books, I'll appreciate it. Thanks and cheers from Guayaquil :D

[alicaputriazzahra]

Hi Charlotte thanks for sharing about your knowledge if you want to know you're my study role model. I want to be as great as you in the future!

[ladyshady]

I must say my deep working hours changed with diet and body weight. The less I weight, the longer in the evening/ night I am able to work.

[ronaldonunes]

Thanks for the tips. It would be nice if you gave some tips about how to study computational neuroscience books.

[Leinard.theSage]

I think you may find the work of Daniel Pink a lot congruent with what you just talked about here. I think his work ties into the section you call "Know Thyself". You would like it.

I'd look Mason Curry up. I have never heard of her work in the area, although I've encountered the concept of "Flow". Thanks so much.

[Faisal.]

Brilliant, I loved the “know thyself” idea. Although that schedule has in a weird way, something really wrong, it sounds like unable to flow unless you are unemployed, I mean where is the 8 hours daily work?

[einekleineente]

For me the pomodoro timer works best 😊