The PERFECT PhD daily schedule and clever habits!

I really love the realistic and more importantly, ACHIEVABLE daily goals you laid out. 2-3 hours of REAL hard work daily will put you a head of the curve if you choose to follow it religiously. Thank you for not pushing the 12 hours/day myth.

Meditation steps are the best

Wait so at what time should i wake up in the morning?

I've watched a lot of your videos and this is one of my favorites: lots of solid advice. Well done! Thanks!

Thanks so much! I am not working for my PhD, but I have been in a rut in my debate class. I think these tips and the schedule will really help me get back in my groove. 👍🏼

Read 10 articles in an hour? 😅

Wow your content is great !!!!

Weightlifting I find to have meditative properties and plus makes me better and improves my ability to control my muscles. Running is not the only exercise out their. :)

accepted my PhD in Law… piece a cake

Thank you !

Hello Dr. Andy thank you 🌟

You are right , i also found a good schedule and habits very helpful. And if I don’t start the worst task of the day it takes my energy thinking about it .

Mind Amend channel is great for music that you can work with.

My tips regarding nutrition:
Fruit and veg, mushrooms with some eggs and some FULL fat dairy/cheese with a coffee gets my brain going sharp and keeps me full well into lunch where I will have some carbs (because I workout after work) and if I'm working out in morning carbs at dinner! Also GO FOR A WALK OUTSIDE

For me the gross anxious activity IS the emails 😂

. . . and get a good bowel movement every day!

Thanks Andy!

6 months away from submission. Been regularly weight training 2-3 times in the gym for just over a year now. Single best thing I started doing for my mental health without a doubt. Wish I discovered it sooner. At the moment its the only part of my routine I actively enjoy and look forward to.

I am wondering about why 1.5 hours instead of 1 hour in the schedule.

i am not doing PhD, but this apply just the same for IT Jobs.

Hi Andrew ... thank you. today is the first day, I missed my walk and meditation first thing in the morning, which I usually get it done by 7:30am. Have ben diligent for the past 15 days. It is over 34 degrees in Wagga and the only way around this is go to the gym!

Right now am steeped in preparing for Comprehensive Exams, but I'll be implementing this for writing my dissertation. It's great and very doable, and I love how you've emphasized quality of work time over quantity. I think where a lot of grad students and even academics get lost is in glorifying the amount of total hours they're working and wearing these like a badge of honour rather than focusing on working smart.

Thank you very much for your advices!!!!!! You are like a coach for me! Even my professor hasn't helped me so much such as you! Thank you again!

Great advice. I wish I found this video 10 years ago when starting my PhD. I think you can apply the same schedule for established scholars, just add an extra block of admin or meeting with students somehow.

Turn up, work hard; check everything, respond positively to criticism; listen to your supervisor.

Thank you so much. I think I’ve stumbled on some of these habits but it’s important to hear them articulated. I’m resolved to make them my tools for creating good work! second semester of a four year PhD just started. Trying to not let overwhelm creep in. 😊

Thank you.

Ordering stuff for the lab in the afternoon? And you talked to whome? Where I did my PhD no company or university secretary answers their phones after 13. If you don't do your admin work until 13h you will not be able to do it.

Helpful tips... Thanks Prof

Great video! Super informative and I love the white noise website

I'm 2nd year into my PhD. Is it too late for me? 🌚🙈

Thank you so much for this. I am not doing a Ph.D., but have been struggling with my master's thesis. These tips apply to it too. Thank you for sharing and it's good to know that everyone can have challenges with this.

Thank you Andy.

This came up on my feed and I saved it to watch it. It is like you were standing behind me and grabbed my shoulders and gave me a good hard shake. Such amazing information. It already made me think of things I should be doing to make this happen, and things I have been putting off for ages, like learning software! Thanks Andy you deserve a medal!

No the key is to work like a working person. Start at 0600 hrs work through to 1800 hrs . Then you can go to the gym, then party guilt- free and have the weekends off completely.

Love it! Thank you.

Watching as a dropout. Seems like luck in advisor is huge in getting a PhD

Into my 4th of 8 semesters going for my professional doctorate in clinical nutrition. Any nutritionally-dense carbohydrate (fruits, veggies, whole grains such as oatmeal) will be great energizers that boost your immune system and keep you well. Plus knowing that you are doing your body a favor will certainly boost mental health!

Thank you Andy, I'm having lots of trouble with R&D motivation at the moment but since I found your videos I have taken your advice on board and find it is changing the way I'm doing things.

you are a life savior

Ive been binge watching your videos in prep for not my PhD but for my honours. I am also hoping to use this information for my PhD assuming all goes acourding to plan. So thank you!

your videos are perfect.... Really very helpful

Haven’t submitted my MSc dissertation yet. I’ll submit at the end of the week. And start applying for a PhD 🙀🫶

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the 1.5 hour writing blocks are a good idea