I used to do something similar. But instead of cards I’d just write blocks of notes in an exercise book and the cross out the blocks as I wrote out my text. I’m too disorganised to be able to cope with loose cards.
Whenever people ask me want I do for a living, I often switch between"I'm a student" and "I'm doing my phd". The first feels like I'm a skilled 30 year old, and the second feels like I'm an smart snob. @phdlife
Are you an academic researcher, PGR, or post-doc who is feeling overwhelmed and burnt out? Here are some tips (courtesy of the wall in my office) on how to improve your physical, mental, and social well-being!
Just being a newbie in writing for academic journals, how bad is it if reviewer 1 is like "great idea, well written, but x,y,z need some more attention", reviewer 3 is like "nice work, interesting points, though I miss a,b" and reviewer 2 is like "I thought this would be good but it's meh, you're too far from this journal's standard and why would this be novel cuz don't see it." ? @phdlife@academicchatter
Oh yeah. I have a 10k word count limit, already at 9993.
@LizEllisPhD@Marrekoo@phdlife@academicchatter I know, right? And isn't it scary how little consensus there is? When I get both raves and rants from reviewers (which is often) it makes me wonder how legitimate the whole enterprise is...
Currently writing an article that should be 8,000 words. I am now at 17,000 and I, as a beginner in professional academic writing, need some advice. I know I am the kind of person who thinks through writing. This means that I have probably written a lot that can be cut and left out.
But how do I learn to write reasonably lengthy papers? I swear I thought my topic and questions could be addressed in 8,000 words. I had an outline ... with word counts per section. Still, it went completely off the rails.
the best writing style varies, a lot, depending on the individual
that is my contention
so it is good to try different approaches, but if an approach doesn't work for you, then you should really try another approach
@natalie@academicchatter@phdlife@phdstudents I also tend to think through writing, and I routinely write 2-3X the word limit and then edit things down to size. It's not ideal, certainly, but I don't anticipate developing new habits at this stage in my career. The good news is that, if you save all the 'extra' material you can often repurpose it for other projects.
Hi everyone! The Church of Mormons has a monopol on historical records, they can only be accessed through one of their churches in person.
This WILD
Does anyone know a workaround? #research#histodon#BlackMastodon@phdlife
@SchwarzRund@phdlife
More importantly, FamilySearch does not have a monopoly on anything. Every government-issued record they microfilm and/or scan comes from a government office, which still retains the originals & can also index or digitize them if budgets permit.
Identify trusted publishers for your #research
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If you have some semblance of organisation of your files and use a lot of PDF and markdown files (#obsidian) or #notion, check out Khoj. It's an insanely easy app to have either a local (LLAMA) or API LLM (ChatGPT) query your materials and talk about them. Setup is mostly done in the UI. It's search is really good too. Game changer as it helps reassure me that I am not missing things in my complex file tree.
Don't push yourself. It comes naturally with practice. You try to solve a problem, google it, find an answer, copy it, then you have the same problem and do it again, then again, and the next time you already remember how to do that and what functions to call.