You can think about doing things before the lecture as creating hooks where you later will hang your knowledge. The more hooks you have, the easier it will be to understand and remember what you learn.
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Effective Studies – 2. Your Study Place
To help you concentrate, it is good to have a special place where you study – Your Study Place. The only thing you do at this place is studying, and when you study you should always do this at this place.
Effective Studies – 1. Introduction
There are many different ways of studying. Some are more efficient than others. This post is the first in my series Effective Studies, where I will tell you my best advice on how to study effectively. Overview When you take a course, you are typically introduced to new concepts through lectures or reading a book. Afterward,Continue reading “Effective Studies – 1. Introduction”
Back to Business
The Christmas holidays are over for this year. I did not look forward to starting to work again. It turns out that it is quite nice to have a vacation. But now I have worked for a few days, and they have been some of my best in a while. I have had no meetings,Continue reading “Back to Business”
Upgrading My Home Office
I got some wall decorations to put in my home office, which turned out to be a better improvement than I expected. I highly recommend you to do something similar!
Audiobooks
Ever since I learned to read, I have loved reading books. For quite a while, there was no end to my reading. Then came high school and university. During these years, I read almost no books at all. I spent all my days reading in school and doing homework, and when I was done withContinue reading “Audiobooks”
Daily Yoga
Exercise is good for you! Yeah, we have all heard that, but it is sometimes hard to take the time to do it. I have tried running for a while, but my knee started hurting, so I don’t do that anymore. Instead, I do yoga. I use the app Daily Yoga, which I LOVE! There areContinue reading “Daily Yoga”
Chapter Summary
Last week I summarized chapter 14 (Deep Computer Vision Using Convolutional Neural Networks) of the book “Hands-on Machine learning” by Aurélien Géron for a course I’m taking. The course is based on the book, and during the course, I have evolved from knowing very little about Machine learning to feeling quite confident about it. I recommend this book ifContinue reading “Chapter Summary”
Among Us
The Corona cases are increasing every day, and everyone is working from home. For many of my fellow Ph.D. students and me, life is starting to feel quite lonely. But a few days ago someone had the brilliant idea that we should play the game Among Us. It was so fun! And it made me realizeContinue reading “Among Us”
Time planning
I attended a workshop last year that was called Finish on Time. There they talked about many tools that can help you during your Ph.D. studies to plan your time and handle stress. A tool I still use is to plan my upcoming week in detail. Each Friday, I sit down and look at my calendarContinue reading “Time planning”
Frida Heskebeck 