My Academic Journey

Even though, I am an introvert, I miss my colleagues enormously. I like being around people, even if it requires more energy than staying by myself. But enough of the background information. Currently, I enjoy working from home. This is how I get science done from my home! Most of the things that work here, are likely to work later at the office. Try some of them out! :)  My alarm went off before 7AM. I do my daily Duolingo practice and get out of bed. Then I head to the yoga mat. Time for some morning yoga of 10-30min. Then it’s time for breakfast. The work day starts by taking over a part of the kitchen table. When I am ready, I set up my Pomodoro application on the phone and start by either planning the day or checking what I have planned. One the road to productivity (c)FotoJan My first productivity “secret”: Pomodoro. It is a technique helping with concentration and with remembering to take breaks. Brains are muscles just like other parts of the body. ...

Have you also found the amazing low priced external programs (like  LSE ,  Stanford ) and certificates on  Coursera  and  Edx ? Vaasa winter 2016, (c) Jan Gustafsson There is lot of supply but are the programs really seen as good as the internal programs? Presently, I have been trying to find trust-wort opinions about LSE external programs for curiosity. I found an article from guardian but it was sponsored by the program. However, the article underlines that not all clever people can or want to participate in collage life. There are no doubt that combining work and studies is tempting - or a must. And for some intelligent individuals don't get access to the higher education.  Shai Reshef TED 2014  presents a virtual university that solves many of problems in attendance. Even the Economist has raised a thought that colleges have unnecessarily high tuition rates: "Some of its [Harvard] alumni think this ought to be sufficient to scrap...