Showing posts with label stress. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stress. Show all posts

Saturday, 8 November 2014

Procrastination and the Research Student

There is nothing quite like the feeling of being a postgraduate research student. Of course coursework assignment deadlines and exams bring with them their own distinctive form of panic driven anxiety that robs you of your social life and much needed sleep. But this is usually short-term. The experience of a research student is unique; it is a faint yet constant pressure that gradually eats away the soul.