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Undertaking a postgraduate research journey is a big endeavour and can quickly morph into a very time-hungry activity. As a consequence, there is an ever-present need to find slots of time to devote to your research and ensuring you are producing outcomes directly focused on your goal. Intriguingly, most postgraduate students talk about the importance of ‘managing time’ when, in fact, the true heading should be ‘managing oneself’, because in most circumstances, we are the chief architects of our own time-abuse. Accordingly, this chapter reviews and discusses strategies for managing your time during your postgraduate research journey, such as: identifying key results to be achieved, planning and prioritising, setting specific outcomes for work sessions, staying focused, having a good work environment and organised work methods, as well as controlling distractions.
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Cooksey, R., McDonald, G. (2019). How Should I Manage My Time?. In: Surviving and Thriving in Postgraduate Research. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7747-1_6
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