PhD Sessions: Cultivating Awareness to manage Time better - In-Person

Cultivating Awareness to manage Time better

We all appreciate a good time management ‘hack’ and there are many good tools for managing our productivity. In the session we will take a step back and look at how simple awareness of the present moment can help us reduce anxiety while being productive. We will explore the practices that might help us with the time management tools we use and how being kinder to ourselves makes us more efficient.

How does it work?

Reflective practice is about taking time to explore an event or theme, for example, managing time, group dynamics, or motivation. Each person has time to look at their own challenges and opportunities. This is done with other research students. You will be able to hear how other people are approaching similar concerns.

Each session has a theme that we explore together. The next theme is: Cultivating Awareness to manage Time better

Who is it for?

• PhD students
• who want to talk about their experience of doing research
• who would like to hear about how others are handling the issues.

Some testimonials from previous attendees

"A nice way to look back at events in our day to day life and have a different perspectives to get over them."

"It's worthwhile to shut off from work and reflect on your experiences over time."

"It is valuable for all PhD students to have a chance to talk things through."

"It is a way of thinking/being integral to surviving a PhD which isn't taught anywhere."

"A safe space to talk about my problems with someone from outside, that's not related to it."

"Writing things down helped me"

"I found it useful to have time window assigned entirely for oneself to speak and be listened to."

"It is a useful platform for discussing my situation and receiving constructive feedback and course of action from the group."

Host or Publisher Chaplaincy Multi-Faith Centre, Imperial College London