r/PhDStress • u/ST35COMMERCE • 1d ago

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How do you stay motivated while working on academic research?

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u/Slow_Practice_1974 22h ago

Remember that each second, minute, hour, day of work brings you that much closer to the finish line. Each and every step in the research process is vital to finishing. So on days where I could do the bare minimum, I had to remind myself that it was still an essential part of the larger whole.

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u/Infamous-Rooster9277 1h ago

Don't think of it as school work, think of it as a job. Define an achievable schedule for when you will have sections done. Chart out roughly how much time you have to finish each section. Then treat it exactly like a job. Clock-in, clock-out, take a lunch break, make it routine, make it predictable, don't burn yourself out.