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• The Experiment: How to Get Things Done

  You sit down to write your thesis – and suddenly you just have to do something else: wash the dishes, pour yourself a glass of water, chat with a friend… Starting a daunting task can be so scary or unpleasant that we don’t get to it until the last possible moment. For this article, I’ve tried out some of the most popular – and at times contradictory – advice to help all the procrastinators out there, from frog-eating to muscle-pumping.

  08.04.2025

• The Experiment: Best Ways to Deal With Burnout

  This year, the usual winter energy drop just didn’t seem to want to go away for me any time soon. I also noticed that no tasks brought me joy anymore, I was almost always tired and almost never fulfilled, and everything had just sort of lost its point. A quick Google search later, I realized these symptoms looked suspiciously like burnout – and decided to do something about it. So I turned to the trusty internet to try out some common tips on dealing with burnout. Below is the result of my little experiment, which can hopefully act as a burnout prevention kit for anyone who also finds themselves struggling.

  25.03.2025

• Experiment: Applying For 200 Jobs in One Day

  The job market is rough. According to the Russian job posting service HeadHunter, it usually takes at least 2-3 months to land a job. In an attempt to speed up the process, I decided to test a modern solution to the problem – a job-hunting bot that allows you to apply for hundreds of listings in seconds.

  12.11.2024

• The Experiment: Facing My Fears

  I asked my colleagues to write a list of potentially scary things I could do – and then tried doing them all in just one day. Did conquering these fears make me fearless? Read on to find out.

  05.03.2024

• The Experiment: Digital Decluttering

  To tell you the truth, I never considered digital clutter that much of a problem – at least not before I actually tried getting rid of it. It was only after several failed attempts and lots of frustration that I began taking it seriously – seriously enough to make digital decluttering a week-long project. And this is what I’d like to share with you.

  15.12.2023

• The Experiment: Testing Internet’s Top Advice for Beating the Fall Blues

  In this story, I’m saying no to any weather- or season-related sadness with a mixture of tips found in a quick googling session. Do they really work? Find out with me as I brave cold showers and snuggle in wool sweaters. 

  24.10.2023

• The Experiment: Bucket List Summer

  We don’t know about you, but we’ve come across dozens of “summer bucket lists” online – they were almost begging us to try them out. So that’s what we did: took some items off random lists online, added our personal touch, and set off on adventures – big or small. Below, you will find our accounts of what happened next, which we hope will inspire you to run an experiment of your own this August.

  04.08.2023

• The Experiment: Fix Your Sleep Schedule and Stay Sane

  Have you ever tried to get your sleep routine back on track? For me, this has been a trial-and-error process for years. Lately, I think I finally hit some solid ground. Now, I’ve documented my weeks-long journey, ranking popular get-better-sleep tips so you don’t have to make my mistakes. Here’s my story.

  17.02.2023

• Building Work-Life Balance From Scratch as a Translator Applying for a PhD

  Having repeatedly found myself unable to fall asleep because of the list of things to do at work and at home, as well as the burning regret over things I am failing at, I decided to set off on a journey towards a more balanced life. Can I learn to prevent burnout and frustration and establish boundaries between work, PhD aspirations, and a relatively active personal life? Let's see what my week-long experiment taught me.

  15.10.2021

• Friday Experiment: Attempting to Write Every Day

  Whenever life tries to get the better of me, I always find myself either with a pen and a random notebook, the first I could lay my hands on, or, lately, in front of a white blank Word page. So, when November presented me with plenty of homework, a Master’s thesis experiment, and a dozen other projects, I knew what was coming – and tried to make good use of it.

  20.11.2020