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A few things you may encounter during your PhD…

Procrastination \Pro*cras`ti*na"tion\, n. [L. procrastinatio: cf. F. procrastination.]
The act or habit of procrastinating, or putting off to a future time; delay; dilatoriness.

We all do it…At least to some extent…Find out Why? and How not to! ub-counseling.buffalo.edu/stressprocrast.shtml

Stress Stress \Stress\, n. [Abbrev. fr. distress; or cf. OF. estrecier to press, pinch, (assumed) LL. strictiare, fr. L. strictus.
1. (Mech. & Physics) The force*, or combination of forces, which produces a strain; (*where Force=Supervisor)

Stress \Stress\, v. t. 1. To press; to urge; to distress; to put to difficulties*. (*where difficulties=PhD)

For those who are STRESSED OUT as can often happen during your PhD, there are a myriad of websites devoted to this. For example:

Stress Tips : www.mdx.ac.uk/www/study/Stretips.htm/

Boredom \Bore"dom\, n. 1. The state of being bored, or pestered; a state of ennui.

Not that any PhD Student should ever be bored…..but just in case this site called www.bored.com contains links to all those websites you always wanted to find, but never knew were there (or perhaps too bored to care) including Music, Games, Romance, Humor, Weird, Dumb and Fun sites.

Anger \An"ger\, n. [OE. anger, angre, affliction, anger]
1. Trouble; vexation; also, physical pain or smart of a sore, etc. [Obs.]
2. A strong passion or emotion of displeasure or antagonism, excited by a real or supposed injury or insult to one's self or others, or by the intent to do such injury.

Anger Tool kit : www.angermgmt.com/measure.html

Are you emotionally intelligent?

To succeed as a student - and in all walks of life - you need to be not only academically minded but have emotional intelligence. Do you have it?

Quick test: www.utne.com/interact/test_iq.html
Longer test (and lots of other psychological tests you can take): www.queendom.com/tests/

Some other cool sites...

Energex Lightning Tracker http://energex.com.au/community/lightning_tracker/asp/lightningtracker.asp

WhereIs Online http://www.whereis.com.au/

WorldTime Server http://www.worldtimeserver.com/

The Hunger Site http://www.thehungersite.com/

How Stuff Works.com www.howstuffworks.com