Thanks for putting it far more eloquently then I my brain had
Gimpness
You have also lead to me implementing Secret Weapon by mentioning it here.
EDIT:Having now done this for 6 months I can attest to sticking to it and it very much being helpful for both checking on what I have done that day and planning for future days. Will keep doing it
I am under the impression that a lot of those Brain Training games you may find won’t work as claimed i.e. those (Luminosity etc) that claim working memory improvement --> intelligence improvement/cognitive improvement.
Here is a relevant meta-analysis of such (haven’t been able to get an original copy have just read through this article
Tis a shame cause I watched the same program and got excited but decided to investigate before I paid up for it.
Could you go into a little more detail by what you mean by recovered from depression and what aspects of CBT assisted the most?
I work at a University as a research assistant in the Biology Department and I am currently studying part-time in a masters of Biostatistics. One of the main reasons (apart from enjoying it) why I began to take statistics seriously was due to a) most of the PhD students lack of knowledge of statistics and b) complete and utter ugh-fieldness in having to do statistics.
I think your reasoning is good (though that just maybe cause it aligns with mine) just don’t forget how many companies/corporate jobs there are for data-science now especially when the money seems very good. I have come to the opinion that going into academia via the “traditional” route is flawed and most definitely not for everyone (see shminux’s comment) i.e. PhD → then madly applying for very competitive (depends on field but mostly true?)post-doc positions ->even more competitive faculty job -rinse repeat. Perhaps that’s just my hesitance as it seems to be a path of continual narrow specialization with unequally increasing competitiveness.
Wasting time fixing a problem rather then starting a fresh i.e. biology/genetics—rather then just ordering in new primers(oligos), reagents(Taq, nucleotides etc) wasted a few weeks trying to find out which specific component was faulty. All the components are not very expensive while time tends to be—especially for scholarships.
Mine went “See if someone has already stated what you want then up-vote them, OP and be done with it”
Have you tried using WolframAlpha? If you get the pro subscription (~$66 per year - ~$45 a year for students) you gain access to their step by step solutions and unlimited problem generator. I am currently studying a Masters of Biostatistics (which has a heavy calculus section) and found this service invaluable.
Examples http://i59.tinypic.com/2yuniv9.png http://i60.tinypic.com/c5i7n.png
Fourthing the exercise habit. A good tracker I have found to stay at it and for confidence building is Fit-o-Cracy