Abel Polese

Senior Research Fellow at Dublin Central University

Researcher, trainer, writer, manager and fundraiser

Did your productivity under lockdown increase? Nope, I was busy staying alive, but I learned a lesson or two on mental health

Being “better off” than others does not mean “feeling good”. I still needed to make efforts to preserve my mental health. I thus tried to make up for the lack of social interaction by doing this set of things.

The hidden perks of bad supervision

I was back to the initial situation; none of my advisors believed in me. But I learnt that you need only one person to believe in what you do and that person is you. Eventually, luck comes to those looking for it.