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Practical guides for ambitious study and thoughtful technology
Plan your next academic step, build a study system that fits real life, protect your wellbeing, and explore technology and its environmental impact.
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Start with the question you are trying to answer. Each collection brings together practical guides, honest experience and carefully updated resources.
01 · AcademiaPhD & Academic LifeApplications, supervisors, proposals, interviews and the realities of doctoral study.
02 · LearningStudy & University LifeStudy systems, wellbeing, money, motivation and the practical realities of university life.
03 · TechnologyTech Guides & CareersPlain-language guides to coding, technology, learning routes and building a career in tech.
04 · SustainabilitySustainable TechGreen software, efficient devices, AI energy use and lower-impact digital choices.
05 · WellbeingWellbeing & ProductivityThoughtful approaches to focus, burnout, routines, motivation and sustainable progress.
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Simple, practical templates for organising research and turning an overwhelming week into a workable next step.
PhD & Academic Life
Clear guidance for deciding on a doctorate, finding the right opportunity and navigating the work once you begin.
Also useful: realistic ways to make money in grad school and creating an academic website.
Study & University Life
Build workable study systems while navigating the practical, financial and personal realities of university life.
Continue with: succeeding in online classes and starting to study when motivation disappears.
Tech Guides & Careers
Understand the field, choose a learning route, build useful skills and navigate the realities of a career in technology.
Explore careers: starting a green-tech career, sustainable product design and being a better ally to women in technology.
Sustainable Tech
Research-aware explanations of how software, hardware, data and everyday digital choices affect energy, resources and emissions.
Go further: ten climate-tech fields and career paths, the right to repair and Green IT vs climate tech.
A few useful starting points
Some thoughtful reads and practical guides from across Arianna Danielle.
From the Unsustainable interview series
Conversations worth watching
Researchers, artists and educators talk about the work behind the ideas—how they learn, create, investigate and build more thoughtful ways of living.
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About Arianna Danielle
Arianna originally created this site from her experience of postgraduate study, learning to code and building a life in London. Her first-person history remains hers. The site is now owned and editorially reviewed by Brett Stadelmann, who updates guides for accuracy, clarity and practical usefulness.