by thetendingyear | Sep 11, 2018 | Personal Development, Values
School has started. I’m working a new job. I’m dissertating. I’m feeling very motivated to start building new habits and boosting my mood, and I’ll be researching and practicing tools this month that will help me to achieve September’s blog theme: Live the Life You...
by thetendingyear | Sep 4, 2018 | Productivity, Project Management, Time Management, Workaholism
I learned a new productivity method last week that upped my efficiency, time management, and left me feeling positive and relaxed. I know it’s hard to imagine that a simple productivity tool could pack such a big punch, but the Must-Do Method really is that good. What...
by thetendingyear | Aug 28, 2018 | Dissertation, Productivity, Writing
Way back when I was an English major in undergrad, I waited until my very last semester to satisfy my math requirement via a freshman-level “Intro to Logic” class. Although I anticipated that learning math (or was it philosophy?) would be a total snorefest, I found...
by thetendingyear | Aug 20, 2018 | Mental Health, Mindfulness, Personal Development, Values
Let’s get one thing straight: I already know that you are good enough. You probably think that I am good enough, too. I also bet that sometimes you don’t feel like you’re good enough, because I know sometimes I sure don’t. The self development realm is practically...
by thetendingyear | Aug 14, 2018 | Dissertation, Graduate School, Writing
I spent last week in Los Angeles working with the Lisa Ben papers at the ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives. I was one of nine (out of 60!) applicants awarded a 2018 LGBTQ Research Fellowship, courtesy of the ONE Archives Foundation, Inc. Spending five days...