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2.5: Please Start Valuing Your Behind the Scenes Labor
Although we often think of things like publications, presentations, and dissertations as outcome-based, their behind the scenes labor can take physical, emotional, mental, and psychological tolls if we do not acknowledge them as labor.
2.4: Diminishing Returns (Less Is Best Series)
Before we jump into the blog post, I want to quickly let you know that I’m currently accepting new one-on-one coaching clients who want a little extra guidance with changing their productivity habits. You can read more about my coaching practice here and book a...
2.3 The Recovering Workaholic’s Guide to Taking Breaks
I'll celebrate six years of sobriety this coming March. I often say that the switch in my brain that should tell me when I'm sated (the one that helps other people stop after two drinks) is busted. Addiction isn't fun. Or it seems fun, until it's not. Once the...
2.2: How to Use Lists to Tackle a Big Project
While this blog post will teach you how to use three different types of lists to maximize your productivity, it will also show you something more important: how to find focus and feel calm while making deliberate and meaningful progress on the most mountainous of projects.
2.1: Why You Should Theme Your Year
I’m rolling 2018’s guide word “tending” into 2019 because I continue to be fascinated by its duel impetus—to tend to: taking responsibility or care of something & to tend to do: developing habitual actions or beliefs. But, I’m also bringing in another one: garden....
1.52: Lessons From 2018
I can’t believe that I have been writing The Tending Year for 52 whole weeks! I started this blog for two reasons: I had some big goals, but I wasn’t sure how I would ever accomplish them on my own. The potential of helping others through similar obstacles by...
1.51: Reflection: Whys and Hows
Since December’s theme is Looking Back, Looking Forward, it would be silly not to include a post on reflection. The instruction to reflect holds strong across academia, business, and self development. Yet, regardless of its value, many of us fail to actually do the...
1.50: 2018 Goals Check In
Before I share my progress on my 2018 goals, I want to take us waaaay back to The Tending Year’s introduction post. Cue flashback chimes music: Over the next year I’ll use this space to record my practice of improving my life via the concept of tending. I knew I...
1.49: How to Handle Aversive Tasks
I fancy myself a productivity researcher on paper and in practice, which means I’m always looking for new ways to accomplish tasks with efficiency, grace, and as little stress as possible. Although I’ve developed strong practices when it comes to planning my weekly...
1.48: Social Media with Intention and Awareness
I’ve been busy on Instagram: I posted a short get-to-know-me via leopard print and my self-care tips were featured on the Self-Care in Grad School page. I’ve been allocating some of my podcast minutes to learn how other creatives and coaches are using Instagram to...
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