by thetendingyear | Feb 5, 2020 | Dissertation, Graduate School, Writing
My dissertation is going well. Actually, it’s going incredibly well. I’m averaging around 1,000 words an hour, and I’ve already beat my own goals for where I wanted to be by early February. Plus, I’m currently only working on my dissertation a...
by thetendingyear | Dec 15, 2019 | Coaching, Dissertation, Graduate School, Mindfulness, Personal Development, Productivity, Project Management, Slow Living, Time Management, Writing
As promised in my previous Tending Letter, I owe you all some updates! Below, I’ll talk about what you can expect from the blog and newsletter, guides and workshops, and the thing I’m most excited about: my new coaching offerings! Goodbye weekly blog post. Hello...
by thetendingyear | Oct 7, 2019 | Dissertation, Graduate School, Productivity, Project Management, Time Management, Writing
Having recently studied flow—the magical space of feeling challenged and intrigued—I decided to approach my productivity with intention for finding a perfect window of pleasure, interest, and effectiveness. I’m calling this method The Goldilocks Approach to...
by thetendingyear | Aug 27, 2019 | Dissertation, Graduate School, Productivity, Project Management, Time Management, Writing
I created my purpose worksheet for one of my coaching clients last year to aid her in developing a new structure for approaching her work sessions. Like most of us, she had a to do list, but she was struggling with what to actually DO when she sat down to work. What...
by thetendingyear | May 21, 2019 | Dissertation, Productivity, Project Management, Time Management, Workaholism, Writing
It’s about time I wrote this post. No pun intended! Pomodoro is a time management tool I’ve mentioned many time before in The Tending Year, but I thought it was high time to dedicate a whole post to it because I’ve been using it a hell of a lot to...
by thetendingyear | Apr 9, 2019 | Dissertation, Mindfulness, Personal Development, Productivity, Project Management, Writing
This method has quickly become one of my faves. In fact, I’d rate it up there alongside the Must-Do Method, which I use on the daily. I heard about the “brick by brick” method in motivational speaker Mel Robbins’s Audible original, Take Control...
