by thetendingyear | Mar 12, 2019 | Dissertation, Graduate School, Productivity, Project Management, Time Management, Writing
Ah, revision. We know it is essential for improving our creations. We know it works. Yet… we struggle to actually do it. I’m not here to shame you, because Goddess knows that is the opposite of my jam (PS: did you know that “jam” is a term gay...
by thetendingyear | Feb 19, 2019 | Dissertation, Productivity, Project Management, Technology, Time Management, Workaholism, Writing
Momentum & Writing Update I know you’re wondering what “batchotasking” is, but I want to share another update on this month’s theme, momentum. Want to learn how to gain momentum in your own writing? Check out my 2.6 blog post. I hit 55%...
by thetendingyear | Feb 5, 2019 | Dissertation, Graduate School, Habit formation, Productivity, Project Management, Time Management, Writing
I spent January reading hundreds and hundreds of letters, poems, stories, lyrics, sheet music, photos, official documents, hand written notes, and other texts and images from the Lisa Ben papers. I had photographed these documents during my visit to the ONE National...
by thetendingyear | Jan 29, 2019 | Dissertation, Graduate School, Productivity, Project Management, Time Management, Values, Workaholism, Writing
It’s standard in the world of academia to register clout by outcomes such as publications, degrees, grades, awards, job offers, or tenure. These outcomes symbolize an individual’s personal and scholarly successes, which we assume they earned via...
by thetendingyear | Dec 11, 2018 | Chronic Pain, Dissertation, Habit formation, Personal Development, Productivity, Values, Writing
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...
by thetendingyear | Nov 6, 2018 | Dissertation, Graduate School, Project Management, Writing
I usually open the semester by asking my students why they are taking my Composition course. A handful of students will share that they are genuinely excited to improve as writers, but the most common answer I receive is “because I have to.” My university requires all...
