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 | Mar 19, 2019 | Dissertation, Graduate School, Productivity, Project Management, Time Management, Writing
Even more revision! Welcome to part two of my How to Revise series! Last week’s post, 2.11: How to Revise (part 1), taught you how to tailor a revision plan specific to who is evaluating your revision and based on what they (and you!) value. I also discussed the...
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 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...
