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 | 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...
by thetendingyear | Oct 16, 2018 | Dissertation, Graduate School, Habit formation, Mental Health, Project Management, Slow Living, Time Management, Workaholism, Writing
Do you ever try to start your creative engine and feel like you are met with the mental equivalent of sputters, grinding gears, and high pitched screeching? Do you ever begin a project eagerly, only to find yourself saying “there is no way I’ll ever be able to...
by thetendingyear | Sep 18, 2018 | Dissertation, Graduate School, Project Management, Writing
My theme this month is a fun one: live the life I want to live. In brainstorming for last week’s focus, I asked myself two questions: What do I want? What do I need to do to get that thing? Unsurprisingly, my answers hearkened back to one of my main goals for The...
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...
