by thetendingyear | May 8, 2018 | Graduate School, Habit formation, Productivity, Project Management, Time Management
Academics usually welcome the end of the school year: we tie bows on old projects and send them off marked “done” (or “grades submitted”), and we finally get to set personal goals for summer. However, as the Spring semester came to a close, old fears started to bubble...
by thetendingyear | Apr 16, 2018 | Graduate School, Mindfulness, Productivity, Slow Living, Workaholism, Writing
When I was a teenager, I would write a poem in one sitting, always declaring it “done” after a few hours. I enjoyed then and still enjoy having something concrete to show for my work. Since then, I gathered many more tools that help me to envision writing poetry as a...
