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 | Dec 4, 2018 | Habit formation, Mindfulness, Personal Development, Productivity, Project Management, Time Management, Writing
I fancy myself a productivity researcher on paper and in practice, which means I’m always looking for new ways to accomplish tasks with efficiency, grace, and as little stress as possible. Although I’ve developed strong practices when it comes to planning my weekly...
by thetendingyear | Oct 30, 2018 | Habit formation, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Personal Development, Slow Living, Workaholism
Before I realized that my willingness to overcommit myself was clogging my system and draining my emotional/mental/physical resources, I took a lot of pride in the bursting capacity of my to do list. With that pride came lots of negative self talk, crankiness, and a...
by thetendingyear | Oct 2, 2018 | Chronic Pain, Dissertation, Habit formation, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Personal Development, Productivity, Writing
The idiom “can’t see the forest for the trees” refers to the anxiety we experience when we get caught up in minutia at the expense of seeing the larger picture. But what about the inverse, when we feel overwhelmed by the vastness of the task at hand, doubting our...
by thetendingyear | Sep 25, 2018 | Mental Health, Mindfulness, Personal Development
This month I’m focusing on Living the Life You Want to Live. It’s no surprise that I want to live a happy life. We all do, don’t we? In that pursuit, I’ve committed to healing from chronic health issues, paying off debt, and writing a whole freaking...
by thetendingyear | Sep 11, 2018 | Personal Development, Values
School has started. I’m working a new job. I’m dissertating. I’m feeling very motivated to start building new habits and boosting my mood, and I’ll be researching and practicing tools this month that will help me to achieve September’s blog theme: Live the Life You...
