by thetendingyear | Feb 5, 2019 | Dissertation, 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 | Productivity, 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 | Jan 22, 2019 | Productivity, Time Management, Workaholism
Welcome to the first installment of the Less is Best Series! I love mantras. They help me manifest structure from whence there was none by blending principles with guidance and still leaving breathing room for interpretation. In addition to my 2019 theme word...
by thetendingyear | Jan 15, 2019 | Productivity, Time Management, Values, Workaholism
I’ll celebrate six years of sobriety this coming March. I often say that the switch in my brain that should tell me when I’m sated (the one that helps other people stop after two drinks) is busted. Addiction isn’t fun. Or it seems fun, until...
by thetendingyear | Jan 8, 2019 | Productivity, Project Management, Time Management, Uncategorized, Writing
Before I get into this week’s awesome topic, “How to Use Lists to Tackle a Big Project,” I want to remind everyone that one of my goals for The Tending Year in 2019 is to build a mailing list and share my once-a-month updates with you there! You can...
