by thetendingyear | Aug 6, 2018 | Habit formation, Productivity, Project Management, Technology, Time Management
The word “doozy” gets a bad reputation. We use it to emphasize the scope of things that tax our energy, as in Whoa, that 3-hour meeting was a doozy or That final exam was a doozy; I hope I did okay. But the actual definition for doozy is “something very good of its...
by thetendingyear | Jul 16, 2018 | Productivity, Project Management, Time Management, Writing
My focus for July is Intention. I’ve been practicing new habits and perspectives so I can bolster intentions that align with my values. One of those values is my fascination with productivity. I love researching it, practicing it, and blogging about it, but sometimes...
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 | Mar 27, 2018 | Productivity, Project Management, Time Management, Workaholism
I’m focusing my March posts on Conscious Input and Output, and Week 13 is all about Perspective. I’ll be honest: I almost changed my topic halfway through last week to Stress, because I was under a lot of it! I’m going to offer a double whammy analysis of stress via...
by thetendingyear | Jan 29, 2018 | Habit formation, Productivity, Project Management, Technology, Time Management
Coming down off of a week of mindful consumption, I was aware that I did have focus and energy to spare on the things I wanted to do. But, it turns out I wasn’t quite sure how to put those into practice in a way that would boost my productivity without kicking up too...
