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 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 28, 2018 | Dissertation, Productivity, Writing
Way back when I was an English major in undergrad, I waited until my very last semester to satisfy my math requirement via a freshman-level “Intro to Logic” class. Although I anticipated that learning math (or was it philosophy?) would be a total snorefest, I found...
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...
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 | 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...
