Just popping into the blog to say that Level Up your Essays, the new book with Inger and Shaun, is…
How not to be your own micromanager
A couple of weeks ago, I actually did that thing on a Monday where you look at all your emails,…
Bento box Boundaries
So often people talk about ‘boundaries’ like they are unfortunate, negative, limitations. ‘Having boundaries’ is all about saying ‘no’ and…
Should you love your PhD?
You might love your PhD. Or you might have been told you are supposed to love your PhD. And love is weird, and complicated. PhDs are messy and complicated. Let’s talk about feelings.
3 breathing exercises before you start writing
Want to feel calm, get fired up, or find a balance? Give yourself 2 minutes and some mind control of your lungs, you can do it!
Looking back as Research Insiders reaches 200 posts
I started this blog (under another name) about nine years and over 200 posts ago… that’s a long time on…
How do you co-author 3 books in a year and not lose the plot?
In 2019-20 I was writing 3 books with other people (publication ranged from Nov 2019 to March 2021, but this does not reflect the writing or editing period of the books.) The books took between 9 months and 3 years to finish, and all of them overlapped in a great crash.
Is 2021 the year you finish your thesis?
Look, the true answer is ‘probably not’. I’m not being discouraging here, I’m talking about cold hard maths. Here are 10…
Not forgetting everything you did last year
So I love a good plan, and a good schedule, and a good daily resumé/done list. I keep track of…
The 5 stretches that kept me going during my recent final book edit
This year was the year of so much editing for me. Having two books coming out a few months apart meant that I had barely submitted responses to one set of edits than the edits for the other book would arrive in my inbox (sometimes I could count the breathing space in hours). It was tough for my brain to stay focussed, but it was also tough on my body.
