Yet another to-do list blog
Usually I keep my to-do lists as handwritten scrawls, as marginalia, as a schedule in my calendar, or I remember it. Once I’m in a
Usually I keep my to-do lists as handwritten scrawls, as marginalia, as a schedule in my calendar, or I remember it. Once I’m in a
Often candidates and researchers come to talk to me when they are trying to get back into academic writing after a long break. That break
A typical aspect of early drafts of writing by doctoral candidates is the way they are focused on defining their research question. This is important,
One of the biggest challenges for PhD candidates, and any writer, is motivation. There is little external motivation beyond ‘getting this book-sized thing done’, and
Yes, this is another metaphor about writing. Let’s see if it goes somewhere useful.
So, I’m hesitant about detailed plans because I notice that people often get stuck in them. They make a plan then have to do this
I’m not actually much of a fan of to do lists. They aren’t actually much use, in my view, at getting things done. Like planning
So reverse outlines are super simple, and super powerful. Basically, instead of writing a detailed, paragraph-level plan before you start writing, you do the writing
I’ve been thinking a lot about productivity and efficiency recently. Reading yet more articles about startups working a 4 day week/ the 4 hour work
I am a HUGE fan of writing to music. I wrote my PhD to 8 hours of Tori Amos on loop, and ‘Sleeps with Butterflies’
