Start making Done lists instead of To-do lists
I’ve mentioned ‘done lists‘ before, but as it’s the beginning of the year, I thought it was time to remind you about them. In January,
I’ve mentioned ‘done lists‘ before, but as it’s the beginning of the year, I thought it was time to remind you about them. In January,
Someone whose work I really appreciate is Jo Van Every (@JoVanEvery). She has written a lot of blog posts (for example Juggling 101: Elements of
We all know academic writing “shouldn’t quote Wikipedia”… but what we often get wrong is why it’s not ‘the done thing’. The real reason isn’t
Perhaps you feel like your year swings into productivity and then out again. Perhaps you are aware of all the wobbles and adjustments you are constantly having to make. Perhaps sometimes you need to reach out for support. Maybe sometimes you fall off balance and have to quickly get back up again. These are ways that people talk to me about balance–and they suggest that they are therefore ‘bad at balance’, ‘unbalanced’. But actually, this is exactly how bodies and minds should balance.
When I started going to the gym (see Exercising Like a Girl parts 1 and 2), one of the things that was kind of weird,
So How to Fix your Academic Writing Trouble has just arrived in the publisher’s warehouse, which means it’s nearly ready to send out into the world! (Want
Last week I wrote about what a full-time study load looks like, and how to plan your time so you get the most out of
When I talk to PhD candidates about how they plan their time, this is one of the challenges that I hear come up over and
When you start a PhD, you are doing something you’ve been practicing for a long time, studying, and you’ve shown you are really good