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Tag: habits

Working out why something works

As someone who had a pretty efficient work-life balance system, before COVID made everything happen on a computer in my … More

habits, planning, productivity, rest, self care, structure, teaching

Academic ‘disaster scripts’ in a time of disasters

Inger just wrote a really good post over on the Thesis Whisperer blog, about how, right now, we are in … More

emotions, habits, horror, productivity, students

Getting back into writing after a break

Often candidates and researchers come to talk to me when they are trying to get back into academic writing after … More

academic writing, bread making, habits, PhD

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 … More

habits, hack, lists, productivity

But what if I don’t wanna?

One of the biggest challenges for PhD candidates, and any writer, is motivation. There is little external motivation beyond ‘getting … More

academic writing, habits, hack, health, PhD, productivity
A red cabbage

Red Cabbage OR [Insert quote here]

One of the joys of my job is being allowed to ask academics, ‘How do you write?’ The answer, often … More

academia, Drafting, Editing, generative writing, habits, Writing

Writing ‘tics’

You may have noticed by now that I am big on drafting.  This weekend I was at Thesis Boot Camp … More

Drafting, generative writing, habits, Writing

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