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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

We build resilience through healing AND challenge

You don’t get knocked down and bounce back stronger. At least not immediately.

academia, academic culture, challenge, PhD, rest

Working over Christmas?

Longtime readers of the blog will know Research Degree Insiders is a big fan of time off — there’s a … More

productivity, rest, time management

The critical distance break

Sometimes I realise that an important idea I’ve been talking about, almost since the beginning of the blog, has never … More

productivity, rest, sleep, time management

Self care for everyone

When Audre Lorde wrote ‘self-care is warfare’, she declared that when an African-American woman takes care of herself, she fights back … More

rest, self care

Revisiting: excercising like a girl

I wrote Exercising Like a Girl back in early February, about starting out on a feminist and feminine self-care gym routine. … More

excercise, feminism, rest, self care, self disclosure

Excercising like a girl: Self-care, gyms, weights

Warning: Today I’m going to talk about going to the gym and femininity. Moreover, I’m going to talk about  my personal, embodied … More

excercise, rest, self care, self disclosure

Categorising the kinds of work you do

I’ve been thinking a lot about productivity and efficiency recently. Reading yet more articles about startups working a 4 day … More

productivity, rest, time management

An ode to sleep

This is the third post in a series on giving ourselves permission not to be perfect, which seems to be … More

permission, rest, sleep

Why everyone should stop work more often

This is the second post in a new series about giving ourselves permission. The first one is here.  Actually, I … More

permission, productivity, rest, sleep

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