Ask yourself these questions: How often do you write? How long is your typical writing session? What counts as “writing”? Had you asked me these questions earlier in my career, I probably would have responded: (1) Not often enough, (2) A few hours, (3) Work on a paper. Keeping track of my writing progress A …
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Leisure is not an enemy of productivity. “Half-working” is. How do you keep your working time productive? I actively schedule “non-working” days and evenings. Planning for real breaks helps me to stave off “half-working.”#academiclife https://t.co/YQjvBvNGX1 — Heather Johnson (@HthrLynnJ) December 3, 2017 By “half-working,” I mean time spent, typically at my computer, when I’m neither …
Reaching a milestone In 2016 I reached a milestone that I have been working toward for more than a decade. I earned tenure as a faculty member at a research intensive university. In 2005, when I shifted from high school classroom teacher to full time graduate student, I had only glimmers of notions of the journey that would …
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