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Are you dropping the “eating well” ball?

Posted on January 11, 2021 by Jo VanEvery 9 Comments

A tightly packed wooden bowl of mixed chopped veg and meat is on a wooden tray with a little wooden spoon ready to eat, fuel and nourish the consumer.

During my planning classes I have participants note which juggling balls typically get dropped for them during term time. When I asked how many people noticed that they ate less well or didn’t sleep enough several people on the call responded affirmatively. Good nutrition is a foundational … [Read more...] about Are you dropping the “eating well” ball?

Filed Under: Developing a Practice, Planning, Self-care Tagged With: balance, control, decision fatigue, decision making, decisions, effort, expectations, food, habits, health, meals, mental health, planning, plans, preparation, responsibility, rest, self-care, taking responsibility

Flexibility, autonomy, and boundaries

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Jo VanEvery Leave a Comment

One of the things you love about academic work is the flexibility and the autonomy. You don't have to be in the office at 9 a.m. every morning. You don't even have to be in the office every day. In theory you could take Wednesday off to go for a nice long hike and then work on Saturday … [Read more...] about Flexibility, autonomy, and boundaries

Filed Under: Developing a Practice, Planning, Self-confidence Tagged With: autonomy, balance, boundaries, Freedom, meetings, respect, work-life balance

Boundaries, balance and the whole you

Posted on December 12, 2013 by Jo VanEvery Leave a Comment

The term "work-life balance" is out of favour. I'm not sure why. Perhaps because everyone is working so hard it seems like an impossible dream. I came across a recent piece in Harvard Business Review arguing for the importance of boundaries. They are not talking about academics but this … [Read more...] about Boundaries, balance and the whole you

Filed Under: Developing a Practice, Ethos & Influences, Experiments, Learned in Yoga class, Love Your Work, Planning Tagged With: balance, boundaries, yoga

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