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Procrastination

Everyone struggles with procrastination. It may be limited to a particular project or task. Or it may pervade a whole area of your life. Procrastination is not laziness . It is resistance. Posts tagged procrastination look at different things procrastination may be telling you and what to do about it. You might also want to check out posts tagged Focus. Optimizing Focus: 3 elements to consider is a good place to start.

So tired you could cry? Enable Low Power Mode.

Posted on November 26, 2020 by Jo VanEvery

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This post is part 2 of a mini-series called So Tired You Could Cry. The 1st part can be found here. You know when your phone warns you about the battery being low, it also asks if you want to enable Low Power Mode? You need to figure out what that looks like for you. What are your signs of low … [Read more...] about So tired you could cry? Enable Low Power Mode.

Filed Under: Developing a Practice, Self-care, Self-confidence, Support Tagged With: autonomy, boundaries, communication, fear, gremlins, perfectionism, priorities, procrastination, rest, saying no, support

So tired you could cry? Permission granted.

Posted on November 25, 2020 by Jo VanEvery

An illustration of a woman crying with her face resting on her hand in Victorian style dress.

This post is part 1 of a mini-series called So Tired You Could Cry. The 2nd part is available here. You can cry! In fact, put it on your to-do list. Cry in the shower every morning. Cry in bed wrapped up in your blankets. At a minimum stop trying not to cry.  Tiredness isn't the only reason … [Read more...] about So tired you could cry? Permission granted.

Filed Under: Developing a Practice, Self-care, Self-confidence, Support Tagged With: autonomy, boundaries, communication, gremlins, perfectionism, priorities, procrastination, rest, saying no, support

Email overwhelm as a collective problem

Posted on November 6, 2020 by Jo VanEvery

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Jo VanEvery, Academic Career Guide · Email Overwhelm as a Collective Problem This post was prompted by the renowned classicist, Mary Beard, stoking up the embers of email stress recently over on Twitter. https://twitter.com/wmarybeard/status/1321555620105986049?s=20 However, this post isn't … [Read more...] about Email overwhelm as a collective problem

Filed Under: Academic Context, Administrivia, Developing a Practice, Planning, Self-care, Self-confidence Tagged With: autonomy, boundaries, communication, email, perfectionism, priorities, procrastination, saying no

Is this Real Writing or procrastination?

Posted on February 26, 2018 by Jo VanEvery

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A recent Twitter interaction with another writing coach helped me clarify some of the principles that underpin my approach to academic writing. Please, please, please remember that what is good advice for writers of young adult fantasy is not necessarily good advice for early career researchers! … [Read more...] about Is this Real Writing or procrastination?

Filed Under: Developing a Practice, Ethos & Influences, Writing Tagged With: distraction, Focus, procrastination

Is tidying your desk procrastination?

Posted on August 17, 2017 by Jo VanEvery

As you may know, my definition of writing as “anything that moves your writing project forward”. Typically, this expands your sense of legitimate activities to include reading, taking notes, going for a walk so you can think through the ideas you are working on, or sorting out your project … [Read more...] about Is tidying your desk procrastination?

Filed Under: Developing a Practice, Writing Tagged With: Focus, procrastination, transition

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