About 1-1,5 years ago, I found myself bogged down by the daily stress of work (and leaving work on time to be home with my daughter before 4pm), taking my daughter to her activities through Ecuador's crazy traffic (and, even…
Some books I want to read in 2021 I traditionally write out my goals per year and my goals and tasks per semester. I use these lists then to anchor my monthly and weekly tasks that go on my calendar.…
My template from Fall 2014 For many years, I was the person who wrote first thing in the morning (at least, of the morning part of my work day), every week day (except when traveling). Recently, I've been encountering two…
I recently received an excellent question from a reader, which I'd like to address in a Q&A post.The question is:Hi Eva, I have been reading your posts, especially those on organising time and plan tasks. It has helped a lot…
One tool I use a lot is the Pomodone app for the pomodoro technique. You can use it on your desktop, or your phone - it's a cloud-based application. What sets the free version of Pomodone (I haven't tried the…
Here's my template for the fall semester. I use color coding for the different major activities: writing, research, email+admin, appointments, MSc + PhD student appointments, service, workouts, personal time.The date range you are seeing in September has one particularity, which…
I lowered my expectations for the summer semester, but it still hit me hard that I had to teach every day for 8 weeks. Surprisingly, I had not included the goals turn my course into a blended flexible course, program…
View this post on InstagramBy (popular) demand: an example of my BuJo with everything filled out. Left: daily priorities, writing and email tracking. Right: weekly priorities across categories, log of the week (I.e. what did I achieve?)A post shared by…
This post is part of the series PhD Talk for AcademicTransfer: posts written for the Dutch academic career network AcademicTransfer, your go-to resource for all research positions in the Netherlands. These posts are sponsored by AcademicTransfer, and tailored to those…
I was doubting if I should write this post at all. We all made goals for 2020, and then sars-cov-2 came around and laughed very hard. But at least, the first months of the spring semester were normal.My work goals…
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