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Perspective: Useful thing that…

Posted in Academic life, Dissertation, Graduate school, Productivity, Psychology, Stress, Teaching on October 4, 2009 | Comments Off

Often we are told to take a step back from things to gain some perspective.  It’s very hard when you are in the thick of things, particularly all-consuming things like a dissertation.
This week, however, I got some perspective.  In order to enhance my qualifications for the classes I’m already teaching, I signed up for an [...]

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Laser-sharp focus reduces stress

Posted in Academic life, Productivity, Stress, Teaching on September 27, 2009 | Comments Off

We live in a world with a wealth of things to distract us:

The internet and all the amazing information it brings to our door

RSS feeds
Facebook and social networking sites
YouTube
Wikipedia

A new TV season starting up
Books and/or magazines on every possible topic
Free education via things like Open Courseware or ITunes U

It is easy to get overwhelmed or [...]

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Graduate student work day and stress

Posted in Productivity, Stress on January 2, 2009 | Comments Off

You may recall my earlier posts about my graduate student work day, in which I planned out, hour by hour, how I would make everything fit.  Unfortunately this was a very hard schedule to keep up at times, and sometimes resulted in more stress when I couldn’t meet the schedule.
The schedule isn’t getting any easier, [...]

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