productivity ⁽⁴⁾

As an undergrad, I mostly managed to get by without writing down my commitments and assignments. In my first year of grad school, I started experimenting with different methods to organize my time because I wanted to do lots of things and my brain couldn’t…

The first time I had to write a conference presentation proposal, I sat down, stared at the blank Word document and felt my thoughts crawling away in a million different directions. Damn, how hard can it be to write 5 pages? I mean, all you…

Imagine if your day today looked like this: Not too bad, huh? There’s plenty of free time to get stuff done, and you can complete tasks in any order. Want to work out before class? No problem. Hang out with friends all day and work…

One of the most challenging aspects of graduate school is the sheer variety and number of projects and responsibilities you have to manage on a regular basis. Things might be a bit calmer in the first year as you focus on classes and only start…