What worked for me in 2022

Here’s an additional reflection exercise to do every now and then: looking back at the previous period of time (I’m taking 2022 as a reference) and making a list of what worked for you.

I hadn’t done this exercise in a while, so let me do this analysis publicly.

The following 10 things worked for me in 2022:

1. Trying to reserve entire days for concentrated work.
2. Sorting emails in folders (and using email rules).
3. The childcare that I found in the Netherlands for my stay there.
4. Working on single-authored papers.
5. Getting funding from the EU in a consortium.
6. Preparing an entire course in a short, concentrated period of a few weeks.
7. Friday meetings with my PhD candidates.
8. Having a flower subscription for my home.
9. Returning to having a gym membership.
10. Having a short but intense visit to Delft.