Goals for 2024
Just like every year, I am here with my list of goals 🙂 For reference, here are my goals for 2014, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2021 , 2022 and 2023 (looks like I forgot to blog about my goals for some…
Just like every year, I am here with my list of goals 🙂 For reference, here are my goals for 2014, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2021 , 2022 and 2023 (looks like I forgot to blog about my goals for some…
One of my end-of-year practices includes looking back at the past year and seeing the highlights of each month. This is what 2023 looked like for me: January: dealing with the fallout of the cyberattack on our university. February: visit…
As every year, I reflect on the goals I set for the year before I plan the upcoming year. So, let's see how I did in 2023: Work goals Writing: Submit 6 journal papers (I outlined the topics for these).…
2023 has been a busy year, especially the past Fall semester. I ended up working again more than the year before. I had logged 2188 hours for 2022, and 2023 my time working is back up to 2440 hours on…
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…
Reading is one of my favorite hobbies. I read over 110 books in 2023, and had 18 books flagged with 5 stars. I keep the 5-star rating for books that profoundly touched me, and many years I don't get to…
At the end of every year, I like looking back at the music I enjoyed during the year. So, here are my top 10 albums of 2023 (albums released in 2023): 10. In Flames - Foregone: In Flames has always…
At the end of every semester, I look back and reflect on my goals of the past semester, and what I achieved. So, let's have a look at how I did in terms of my Fall 2023 goals: Submit 4…
Fall 2023 has been a very busy semester for me, as you can see from the time breakdown. The shortest workweek had 47 hours, and the longest 73 hours. I didn't get a chance to take much holidays at all,…
When I started to teach as a professor, I had no training in pedagogical skills - and I am sure I am not the only one. It is funny in a sense, as for teachers of all other levels, pedagogical…