I used to schedule my time using the same template for most days. My standard formula was: two hours of writing, two hours of research, two hours of teaching, and two hours for emails, admin, and service. As my number…
Before the start of every semester, I make a list of my ongoing tasks, my priorities, and plan my weekly template. Based on these, I can develop my goals for the semester. Fall 2021 means a return to campus for…
During COVID-19, my workload increased: teaching online and changing my courses to this format took a lot of time and effort, there's more need for pastoral care for students, and admin and service responsibilities are taking up more time as…
As always before the start of a new semester, I have developed my weekly template for this fall semester, which you can see above (I did take out the names of my students with whom I have recurring meetings). Here…
I enjoy reading, and I read a lot. As a child, you could always find me tucked away in a corner of the garden, reading a book. As I went to university, I experienced "letter fatigue", and only picked up…
I recently ran a poll on Twitter to see if people would want to continue working from home more often than in the past in the post-pandemic times. Here are the results of this poll, as well as a follow-up…
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…
Today, I wanted to bring up a topic that has been disturbing me for a while: unethical authorship solicitations. I've been asked a number of times to "collaborate" on a paper, with the promise that I wouldn't have to do…
At the end of each semester, I review how I spent my time that semester. I'm doing a bit better in terms of overwork, but it's still an issue, and I have logged between 48 hours and 57 hours of…
As I'm mulling over my midcareer challenges and what I can do to bring more fun and purpose into my work again. I turned to Twitter to commiserate and ask for experiences. I've gathered this information in Wake, for future…