Thoughts, ideas and articles about writing in academia
2024, but with Intent
This workshop will help you live a life of intent. It will help you find a clear path to your deepest desires, and help you live a year that is lead by your truest wishes.
Examine the year that we just left behind, take the lessons learnt into the next year, identify areas of your life that need your attention and care, uncover your desires, and lead with intent for the next year so that you can achieve what you set out to have.
Managers Use Managerial Time, Academics Use Artisanal Time
In academia, the managerial notion of time is brought to bear on academics through the idea of "publish or perish". It catalyses anxiety and fears about thinking, experimenting and writing against a ticking clock. But academics are not managers and don’t need to use managerial time. They’re artisans, and need to work on artisanal time.
Academic Writing Coach - Yes, it's a Thing!
Here are the main things a writing coach can help with: Guide you with a methodical approach to writing; Analyse your writing for problematic patterns and show you ways to overcome them; Set deadlines to boost your writing dedication and productivity; and Provide writing and organisational tips to take that burden off your shoulders.