by Cathy Mazak | Feb 22, 2018 | academic writing, time management
The two obstacles to writing more that I often hear in the I Should Be Writing Facebook group are: “I don’t know how to start” And, ironically: “I have a bunch of projects lying around that I can’t get finished.” Starting and finishing. The good news is, these are two...
by Cathy Mazak | Feb 15, 2018 | academic writing, mindset
In the culture of academia, we’re not really supposed to think about money. Yes, we are encouraged to go out and bring big money grants into our university, but we are not supposed to think about paying ourselves, or working for a certain amount of money. This causes...
by Cathy Mazak | Feb 8, 2018 | academic writing
When you’re pulled in a thousand directions, it’s your writing that suffers. With so many urgent tasks sucking away your time (and energy), the week goes by and you feel like you didn’t get anything done. There are many obstacles to writing more: teaching, meetings,...
by Cathy Mazak | Feb 1, 2018 | academic writing, time management
I just read an excellent article in Inside Higher Ed about a panel at the Association of American Colleges and Universities discussing changes that university administrators were implementing in order to reduce faculty workload. The idea (which is a very good one) is...
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