Time-blocking IV – my planning routine
Time-blocking my way through postdoc life IV – my routine to plan my academic life This is a post about my planning routine. I promised to write about it and share my time-blocking experience...
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Time-blocking my way through postdoc life IV – my routine to plan my academic life This is a post about my planning routine. I promised to write about it and share my time-blocking experience...
Time-blocking part III – how to get into a new system Time-blocking is still one of the leading productivity hashtags out there – vlogs, blogs, books, coaches – everyone talks about time-blocking, amongst all...
It seems like ages since I wrote my first part of this time-blocking series (it was back in May 2023). Initially, I wanted to do a follow-up post on my planning routine, but then...
Welcome, 2025! So this is it: a new year, a new beginning, new resolutions, new goals, etc. Well, I guess your online feeds are full of that kind of content. In Academia, at least...
Welcome, dear readers. Happy Holidays! I hope you have a nice and quiet Christmas break – no matter what, where, and with whom you celebrate. Have a good time, stay healthy, and get a...
You might have heard about time blocking (or time chunking) by now. If not, this is the short Wikipedia definition of it: Timeblocking or time blocking (also known as time chunking) is a productivity...
So, I did it. I was away. I was out. I packed my stuff and took a plane to Mexico and stayed there for 22 days. Not just like that, it was actually a...
Happy New Year, everyone! Wherever you are, I hope you came good into this 2023. May it be a healthy, successful and marvellous year for all of you! So… a new beginning. Well, that’s...
This post is basically my academic writing walk of shame, because – really, guys, I am embarrassed to tell you this – but, okay… I must confess: I have a summer writing to-do-list, like...
Normally, I would start with wishing you a healthy, successful and overall adventurous new year, but we have reached February already, so… I hope your first weeks in 2022 have been good and you...
So, there was a time, some years ago – I was part of the studies representatives in Archaeology, and one task of this job was student counseling before the new winter semester was about...
You might have seen it before – November came and suddenly all social media is happy and full with #movember, #nanowrimo and #acwrimo, the latter meaning Academic Writing Month. So, another challenge, it may...
Welcome back – seasons are changing, autumn is about to arrive and we epigrammetrists have been very busy during our summer break. Those of you who follow our social media accounts may have an...
This blogpost evolved from different situations where I was asked to draw a map or to do a GIS-based analysis of ancient stuff (inscriptions, tombs, Roman provinces, finding spots etc.). In one of my...
What actions are meant by the term “academic writing”? Just the actual writing aka you hit the keyboard fiercely and the whole thing sounds like machine-gun fire? Or is it reading, lit review, crying...