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Life during the pandemic: staying focused in your home office

Working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 is a challenge. This entry grew out of emails that I wrote to students who asked me about strategies to help them focus on their work.

28.05.2020 | 1 Kommentar | Tags: Essays, Miscellaneous, Corona crisis, Time management, Focus, Pomodoro, Productivity

Bullet journaling 2: Specific techniques I use

20.03.2019 | Tags: Essays, Miscellaneous, Bullet journaling, Self care, Time management

Bullet journaling 1: How it works for me

19.03.2019 | Tags: Essays, Miscellaneous, Bullet journaling, Self care, Time management

On ‘embracing mediocrity’

Students often have an unhealthy all-or-nothing attitude toward their work which increases stress levels. They relax a bit when they learn to prioritize their work and allow themselves to ‘embrace mediocrity’ on low-stakes tasks to save time and energy.

06.03.2018 | 1 Kommentar | Tags: Essays, Teacher-student communication, Time management

Downscaling course prep tasks

When students don’t do my prep assignments, I teach them how to ‘downscale’ homework instead of not doing it at all. This leads to homework being done more consistently as it empowers students to consciously manage their resources and priorities.

02.03.2018 | Tags: Essays, Teacher-student communication, Time management, Doing empathy