For the last few years I’ve been participating in the Goodreads Reading Challenge. Not that I need to be challenged to read, as I usually enjoy it, but after a multi-year spell of not doing much reading other than for graduate school & dissertation work, it was fun to do…
Category: Behavior
Do Break the Chain
The summer I wrote my dissertation, I posted here about a productivity strategy called Don’t Break the Chain. Click the link for the backstory, but the gist of it is that it’s easier to maintain a habit if you keep at it – even for a little bit – every…
Resolving to Set Goals for 2018
As anyone who knows me well can tell you, I don’t buy into the idea of New Year’s resolutions. I find January a completely arbitrary time to change behaviors; after all, if you feel strongly enough about a habit or behavior to want to change it, why wait til January…
Lighting Fires is Easy…
…but keeping them burning? That’s a whole ‘nother matter. My friend & colleague Jessica Cincotta blogged last week about the professional reading groups in which she and I have participated this year. Read her post for the details, but the “quick n’ dirty” is that Jessica and I actually participated in…
Sound, Fury, & Navel Gazing
Ever since I discovered blogging back in 2006ish or so – and even more so since I started this one in 2007 – I’ve been a vocal proponent for the power of blogging as a reflective tool. Why, then, am I having such difficulty putting metaphorical pen to paper? The…