Winter break is nearly here. Academics, how are you feeling? Are you dreading it? Do you have massive writing goals that you’re secretly anxious about achieving? Productivity Coach Kel Weinhold is here to help. We’re featuring this *free* webinar as … [Read more...] about Dealing with the Dreaded Holiday Break
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Just One Thing: Managing your Momentum Pyramid
Other Ways to Support Your Writing First step: Join The Next Level on our Mighty Networks social media page. The space is devoted to creating a supportive community and more! Join HERE Once you are a member, can join several different … [Read more...] about Just One Thing: Managing your Momentum Pyramid
Introducing How To…
I made an incorrect assumption. I am a former journalism professor. Every term of my academic career, I spent hours and hours teaching students and scholars how to think about, conceptualize and produce written projects, including how to edit … [Read more...] about Introducing How To…
Just One Thing: Rewrite for Accuracy
Continuing to talk about distorted thinking. Last week I wrote about beginning to challenge distorted thinking by asking simple questions. If you missed it, you can read it here. This week’s Just One Thing takes us one step further with replacing … [Read more...] about Just One Thing: Rewrite for Accuracy
Just One Thing: Investigate your thoughts!
Welcome again to my weekly series Just One Thing. Each week, I offer you just one thing you can practice each day that will improve your creative output. The topic I want to deal with in the next few posts is what American psychologist Albert Ellis … [Read more...] about Just One Thing: Investigate your thoughts!
Just One Thing: Embrace your mistakes
Welcome again, to my new Just One Thing series. Each week, I offer you just one thing you can practice each day that will improve your creative output. Today's JOT practice: Embrace your mistakes. Yep. You read it right. I am asking you to … [Read more...] about Just One Thing: Embrace your mistakes
Just One Thing: Ask What Worked
Welcome again, to my new Just One Thing series. Each week, I offer you just one thing you can practice each day that will improve your creative output. As a newsletter subscriber, they come to you first! Today's JOT is a practice I call "W to the … [Read more...] about Just One Thing: Ask What Worked
Just One Thing: Rewrite Your Stories
Welcome to my new productivity series: Just One Thing. Each Tuesday, I will share just one thing that you can do to move your work forward. The thing I want to talk to you today about is rewriting stories. In particular, the stories we tell … [Read more...] about Just One Thing: Rewrite Your Stories
You Belong
If growing up gender queer and working class in a small town taught me anything, it was how much “no” can shape your understanding of the world and your relationship to it.. “No, you can’t wear that.” “No, you can’t play football.” “No, you can’t … [Read more...] about You Belong
No Motivation? Look to Your Needs to Find It.
I don't think it's a stretch to say that pretty much everyone we are engaging with at The Professor is In right now is struggling with motivation. It's hard to find a reason to work in the face of uncertainty, and far too many things are … [Read more...] about No Motivation? Look to Your Needs to Find It.