by Cathy Mazak | Nov 26, 2019 | academic project management, Podcast
When you’re in a season of overwhelm you might feel like all you’re doing is putting out fires, and nothing is getting accomplished. On this episode I’m sharing how to work through the overwhelm and move the needle forward. Are you at a point in your semester where...
by Cathy Mazak | Jun 24, 2019 | academic project management
How do you feel when you get to work in the morning? When you look at your to-do list, do you feel completely overwhelmed? Have you ever felt the beginnings of a panic attack when you think about the amount of stuff you have to do? For most of us, the answer is “yes.”...
by Cathy Mazak | Apr 11, 2019 | academic project management
There are some things that really get on my nerves about academia. One of them is the assumption that we should all know how to do the job. I mean, we have Ph.D.s, right? How on earth does the process of getting a Ph.D. prepare you for managing #allthethings, getting...
by Cathy Mazak | Feb 14, 2019 | academic project management, resources
The very nature of academic work means that we have to juggle. The three pillars of our work–research, teaching, and service–outline a daily working life where we are pulled in at least as many directions (though in reality, it is many more). Because of...
by Cathy Mazak | Feb 7, 2019 | academic project management
I really don’t consider myself super organized. So it might seem strange for me to have created a course called “Organize Your Academic Life.” But of course, I didn’t always have a complete system in place for organizing my academic projects. And maybe you don’t right...
by Cathy Mazak | Aug 30, 2018 | academic project management, academic writing, time management
This is part 4 of our four cornerstones of writing more series. I was listening to a podcast interview with a pretty big-shot entrepreneur who was talking about how he runs a successful multi-million dollar online business. “I only work on one project at a time, and I...
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