Dr Nathalie Tasler

Tag: workload

  • Overwhelm is Real

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    I don’t really have good strategies, besides currently radically sorting and tidying the physical and virtual office spaces in preparation for the new academic year. What does help you to tackle overwhelm? One insight thought from today’s daily walk: in my profession academic development (faculty development, Lehrausbildung) I always feel I ought to know everything,…

  • The “Quiver of Arrows” Work Hack

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    Photo by Antoni Shkraba on Pexels.com Does any (or all) of the above sound familiar? Do you get decision paralysis, overwhelm, or procrastination? I tick all the above, and no strategy or mental image has helped so far. Until a conversation with a colleague clicked something into place. One visualization that was to help was…

  • Happy New Year

    Happy New Year

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    Auf dem Zahnfleisch kriechend: By the skin of our teeth We made it! Granted: rough and ready, stumbling into the new year, still exhausted and tired from infections, and right away into the emergency room in the hospital. Anxiously waiting for ten hours for my MiL’s life to be saved, which it was. Photo by…

  • Of Life Guarding Your Sanity

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    Don’t jump into the swimming pool Today I was given a great metaphor that helped me take a necessary step back from stressful situations. So I figured I share with you. Literally everyone I am talking to right now seems to struggle. Things feel difficult, the bad news keep coming uninterrupted, and the long dark…

  • Why Most Productivity Advice is Pointless

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    …or thinking about rivers ‘We are all tired.’ These words reverberate through higher education, no matter the country. We are all tired. Normally in October I have a plan for the academic year, the next quarter and the month. This is one of my key strategies to stay on top of the ADHD-fall out—being highly…

  • Making Work Flow

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    Hacking the Working from Home Day I really struggled getting back into the swing of things this semester. You know once the plates are all up and spinning it is relatively easy to keep them going, but picking up again after a three week break in yet another lockdown is difficult. But look whom I…

  • Two Foot in Front of You

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    Two Foot in Front of You This is how far I ought to look according to the SO. He said: ‘It’s like mountain biking. You do not look at the mountain. You do not look up the hill you have to cycle up. You look at the two foot in front of you.’ This was…

  • 12 Days of SoTL: Bonus

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    Useful and Quirky Tools In this post I share some of my favourite tools, most of which are open source, that help with motivation, stopping distraction, or staying organised. For Writing Battle your fear of the empty page! Written Kitten all the way! In this snazzy little Browser App you get a photo of a…

  • WOOP

    WOOP

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    This contribution to your abbreviation bingo vocabulary is all about productivity. Mental Contrasting with Implementation Intentions Also known as WOOP (Wish, Outcome, Obstacle, Plan) is something I just stumbled across when trying to–once again–find new hacks to encourage The Brain to stop with procrastination. I know, I know bit late to he WOOP game. Wish:…