Module 1: Map your mission

Create an academic mission statement and learn how to use it to focus all your academic decisions.

At the end of this module you’ll know how to…

-Focus so that you are in control of your career, and can resist being blown in the wind by what everyone else wants you to do.

-Use your mission statement to make decisions about what to keep and what to cut from your looong to-do list.

Module 2: Align your activities

List out allllll the bizillions of activities that you do. (Yes, all of them.) Take a good, hard look at where your time really goes.

At the end of this module you’ll know how to…

-Eliminate activities that don’t fit your mission.

-Align the activities that you can’t eliminate. (Spoiler alert: this is the key to feeling less stressed.)

Module 3: Manage your time  

Learn academic time management from an academic mom of three. The big take away? Everything takes time.

At the end of this module you’ll know how to…

-Corral email and social media so it stops sucking up so much of your day.

-Prioritize student interactions so your best energy goes to students when they really need you.

-Choose projects based on how much time you realistically have, instead of how much time you wish you had.

Module 4: Develop your writing system 

Develop a writing system that works for you.

At the end of this module you’ll know how to…

-Choose between three different writing systems, or create your own hybrid by combining systems.

-Adjust your writing system to the ebb and flow of the academic semester.

-Finish projects that you start.

Module 5: Manage your mindset

Curb writing anxiety and guilt, and learn how to cope with imposter syndrome (it happens to the best of us). Oh, and we’ll cover money blocks, too.

At the end of this module you’ll know how to…

-Use a writing system to overcome guilt and overwhelm.

-Re-imagine your audience to reduce writing anxiety and impostor syndrome.

-Get past money blocks to get that job, promotion, or pay raise.

Module 6: Set up your publication pipeline

Create a publication pipeline to map out how your projects will go from idea to publication.

At the end of this module you’ll know how to…

-Find and remove the blockages in your current pipeline.

-Plan out your pipeline to avoid future blockages and keep those pubs flowing.