A few months back, Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom (assistant professor of sociology at Virginia Commonwealth University, and someone I consider a dear friend) tweeted she was looking forward to organizing her academic life using the methods I’ve posted on my blog on the topic of Organization and Time Management. She called them “Get Your Life Together Academic Protocols”
organize office and my current projects using @raulpacheco patented Get Your Life Together Academic Protocols
— Tressie Mc (@tressiemcphd) August 1, 2016
People have asked me frequently if I have a series of posts that could help them from an idea to a paper, to managing their everyday academic and personal lives. The most recent request I received was from Glen Wright, from Academia Obscura fame.
Attempting to combat over-commitment and overwhelm through meticulously planning and scheduling writing time. How do you do it? pic.twitter.com/r7qJSAqWAo
— Glen Wright (@MarinePolicy) November 15, 2016
I decided to post the sequence of blog posts I already have written that I think make most sense for someone to get organized using my methods.
The first protocol/blog post sequence I will be tweeting will focus on project planning. Future ones will be on #AcWri strategies, etc.
— Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega (@raulpacheco) November 16, 2016
Here are the 9 posts in tweet format. I posted them this way in case you want to retweet a specific one (clicking on the retweet icon will launch the Twitter page and enable you to retweet that specific post).
Project Planning Protocol Post 1 – I design and implement my Publications Planner https://t.co/Xemy2OOUTO #AcWriMo #AcWri
— Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega (@raulpacheco) November 16, 2016
Project Planning Protocol Post 2 – I dump my publications plan in my Everything Notebook https://t.co/HSXZ7KFbhC #AcWriMo #AcWri
— Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega (@raulpacheco) November 16, 2016
Project Planning Protocol Post 3 – For each paper, I use these sequential 8 steps https://t.co/ROkz37xfnG #AcWri #AcWriMo
— Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega (@raulpacheco) November 16, 2016
Project Planning Protocol Post 4 – For each paper, I do granular planning and use The Rule of Thirds https://t.co/Q6nJfSCUQh #AcWriMo
— Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega (@raulpacheco) November 16, 2016
Project Planning Protocol Post 5 – I break down the work in accomplish-able tasks https://t.co/JcCrlcUrlE (hence the Rule of Thirds) #AcWri
— Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega (@raulpacheco) November 16, 2016
Project Planning Protocol Post 6 – I move all my papers daily, but finish them by focusing on ONE task at a time https://t.co/vyQamEbSgF
— Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega (@raulpacheco) November 16, 2016
Project Planning Protocol Post 7 – To avoid being overwhelmed, I do the "work in 30 minute increments" technique https://t.co/VXUERMzo20
— Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega (@raulpacheco) November 16, 2016
Project Planning Protocol Post 8 – I create buffers when I budgeting my time and schedule projects https://t.co/DGpgZWPJ6C
— Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega (@raulpacheco) November 16, 2016
Project Planning Protocol Post 9 – To keep myself motivated when my day is going sideways, I use Quick Wins https://t.co/dz5ISE2qf5
— Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega (@raulpacheco) November 16, 2016
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