Planning
From Outside Pressure to Internal Motivation
As I’ve been moving and updating some posts from my old Everyday Intensity blog over here, I was happy to run across this one about “How to Hack the Psychology of Student Motivation,” by StudyHacks blogger Cal Newport. In response to Alfie Kohn’s work on rewards, motivation, and learning, Newport argues that students (and others) …
Learning To Stop Short of the Brim
We interrupt our regularly scheduled broadcast of the Oscar’s Gift Reading Guide to mention a simple change that has made a huge difference in not only how I spend my time, but perhaps more important, how I feel at the end of each day. I’m finally learning to prioritize. A while back, I decided to …
Why I’m Not Posting New Year’s Goals
Hattie’s Diaries: 90, 80, 70, and 60 years ago today Before I get to the topic of goals and whether to share them publicly, I am excited to announce a new focus for the Aunt Hattie’s Diary project. For a while now I’ve contemplated how best to give some structure to the often overwhelming prospect …
Hattie Is Back! (and so am I)
Gratitude is the word this week, but, for me, Thanksgiving also signals a time of renewal. The college where I teach always ends its first term with final exams the week before Thanksgiving, making Thanksgiving week a break week for both students and faculty before we start up again with new classes the following Monday. …