m2h blogs by Marcia Hansen

This morning in MWP, we did a free-write after reading Terry Tempest Williams’s essay, Why I Write.
Below is what I wrote:
I want a PhD so I can hang the diploma on the wall. I want a PhD to show myself and the world what I am capable of. I want a [...]

Ok, so there is a lot that I don’t know about being an academic. If any of my readers would care to respond, either here, via email, or at your own place, please feel free.
As an academic, how do you organize your time?
Do you make a list? make piles?
How do you decide what [...]

Jenny of Stupid Undergrounds has some good comments over at Blogora about giving up the fear of sounding stupid in public. I thought it worthwhile to quote her here for myself and for anyone else who thinks these type of thoughts occasionally.
Really, nobody should dummy up for fear of sounding stupid. I’ve given up the [...]

I came across this quote by Benjamin Franklin:
Write something worth reading or live something worth writing.

Here’s a link I found through Netscape’s list of professional development articles: Teachers Share Their Top Summer Job Tips.
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I enjoy reading business productivity books like the one John Porcaro talks about: Death By Meeting. I can use information like that now. I’m also wondering how this information would transfer to other situations in academia.
Questions:
- How do you prove yourself?
- How do you get cool projects to work on?
- How do you [...]