I’m not an insomniac per se, but I have problems falling asleep (or going back to sleep) more often than I’d like. So, for a little over a year now, I’ve been trying to improve…
Browsing Category Productivity
How I improved my productivity thanks to the Pomodoro Technique
The most productive people don’t work longer; they work in a more concentrated way. This means that we can improve our productivity without having to spend more time in the office (in some cases, perhaps…
Why do we procrastinate and how to stop?
Procrastination is the action of delaying or postponing the completion of a task. Procrastinators go out of their way to avoid doing aversive tasks. A student at one of my writing workshops told me that,…
My favorite software packages and applications for writing
How much our lives have changed in a few weeks! I’ve only been confined for 15 days but I feel like I’ve almost forgotten my normal life: the habit of going to the office,…
How to make the most of your time
One of the things I love about my job is the freedom I have to organize myself as I wish. I can come into the office whenever I want. I don’t have a boss constantly…
My story: The last 48 hours of the Ph.D. thesis of a serial procrastinator
On Tuesday, September 4, 2007, at midnight, I wrote the last word of my doctoral thesis. At that time, I was living in Paris. My apartment was a maid’s room on the 6th floor of…