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Cultivating Productivity

Your Missed Deadline Is Trying to Tell You Something | Ep. 34
How to tell whether you need a new strategy, a more realistic plan, or a clearer decision.
 • Jenn McClearen, PhD
10:44
Sometimes setting more goals is not the answer
How shifting from goals to experiments can transform your relationship with writing
 • Jenn McClearen, PhD
The Graveyard of Abandoned Writing Systems | Ep. 33
What repeated false starts can reveal about academic productivity advice and the lives it assumes
 • Jenn McClearen, PhD
12:37
The Hidden Drain on Your Scholarly Energy
How to protect your cognitive energy for scholarship that matters
 • Jenn McClearen, PhD
The Hidden Cost of Too Many Projects at Once | Ep. 29
The challenge isn’t time management—it’s too many open tabs quietly draining your bandwidth.
 • Jenn McClearen, PhD
11:24
The real reason your 'free' writing time isn't working
Your calendar has space, but your brain doesn't.
 • Jenn McClearen, PhD
What My Childhood Reading Struggles Taught Me About How I Work Today
Why listening first and reading second has transformed my editing work (and might help you too)
 • Jenn McClearen, PhD
Multitasking Is Bad for Everyone and Especially Costly for Neurodivergent Folks
How the multitasking culture of academia quietly drains everyone—and asks neurodivergent scholars to pay the highest price.
 • Jenn McClearen, PhD
The Urgency Trap—What Feels Urgent vs. What Actually Matters | Ep. 21
Not everything that feels urgent actually matters—let’s talk about how to tell the difference.
 • Jenn McClearen, PhD
8:14
Stop Waiting for that Big Break
A gem from the archives!
 • Jenn McClearen, PhD
How to multiply your time this semester
Yes, really! That's what I said.
 • Jenn McClearen, PhD
Planning Writing Like You Plan Your Syllabus
A gem from the archives!
 • Jenn McClearen, PhD
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