{"id":1236,"date":"2024-08-29T18:22:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T22:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/?p=1236"},"modified":"2024-10-09T08:44:51","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T12:44:51","slug":"1236-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/1236-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Habits"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Thank you to Huyuni Surrat, HEGSA President, for this blog post!<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">\n<div id=\"attachment_1237\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/files\/2024\/08\/Daily-Habits.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1237\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1237\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/files\/2024\/08\/Daily-Habits.png\" alt=\"Yellow sticky note with the words Daily Habits near a coffee cup\" width=\"250\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/files\/2024\/08\/Daily-Habits.png 250w, http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/files\/2024\/08\/Daily-Habits-160x107.png 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1237\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image source: MohamadFaizal via Adobe Stock<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Ever wonder where the semester went? As a graduate student, juggling coursework, research, and personal life can feel like a constant battle against the clock.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">This article, originally published in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/\">Inside Higher Ed<\/a>, offers a helpful strategy: asking yourself key questions to get a handle on your time management. Here&#8217;s the gist:<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>The Power of Self-Reflection:<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">The article argues that simply having a lot of free time doesn&#8217;t guarantee productivity. \u00a0Instead, you need to be strategic about how you utilize those hours. By asking yourself the right questions, you can identify areas for improvement and develop a time management plan that works for you.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>Questions to Spark Change:\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Here are some key questions from the article to get you started:\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<ul data-editing-info=\"{&quot;applyListStyleFromLevel&quot;:true}\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>Where does time go?<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Track your activities for a few days to identify time-wasters and areas where you can be more efficient.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>What are your priorities?<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Identify the most important tasks related to your studies and research.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>How do you work best?<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Are you a morning person or a night owl? Do you focus best in short bursts or need longer stretches of uninterrupted work?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>What are your biggest time management challenges?<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Do you struggle with procrastination, distractions, or feeling overwhelmed?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">PhD and Master&#8217;s students in the ELMP department should make a habit of subscribing to and regularly reading publications like Inside Higher Ed and The Chronicle of Higher Education. These sources provide invaluable insights into the current landscape of higher education, offering a window into emerging trends, policy changes, and challenges facing institutions. By staying informed of the latest research and debates in educational leadership and policy, students can enrich their own studies and potentially discover inspiration for their dissertations.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you to Huyuni Surrat, HEGSA President, for this blog post! Ever wonder where the semester went? As a graduate student, juggling coursework, research, and personal life can feel like a constant battle against the clock.\u00a0 This article, originally published&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/1236-2\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5340,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hegsa-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5340"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1236"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1257,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1236\/revisions\/1257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}