Welcome to month three of my 2026 reading challenge! As I said with the last post, if you’re an instructor and would like to borrow the following insights for your students, feel free to copy and paste the following as a class announcement. Enjoy! — We all feel it. The shorter attention spans, wasted time…
I was going to title this post “How to Work on Stolen Time,” but I wanted to do something more holiday-themed (even though the season just came to a close!) and not so work-focused, so here we go: As my kids get older, my time with my husband becomes rarer, and my job becomes more…
I don’t know if this is exclusive to women, but in our day and age, I get the impression that we all tend to feel like we’re supposed to do everything, do it well, and do it fairly easily. But as I’ve gotten older, and taken on more responsibility each year (a job with ever-increasing…
Have you ever been grading online assignments or replying to emails when it just felt like you were saying different versions of the same thing over and over again? I feel that way a lot of the time, and I know I’m not the only one. It turns out there’s actually a solution for this…
Working from home instead of driving to an office everyday can reduce stress in a number of ways, but it can also leave you feeling overwhelmed with both home and work responsibilities since there aren’t any real boundaries (for instance, trying to be professional during an exam review webinar while sitting in a messy house,…
Somehow the semester flew by, and somewhere around the beginning of November I started realizing that for the past few months I hadn’t fully taken advantage of the fact that I work from home, make my own hours, and can go do fun things with my little one whenever I want. I was working a…
If you teach online, or even in the classroom, you’re probably familiar with the popular learning management system, Canvas (it seems to be every college’s go-to LMS these days). It’s pretty intuitive and easy to use (which is why most instructors tend to prefer it over Blackboard), but there are a few Canvas tools that…
(Fair warning- this post isn’t all that inspirational, but I think it may be very helpful to some of you out there working from home! :)) When I first started teaching online and working from home, the pros definitely outweighed the cons (great income, relaxation, flexibility, etc.). However, I didn’t necessarily like sitting at my…
What it means to be a work-at-home parent.. I used to love living the ‘laptop lifestyle,’ being ‘location independent,’ and ‘working remotely’ (all those trendy phrases you’ve heard way too much in 2018). I still have the same job, and technically I have the same opportunities, but with a baby, I’m living more of the…
The benefits of part-time childcare for work-at-home parents.. During the short time I’ve been a parent, I’ve also been working 20-30 hour weeks (with the exception of a few weeks off over the holidays- which was much needed and enjoyed!). I know it’s nothing in comparison to those of you working 40 hours or more…