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Category Archives: Life

The ProfHacker Week in Review

March 14, 2010 in Life, Pedagogy, Productivity by Jason B. Jones

ProfHacker’s traditionally late wrap-up of the week’s posts. This week with extra pi.

Weekend Reading, Still (!) Not Spring Break Edition

March 12, 2010 in Life, Pedagogy, Productivity by Jason B. Jones

ProfHacker eases you into the weekend with 5 links worth reading, plus a video.

Distraction, Productivity, and Being Attentive (aka Regulating Media Use)

March 12, 2010 in Life, Productivity by Amy Cavender

Ever have one of those days at work in which you know you’ve been busy all day, but you can’t quite point to just what you’ve accomplished? Regulating media use may be worth considering.

The Downside of Depression

March 10, 2010 in Life by Prof. Hacker

Guest author Heather Munro Prescott counters the trendy argument that depression offers important mental benefits–after all, clinical depression is debilitating! Nothing beneficial about that. Heather also offers strategies for getting through depression.

“What’s for Lunch?” Pasta and Salad!

March 10, 2010 in Food, Life by Billie Hara

Long gone are the days when eating healthy (and eating vegetarian) meant eating raw celery and drinking a glass of water. Today’s ProfHacker column provides two easy vegetarian lunch options that move us far beyond the boring lunches of old: Tomato Salad and Pesto Pasta.

Calling Your State Legislators

March 8, 2010 in Life by Jason B. Jones

Like all sane people, I hate making phone calls. Last week, though, a state legislator said that phone calls from constituents were the key way to get attention focused on an issue such as higher education funding. Here’re some resources for making such calls.

The Profhacker Week in Review

March 7, 2010 in Life, Pedagogy, Productivity by Jason B. Jones

ProfHacker’s traditionally late wrap-up of the previous week’s posts.

Weekend Reading: Oscars edition

March 5, 2010 in Life, Pedagogy, Productivity by Jason B. Jones

ProfHacker gets you ready for the weekend with five links plus a video.

add exercise to your conference schedule

March 4, 2010 in Life by Natalie Houston

If you already have a regular exercise routine, or are just starting one, travel of any sort can be disruptive if you don’t think ahead a little bit. So here are a few ideas for how to integrate exercise into your conference experience

“What’s for lunch?” Bean Salad!

March 3, 2010 in Food, Life by Billie Hara

The past few weeks we’ve written about the activities we can do to get ourselves through a very busy part of the semester. Another of those strategies is having this salad recipe for lunch. It’s an easy recipe: if you can open a few cans and stir, then you can make this salad!

Green Tea (as Ritual and Relaxation)

March 2, 2010 in Life, Productivity by Billie Hara

Over the past weeks, ProfHacker has provided tips on how we can take care of ourselves during the busiest times of the semester, this midterm insanity. We have written about taking naps, balancing our lives, eating well, and trying a mind sweep. Today another tip: drinking some green tea.

The ProfHacker Week in Review

February 28, 2010 in Life, Pedagogy, Productivity by Jason B. Jones

ProfHacker’s traditionally late wrap-up of the week’s posts.