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		<title>How to Overcome Internet Procrastination Habits</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have always been prone to procrastination but, since I started blogging, the problem increased ten-fold. So, in an attempt to recover from my addiction, I would like to admit publicly that I have been abusing the use of social media on a daily basis! I find blogging, twittering and checking out my facebook account a source of excitement. I absolutely love reading the blogs of my peers. In fact, I get a kick out of writing down my own comments, while waiting for the well deserved answer. Over the past few months, I met more interesting people online that I could ever meet in person during the same period. And yet, the obvious advantages could be overshadowed by the disadvantages arising from using the internet as a procrastination tool. The line that divides the use of social media from their abuse is very thin indeed. It is so very easy to forget how many hours I spent in front of the computer screen, at the expense of my teaching and research responsibilities. Under different circumstances, skipping research would have laden me with enormous guilt. Not in this case, though, for a multitude of valid reasons. First of all, there is the perception that blogging and twittering enhances the dissemination of knowledge to a wider circle of people (something that I cannot achieve solely through university teaching). Secondly, internet is a constant source of entertainment. I have never read so many articles, which are both relevant to my work and they provide daily amusement at the same time. Last, but not least, communicating online with my ‘friends’ takes my mind off serious problems at work and gives me a much needed emotional support. Stress relief follows immediately after. Despite the advantages of social media procrastination, I feel that I should restrain myself. Therefore I intend to set here the rules I will follow over the next days, weeks or month: 1) I will write my posts, micro-posts and answers after 6 o’clock in the evening, when I am tired (exhausted is more accurate). 2) I will not spend more than an hour per day on the task. 3) I will use blogging as a reward for a productive day (in terms of research and teaching).. 4) I will make myself accountable to ….myself in the evening. If I have not complied with the above rules, I will force myself to stay without internet for the next day. (I apologise to my colleagues in advance for not answering their emails, while I am being punished.) Let us hope for the next 21 days I will keep my resolve, after which time I hope that a new habit will be formed. If you have any further advice, please, let me know.]]></description>
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		<title>Academic Administration. Good or Evil?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[constantinakatsari]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don’t you just love administration? And I do not mean “like”. I mean absolutely loving every minute you spend in front of your computer, downloading forms, filling them up and then sending them off to cyberspace. Did you ever wish you had more administrative tasks to complete? Did you ever look back at your long and arduous day hoping that you had one more report to fill before you went to bed? I know I did. No I am not perverse. I just came up with the perfect solution to a very difficult problem. I started to use administration the same way I use meditation. The benefits of meditation are well known. There are several studies indicating the part of the brain they affect. By now, we understand fairly well how meditation slows the brain, clarifies the thoughts, helps us focus on the “here and now” and balances the emotions. In effect, it empties the mind from unwanted negative thoughts and gives new meaning to life. I cannot possibly support the theory that administration benefits us in exactly the same way as meditation. However, I can inform you that it has one similar effect. It empties the brain. The past few years I noticed that every time I fill a new form or write down a complicated report my brain stops functioning in its full capacity. In the beginning I felt frustrated. As time passed by, though, I learned how to use this effect to its full advantage. By now, when I want to rest from the demanding article I write or the dissertation I am correcting, I turn to the most tedious administrative task that is pending. Within minutes any clever forthcoming thoughts die on the spot. Another way to use administration is as a meaningful form of procrastination. When the ultimate theoretical model eludes me, when the trip to the library in Cambridge or London seems way to long, when writing does not flow, I need to procrastinate. Nevertheless, procrastination allows feelings of guilt to arise. Unless, of course, I occupy myself with something productive. And what can be more productive than administrative work? It immediately boosts my self esteem, I become more confident and definitely happier. And when I am happy, I spread joy to the world. I become the perfect colleague, friend and confidant. In fact, sometimes outside my office door you will even see the sign “Please Disturb”. So, I have one advice to the vice chancellors of the world who suggest that academics should undertake more administration: By all means, give as more! As soon as procrastination becomes our best friend, as soon as our brain cells become dead, we will fully qualify for the highest echelons of the British Academia.]]></description>
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