In brief, I create content, resources, and templates for academia, productivity, and general lifestyle. Some of these are digitized versions of my bullet journal templates and designs (which are towards the bottom). They include both for general layouts (like weekly spreadsheets, habit trackers, etc.) and academic purposes (like publication or conference proposal designs. Others are templates I've designed through the digital platform app Notion. With each of these designs, I offer a short explanation of how I use them and different modifications, 

​​If you have questions, can't download, and/or want to work together to create tailored templates, please contact me through my "About" page.  If you're curious about my Notion and bullet journal designs, feel free to follow my on instagram. Thanks and enjoy!
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NOTION TEMPLATES

I started using Notion, which is a productivity app that you use on your computer, browser, and phone. If you are familiar with apps like Trello, Asana, Evernote, Notion has simliar features and I especially apprecate how I can streamline everything. If you aren't familiar, you can think of it like note-taking, tables, file storage, all in one. Here are some resources that explain what Notion is.

In adapting Notion for my faculty/academic transition, I decided to share some of my templates, similar to how I share the templates on this site. With that, I'm excited to introduce the UNO series: Utilizing, Navigating, Organizing through Notion. 

UNO 1: Planning Your Semester

As an academic, I generally plan out my life semester by sememster. This has been helpful for me because saying that I have 3 months to work on a project is very different (for me) than saying I have 12 weeks.

The Semester Planning UNO template helps me scaffold then, what my weekly goals are, to then get to my daily goals. To learn more and/or duplicate to use the template, follow this link or click the image.

UNO 2: Academic pipeline/nexus

​A large chunk of academic focuses on research, and everything that's related to it-- the research project itself, the related manuscripts (whether articles, book chapters, reports, and so forth), not to mention grants and conferences too. They are all related to each other and sometimes not related at all. 

The Research Pipeline/Nexus UNO template helps organize all the different facets and link them together, when related. It also gives you tracking systems, ways to organize your files, and more.  You can learn more and duplicate is through this link .

UNO 3: ORGANIZING TOWARDS TENURE

Tenure is one of the biggest milestones for tenure-track faculty, and while the metrics and outcomes of research, teaching, and service are important, it's also deeply dependent on our ability to stay organized!

​So, here's one way that I have organized my files year to year, across buckets (but also include the caveat that you need to tailor and adjust to YOUR institution). You can learn more and duplicate this template through this link.

LIFE & PROJECT TEMPLATES

PROJECT WHEELS  ●  which I use these to a bird's eye view of what I should be doing. It's a simple way to plan ahead. Feel free to scroll down to the academic section to see how I use them in my scholarly-roles. When you click on the image, you can preview the larger version to see the details of what the template looks like. To download, please click out of the preview and right-click the small image, which will then give you the "save as" option. ​
HABIT TRACKERS  ●  where I like to keep track of things and habits I'm doing. I print the blank version either as a mini-calendar or grid and then outline the month or the weeks with thicker lines (like the June 2020 example). From there, I add my goals and track.
WEEKLY LAYOUTS  ●  for general to-dos. For more information about my system, in case you are wondering what my tomatoes are, check out my system here. 

Academic TEmplates

For those of you in the academic journey, I included several different types of templates that have helped me in my process. Please keep in mind that these are tailored to my field (education/social sciences) so apply them how you would like. Even more specific, for the dissertation wheel, this is even more specific to my academic program and dissertation chair preference. I still wanted to share nonetheless, since I wish I had had examples like this to see how people organized themselves.

For additional resources, I have a list of ​opportunities and due dates for both conferences and publications you can check out here. And for tips, I write about how to prepare conference proposals here and write about the publication process here.

Searches & Spreadsheets

I feel like often times, getting organized was one of the most difficult things to do while doing searches, whether that was for doctoral programs or the academic faculty market. Part of it was also trying to then figure out, what types of information would be important to include (with the fear that because I didn't always know what I didn't know, I might miss something crucial). So with that, here are some of mine I used for the different stages of "searching." As always, please modify and use them with a grain of salt~ 
PH.D. APPLICATIONS
Applying to doctoral programs can be stressful, with a lot of moving parts to consider including who your potential faculty member might be, different components of the application, along with other considerations like your cohort dynamic. Here is a modified version of a spreadsheet I used, along with some additional resources in the second tab, including a post I wrote with some tips.
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Academic Job Search Process
Whew! The academic job search is a doozy so here is a spreadsheet with how I kept myself organized, along with some things that I considered as I was applying. Similar to the doctoral spreadsheet, I include my template and some resources (including one of my own posts). In addition, I dropped in some job portals, which you can also find here. Good luck on the search!