Wellbeing in Academia: Motivation and procrastination

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Wellbeing in Academia: Motivation and procrastination

Manage motivation and procrastination with Dr Desiree Dickerson

By School of Graduate Studies

Date and time

Sun, 3 Jul 2022 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM PDT

Location

Online

About this event

All University of Auckland doctoral candidates are warmly invited to attend this webinar hosted by Dr Desiree Dickerson in partnership with the School of Graduate Studies.

Procrastination is a way of easing our own discomfort. Discomfort because the task is too hard, too boring, too big, too scary. The difficulty with procrastinating is that it makes you feel better for a moment, which makes it very reinforcing (and therefore more likely that you will do it again next time), but it does nothing to fix the reason the task feels uncomfortable to begin with. It is still too big, too hard, too scary, or too boring the next time you sit down to do it. So, the cycle repeats.

Although aimed at doctoral candidates, research masters students and supervisors are welcome to attend.

PLEASE REGISTER WITH YOUR UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND EMAIL ADDRESS. A zoom link will be sent to UoA registrants two days prior to the event.

If you have any questions about this event please contact sgs-events@auckland.ac.nz.

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