In my last post, I introduced you to the phenomenon of behavioral momentum. In my case, once I sit down and start writing, doing email, blogging, or whatever, I’m sitting for a good long time. It’s hard for me to break that momentum, switch gears, and do something new. The Read more…
I vacillated between reporting the data and vaguely telling you the results of my analysis. I’ve decided on the latter because my journey needs to have some sort of anonymity to it. Let’s see what interesting things I’m finding out about myself and my behavior: I spend too much time Read more…
I’m currently sitting on my couch reading about how sitting on your couch takes years off your life. This is enough to motivate me to start this project. de Rezende, Lopes, Lopez, Matsudo, and Luiz (2014) found that sitting and watching TV increases risk of metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, cancers, Read more…
You might be wondering what prompted a site/blog like this one. Of course, as I said before, I have some bad habits that have affected my productivity and effectiveness as a teacher. But honestly, the motivation runs deeper than that. The Academy does awful things to us. The quest for Read more…
Hi, I’m DB, a contingent faculty member at an R1 on the East Coast. I also do some consultation work in Applied Behavior Analysis, which I absolutely love. While I try to stay active and healthy, sometimes the academic life makes that difficult. If you’re not familiar with the Ivory Read more…
