Writing morning pages (3 pages of stream of consciousness handwriting) before getting down to work is one of the best ways for me to clear my mind and let what’s important for the day surface. Julia Cameron, author of The Artist’s Way and mother of the morning pages practice, advises against reading back your morning…

Today at 14:48 (a.k.a. 2:48 PM), I logged that I was going to see if I could find some information on energy transition and roof maintenance at the site of our neighbourhood’s interest group. (My partner and I just bought a fixer-upper house and are in the middle of renovating it.) I proceeded to read…

Welcome to Breaking the Ceiling! Where I, Marleen, pledge to learn in public about systems research, Personal Knowledge Management, and teaching at the law faculty of a university. This blog will be a public record of my experiments and discoveries in real-time, starting from where I’m at: finishing a PhD research proposal that’s 4+ years…