Poster Session: Balancing Work, Life, and Terminal Degree Completion Status

1. Balancing Work, Life, and a Terminal Degree:
Completion Strategies Poster Presentation
Amy Heitzman, Ph.D.
Fall, 2020

2. Finding the Right “Fit”
● Timing and pacing: finding the “right” speed
● Summer/intersessions: go for it
● Program “fit”
● Momentum reigns
● Lizard-brain trickery

3. Time Management
● Putting the “big rocks” first
● Pull a “Frozen” and let it go
● Map it out
● Saturday morning block and tackle
● Embrace dawn
● Carpool is for scholarly articles

4. Leverage
● Champions: who’s in (and who could be in) your corner?
● Reality check: finances
● Reality check: workload
● Double-dip
● Make friends and socialize (a little)
● Care for the better half
● Self-care

5. Questions?
Amy Heitzman, Ph.D.
Deputy CEO & Chief Learning Officer, UPCEA
aheitzman@upcea.edu
https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyclaireheitzman/