Psychologist with too many projects
I tend to fall into the trap with blogging of only ever writing a blog post when I have a very specific thing I want to talk about. But blogging can also be a public thinking space, somewhere to organise one's thoughts. With that in mind, I thought I'd take a moment to do a … Continue reading What is happening in my world of mental health promotion
I've had a couple of weird weeks work-wise. By most measures, they have been successful. We've had a publication go live, we won an award, we delivered successful training, collaborations were formed (I use 'we' here specifically because all were genuine team efforts). These successes were culminations of hard work over many months and years. … Continue reading Rationale, not feelings, as your guide to good work
I changed the byline on my website to "Psychologist leading a project-based lifestyle". The term 'project-based lifestyle' refers to centering one's life around projects. These might be work-related - in my case, this might include something like developing and delivering wellbeing programs for students. Or they may be personal projects - in my case this … Continue reading A project-based lifestyle
I recently spent some time updating content on this website. I wanted to provide basic descriptions of the main things that I am involved with. Whilst it was primarily an exercise in updating my website, it did highlight the number of things I am doing at the moment. I've always been a 'project' person. I … Continue reading I’ve reached peak project as indicated by worry procrastination
Dr Gareth Furber 