Busy Doing What? An Effective Time Management Strategy for Writers on the Go

Nearly all academic faculty are familiar with the expression “publish or perish” used to describe the inherent academic culture where career advancement is predicated on continuously publishing oneu0027s work. Controversies exist about whether quantity or quality of publications matters more; nonetheless, scholarly publication contributions in peer-reviewed journals remain a tangible benchmark to assess faculty membersu0027 academic development and progression, or “productivity.” In the current academic workplace environment faced with time pressures in navigating day-to-day clinical service and teaching activities and distractors like e-mails, allocating time to complete writing activities can seem like an impossible endeavor. Are our careers destined to perish when focus is lost on activities that do not result in …