From Overwhelmed to Organized: Practical Workshop for Postdocs
Does it ever feel like your brain is running multiple experiments at once, papers in revision, experiments in progress, grants, job applications, and no clear off switch?
Join us for a practical, hands-on working session designed specifically for busy researchers:
From Overwhelmed to Organized: A Practical Workshop for Busy Postdocs
📍 Chen 130
📅 Monday, 16 March 2026
⏰ 12 – 1 PM
🥪 Lunch will be provided - please RSVP here so we can order appropriately: https://forms.gle/nrWQEspBF3hLWQvBA
This workshop will be led by Grace Wong, OTD, OTR/L, LRC (she/her), Occupational Therapist, Student Wellness Services.
Bring your laptop, your overlapping to-do lists, and the mental clutter you've been carrying. In this interactive session, Grace will introduce Getting Things Done (GTD), a widely used framework for managing complex workloads, and connect it to how cognitive overload affects focus, stress levels, and burnout risk in high-achieving environments.
You will:
- Learn why "open loops" drain cognitive energy
- Do a guided brain dump to clear mental clutter
- Build your own task system during the session
- Leave with a working structure you can use immediately
This is not a lecture — it's a working session! Please bring your laptop and phone with a dedicated task app installed. We'll demo using TickTick, but any task app that supports tags (e.g., Todoist, Apple Reminders, etc.) will work.
We hope you'll join us and leave with a good system your future self!