In this episode, I talk about what "catch-up week" is to me (as a professor), about benefits/pitfalls and give an action item. Some benefits: giving people (and ourselves) a little bit of a grace period, having the ability to forgive ourselves and move on, knowing how to catch up when we need to as practice for the "real world" in which we are in fact allowed to delay deadlines and catch up sometimes, feeling like we are significantly "moving the needle" on whatever project we are working on. Some pitfalls: we have to then actually do the catching up and sometimes that is more awful than just doing the thing in 30-minute increments every day, sometimes during "catch-up week" we get sick or talk to our colleagues too much at work or our kids have a random day off and then we just get even more behind. Action item: if you are behind on something, try to schedule yourself an hour/2/3/6, sit your butt in your chair, and move that needle!
