A coffee cup on a desk showing work to be done.


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Academia Personal

Freelance as a scientist

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2021-05-14

During my time as a student, I needed to earn some money. So I did some typical student jobs, like delivering advertisement or repairing computers. I was also part of several projects at my university or other institutions, but I always wanted to work as a freelancer. Create a…

Photo of the book Give and Take from Adam Grant


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Book Review Productivity

Book Review: Give and Take by A. Grant

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2021-05-07

I always felt a bit naive when telling people, that doing the right thing and being generous will lead to the best results in the long run. Especially while being a freelancer, that seemed extra stupid, as you always have to take care of yourself. In a society where…

Hand drawn reconstruction of Ashur from northeast. View of the towering Ashur temple


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Archaeology

The reconstruction of the Ashur Temple

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2021-04-30

Since last summer, I am working part-time for the German Archaeological Institute as a research associate in a project called GlAssur. The project focuses on the Glazed Bricks in Ashur (German: Assur). I work on a reconstruction of the temple. This way, the façades of glazed bricks, that are…

Screenshot of a Notion database


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Academia Productivity

Organise your students with Notion!

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2021-04-23

Notion is a relatively new organisation tool which offers databases, kanban boards, wikis, calendars and much more. Plus: The the Personal Pro Plan is free for students and educators! So naturally, I had to try it out and am pretty intrigued. It is simple and easy to use….

A smartphone displaying the Facebook Login Page and some Scribble tokens forming the words "Social Media"


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Personal Productivity Technology

Why I quit Facebook

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2021-04-16

A couple of weeks ago, I quit Facebook, after I was part of it for over.. phew I don’t know anymore! Probably for over ten years. Facebook was one of my websites that I visited daily. I wouldn’t say that I obsessed about it, but I did check it…

Person in Karate Gi sitting and holding a white belt


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Productivity

How Karate can boost your productivity

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2021-04-09

Karate is a martial art and one of many, although probably one of the most known and mystified ones. I personally practice it for many years now and I learned a lot from it. Not only for practicing Karate, but also for my work-life. Let’s have a talk about…

Sebastian Hageneuer
Germany

Hi! My name is Sebastian. I am an archaeologist, a university lecturer, freelancer, guitarist, and father. You could say I am quiet busy, so I learned to manage my time and energy to build good habits and still have space for myself and my family. Sounds difficult? Read here how I do it. Every Friday.

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