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The next tip I have is to keep a list of notes for each assignment you grade. For each course, I have a list of the 12 weeks and what is required each week. I include comments I might add about how to use this information while working with clients – beyond feeding up, or more like feeding out, into the real world. I have pointers on what to look for and comments about the next week's upcoming work. These help me focus on what I need to grade towards, and my hope is that it also helps my students receive beneficial feedback from me. These tips took time to create and I'm always adding to it or editing it. They're especially helpful when life is busy and it's late on a Thursday afternoon when grades are due. It's at these times that I am especially respectful of what my students did to get their work to me on time. Madia Levin, PhD Full-Time Faculty, Department of Psychology While I was busy with my PhD, I remember being told two pieces of advice that have always stayed with me. The first being, "How do you eat an elephant? Bit by bit," and the second gem is one of my favorite Mandela quotes, "It always seems impossible until it's done." Both pieces really allude to the same concept, which is that many things feel impossibly large and difficult to accomplish in the beginning of the journey. Whenever I start with a new student, or perhaps hit a wall with a current one, I try to remember how I felt when I started this journey... excited yet overwhelmed, eager yet confused. As faculty, I can either help this student figure it out or I can overwhelm them and make it seem too difficult to overcome. The sweet spot is to challenge the student rather than discourage them, and time and time again, the students who really want it rise to the challenge. I am not sure that I have any tips to give any of the accomplished staff who may be reading this, so I thought I would instead share some of my teaching New Year's resolutions, and though many of these may be things we are all doing already, a new year gives us the opportunity to review what works and what doesn't. 6