The "Task List"

The task list sheet functions as a way for labbies to both (1) practice stating their needs on a weekly basis and (2) offer their time, skills, or comany as resources to other labbies

Needs

A need can be anything in your life that you could use a labbie's help with, whether it's lab-related, work-related, fun-related, or personal. Labbies put their needs down on the task list with the hopes that a fellow labbie will volunteer their time, knowledge, company, etc. as a resource. If possible, labbies will also specify how long they think the task will take to complete (e.g., 30 minutes, 1 hour, several days) and what day they need the task completed on the following week (e.g., by Monday at 3PM, sometime before Thursday evening, before lab on Friday). 

There is no requirement to put down a need in the task list each week - some weeks are easier than others! There is also no maximum number of needs you are allowed to put in the task list. You can put down however many needs you have for the week! Because labbies can only offer you whatever resources they have in the moment, the task list is volunteer-based. All of your needs may not be resourced in one week, but the lab as a whole tries its hardest to support everyone in everything they do.

Some common themes of needs include:

• Accountability checks (labbies check in regularly throughout the week to motivate progress)

• Peer review (revising, critiquing, finding citations, literature searches)

• Love bombs (similar to accountability checks; sending heartfelt, uplifting, or wholesome messages and memes to a labbie who needs a little extra love)

• Coworking (meeting via Zoom and sharing a space to work on projects together or separately)

Resources

Resources can be considered the opposite of needs. Labbies can offer whatever resources they have to the lab as a whole or to individual labbies who may be in particular need of some resourcing. You can offer anything from time and attention to a specific skill and expertise.

Common themes for resourcing are identical to the ones for needs:

• Accountability checks (labbies check in regularly throughout the week to motivate progress)

• Peer review (revising, critiquing, finding citations, literature searches)

• Love bombs (similar to accountability checks; sending heartfelt, uplifting, or wholesome messages and memes to a labbie who needs a little extra love)

• Coworking (meeting via Zoom and sharing a space to work on projects together or separately)

Which "resourcing person" slot should I sign up for?

Resourcing Person #1 is the primary resourcing labbie who is most willing (and probably most qualified) to complete the task.

Resourcing Person #2 is the secondary resourcing labbie who is also willing to complete the task but may have less experience.

Resourcing Persons #3, #4, etc., are usually folks who are (1) experienced but less willing to offer their resources to complete the task due to other time commitments or personal reasons, (2) less experienced but willing to give it a try, and (3) new to lab or new to the task but want to learn and be involved

Opportunities

Labbies are welcome to offer up any opportunities they think folks in the lab might be interested in. Just like every other category of check in, opportunities can range from academic to non-academic. 

What kind of opportunities are appropriate to offer in lab?

• Job/employment opportunities

• Guest-lecturing a class 

• Observation, shadowing, or supervision

• Collaborating on and/or attending a conference, symposium, workshop, or poster

• Working on a project or collaborating on a paper

• Thesis and dissertation proposals and defenses

• Other smaller, topic-focused labbie meetings (e.g., Interbehvaiorism book club, project management meetings, RFT study group, mindfulness/meditation group, writing club, journal club)