Week 12: Being Thankful

Well, tis the season after all. Let's keep things simple: what have you been thankful for in the past week?



Dame Eleanor Hull
New goals: I will spend most of this week with family, and I plan not to try to do any real work during that time; I'll keep up with languages because they're soothing.
1) Self: daily exercise and stretching, enough sleep, work on at least 2 languages, do the necessary cooking so I can eat safely.
2) Others: be kind to everybody even if they don't deserve it; maintain detachment (maybe I'll start sitting again while I'm there).
3) Remember my session goals: Live with uncertainty and work the process.

Elizabeth Anne Mitchell
Write Faculty Council report. (TRQ)
Sew Christmas stockings.
Plan Thanksgiving for myself and sons.
Get to 50K words on NaNo--for the win.
Tai Chi ten minutes a day.
Leave more comments than last week.
Clear my half of the study.

Good Enough Woman
1) Grade two stacks of drafts.
2) Get the evals done.
3) Three walks/jogs (could sub one other outdoor activity).
4) Prep for writing club.
5) Read chapter/article draft.
6) Be present for the family despite the need to do the above.
7) Prepare Christmas presents for shipping

heu mihi
1. To 51,500 words of the novel (including the 8300 written in October)
2. Read SGGK in full; prep day 1 of teaching it (and ideally day 2--I've taught it in a different context a million times, so this shouldn't be too hard. The challenge is that a lot of my students have read it before, too).
3. Prep for first two days of new book
4. Meditate x 3. Just keeping it on here.
5. Run x 3.

Humming42
1 30 minutes writing/research every day
2 send query letter about February article
3 try to live an orderly life, in whatever ways that manifests
4 track time this week

Karen
- do Couch to 5K run 3 x each week
- complete draft of upcoming conference paper
- remeber to breathe, slow down, and enjoy the journey

KJHaxton
1. finish marking
2. science comm activity planning
3. finish planning and run outreach event
4. tackle ethics forms for two projects
5. email collaborators for other project

Susan
Deck clearing (tomorrow)
1. Deal with at least some of the paper
2. Finish the book review, email journal for guidelines I've lost
3. Try to complete R & R, except maybe the footnote fixing.
Other:
4. Exercise - especially over the weekend (walk tomorrow, walk/go to gym when down south
5. Try to start another book
6. Send off one set of letters; write another

Week 11: Clear the decks

I'm about to hand over final marks and jump on the plan for a big family adventure. This is our first overseas travel with the kids, so cross fingers and wish me luck!

In preparation for getting ready, I've been frantically trying to tick off tasks to be done: some of that has involved completing (or letting things go), in other cases it's been finding the right people to take up tasks and add more than I could anyway. I've even had to move my office plants out to where someone else can keep them watered. Clearing the decks has been literal as well as metaphorical, and rather cathartic.

What would you like off your deck this week?

Amstr (brought over)

-catch up on MF goal (3000 words)
-submit to 5-7 agents
-menu plan/grocery shop
-get hallway cleaned; schedule some time for dreaded house project

Contingent Cassandra
--move a bit (walk at least 1x, weights at least 1x)
--get the most fragile bulbs in the ground
--get the #$@! course description done
--get 2nd book order done
--Make substantial progress on pedagogy project grant application

Dame Eleanor Hull
1) Self: daily exercise and stretching, enough sleep, work on at least 2 languages, do the necessary cooking so I can eat safely.
2) Research: 7 hours on main project, focusing on product. 3 hours on translation.3) Teaching: grade undergrads' tp3, grads' kw2.4) House/Life: pay bills, prep for Thanksgiving travel.5) Remember my session goals: Live with uncertainty and work the process.


Elizabeth Anne Mitchell
Finish strategic plan (TRQ)
Finish group article (TRQ)
Plan presentation for the end of the month.
Keep up with NaNo.
Sew one stocking together; pin the second one.
Tai Chi for ten minutes a day -- before work.
Reply to other comments.

Good Enough Woman
checked in, no new goals

heu mihi
1. To 37k on novel.
2. Run x 3.
3. Prepare for and give a little presentation on Wednesday.
4. Ch. 2 of dissertation, for real
5. Meditate x 3, FOR REAL. Maybe shouting at myself will help.

humming42

1 30 minutes writing/research every day
2 write and submit Signature abstract
3 set up interview with blog post contact
4 revisit Pink Research to see if it’s a viable project

JaneB
1) keep up the good practices around evenings-and-mornings, and get off my phone earlier
2) look over where GallimaufreyReviewPaper is up to, and email an update to everyone to check in
3) Take one small BlackSummerProjectPaper action
4) make hopefully final edits to GrantINeverShouldHaveStarted
5) Spend an hour on ProblemChild3's text, and make contact with FormerPDF to divide up the work on the figures that needs doing.
6) enjoy NaNoWriMo
7) stay a week ahead on class stuff

KJHaxton
1. Finish marking big assignment
2. Apply for supplementary role
3. Make initial enquiries about science communication activity
4. Writing for 30 mins each day
5. 2 hours of research

Susan
1. Send off review
2. Work on R & R,
3. Write two more letters of rec
4. Expenses from conference
5. Walk three times
6. Continue not bringing iPad to bed/ disconnect from social media

Waffles
1. Try to finish draft of F32 paper
2. Submit IRB
3. Really work on the PTSD intro this time
4. More work on the review 

Week 10: Small moments of delight

The Christmas drinks are in the coffee shops. I have opinions. I can't understand the obsession with salted caramel. I mean, I quite like the contrast but it's in all the things now and I grow tired. I don't like black cherry either, nor mint particularly and I'll not mention the curse of pumpkin spice. I got through October with Apple Cinnamon tea (one of the tea pig brand) and it was delightful - not too acidic as many fruit infusions can be, nor laden with the root of all evil (also known as liquorice).  But we've transitioned from Autumn drinks to winter drinks and Spiced Berry tea doesn't have the same appeal. So then there's hot chocolate orange which is the regular hot chocolate with a splash of orange syrup and it's OK...but when done right a good hot chocolate is a thing of delight. And no matter what your milk requirements are - soya, nut, cow or oat, and your chocolate choice of white, milk, dark, no sugar, it's a possibility. 

So this week, what brings you a small moment of delight? Perhaps it's one of those moments that make you feel reconnected to something you mentioned last week. Perhaps it's a seasonal beverage that you'd forgotten how much you love. Perhaps it's the discovery that there's such a thing as no added sugar milk chocolate.  

Amstr (brought over)

-catch up on MF goal (3000 words)-submit to 5-7 agents-menu plan/grocery shop-get hallway cleaned; schedule some time for dreaded house project

Contingent Cassandra

--get the #$@! course description done.

Dame Eleanor Hull

1) Self: daily gentle exercise and stretching in 2-3 small chunks, enough sleep, work on at least 2 languages, do the necessary cooking so I can eat safely.

2) Research: 7 hours on main project, focusing on product. 3 hours on translation.

3) Teaching: edit one assignment, grade two more (at least start).

4) House/Life: tidy/organize in the basement.

5) Remember my session goals: Live with uncertainty and work the process.

Elizabeth Anne Mitchell

Keep up with NaNo.

Five hours a week on the book.

Work on the grant 1 hour a day.

Finish one of the stockings.

Pick one writing project and begin to outline it.

Tai Chi for ten minutes a day.

Respond to other participants.

Good Enough Woman

1) Have one or two activities just with my son.

2) Write everyday for at least five minutes.

3) Finish one stack of essays by Thursday and another stack by Sunday (not sure about the second stack b/c I'm on kid duty all weekend, and I want to focus on them, but it would be good to make that progress).

4) Walk 2x, even if the walks are short.

5) More progress on Christmas list for extended family.

6) Read a few pages of the rejected article (former diss chapter) that I think I want to resubmit just to see how it makes me feel.

7) Do fun things with the kids this weekend so it feels at least a little bit special (husband will be out of town).

heu mihi

1. Get to 24k words of NaNo novel.

2. Read ch. 2 of dissertation--or at least half of it. (It's 60+ mostly-single-spaced pages.)

3. Remaining prompts for undergrad papers.

4. Read up to Thanksgiving in upper-level class; through Monday for lower-level ones.

5. Meditate x 3.

Oh, and: Run x 3!

humming42

1 finish another book review

2 contact other person for blog post

3 update reading lists

4 draft outline framework for Perform paper

JaneB

1) keep up the good practices around evenings-and-mornings, and get off my phone earlier

2) look over where GallimaufreyReviewPaper is up to, and email an update to everyone to check in

3) Take one small BlackSummerProjectPaper action

4) make hopefully final edits to GrantINeverShouldHaveStarted

5) design poster for SocietyTHing

6) Spend an hour on ProblemChild3's text, and make contact with FormerPDF to divide up the work on the figures that needs doing.

6) enjoy NaNoWriMo

7) get a couple of weeks ahead with class stuff - complete last batch of lab reports which arrive tomorrow, sort out class datasets and copy handouts for the next set of labs, chase up the TAs, go over class data and check on the progress of all students.

KJHaxton (held over)

Trying to get by

Susan (held over)

1. Read more of the book for review
2. Get started on my research project3. Move: walk at least three times4. Enjoy myself at the conference.

Waffles

1. Try to finish draft of F32 paper

2. Submit IRB

3. Really work on the PTSD intro this time.

4. More work on the review

5. Summarize YRBS findings.

Week 9: Reconnect

So the last few weeks have been the end of semester and assessments, and it feels like I'm still pushing through the a crowd of heavy weights pushing down on me. But what I am trying to do now is to find small moments to reconnect - to take a moment to speak with colleagues about how they are going rather than just the next thing to tick off the list, to go outside and notice the sunshine and new spring growth, to try and be really present with the kids rahter than bribing them to stay quiet while getting dragged to another work thing.

So this week, for a topic - what or who do you want to reconnect with? What small actions could you take to reconnect?


Amstr
-catch up on MF goal (3000 words)
-submit to 5-7 agents
-menu plan/grocery shop
-get hallway cleaned; schedule some time for dreaded house project

Contingent Cassandra
--complete 1st course description and make progress on 2nd book order
--walk a bit while on church retreat this weekend
--continue garden work

Dame Eleanor Hull
1) Self: daily gentle exercise and stretching in 2-3 small chunks, enough sleep, work on at least 2 languages, do the necessary cooking so I can eat safely.
2) Research: 7 hours on main project, focusing on product. 3 hours on translation.
3) Teaching: write/edit two assignments.
4) House/Life: tidy/organize in the basement.
5) Remember my session goals: Live with uncertainty and work the process.

Elizabeth Anne Mitchell
Do a three-things post it every day.
Start NaNo on Wednesday.
Spend five hours on the book.
Spend three hours on fiction.
Walk 90 minutes a day.
Work on the grant 1 hour a day.

Good Enough Woman
1) Write every day for at least 5 minutes.
2) Start Christmas gift lists
3) Finish two stacks of essays (one RPO and one WA) and all quizzes by Sunday

heu mihi
1. To 10k of novel.
2. Meditate x 3.
3. Read essay for proposed conference paper.
4. Finish ch. 1 of dissertation.
5. Prompts for remaining undergrad assignments.
6. Read ahead by 1 week.

humming42
1 finish one book review
2 make task list for upcoming projects
3 contact 2 people related to blog post

JaneB
1) keep up the good practices around evenings-and-mornings, and get off my phone earlier
2) finalise various travel arrangements, and make a decision about submitting an abstract for a conference in January
3) look over where GallimaufreyReviewPaper is up to, and email an update to everyone to check in
4) Put agreed BlackSummerProjectPaper dates into diary
5) Spend an hour on ProblemChild3's text, and make contact with FormerPDF to divide up the work on the figures that needs doing.
6) enjoy starting NaNoWriMo
7) survive all the class stuff, grading etc. etc. - without wasting emotion on it.

KJHaxton
trying to get by

Susan (held over)
1. Read more of the book for review
2. Get started on my research project
3. Move: walk at least three times
4. Enjoy myself at the conference.

Waffles
1. Send grant to the two people who reviewed it for the mock review to see if it is improved
2. Finalize IRB and submit
3. PTSD paper intro
4. Spend some time on F32 paper
5. Spend some time on one of the reviews