Week 10: Rejuvenation

I'm slogging my way through final grading for my summer course right now, while looking ahead to a brief break from email, blogs, et al. next week (so host feedback may be a bit sparse, for which I apologize; please talk among yourselves).

For many of us, one of the goals of summer is rejuvenation.  But many of us have limited time to spend on that goal (and for some of us, it isn't even summer, or summer seems to have barely begun even as it's coming to an end, or we don't get the summer off anyway).  So I'm thinking we might discuss what activities, time-consuming or not, we find rejuvenating.  What do you do when you realize you're exhausted, and really need at least a brief break? What about if you have time for a longer one?  How much time does it take to rejuvenate (or, to echo advice from last week, how much, and what kind of,  leisure do you need to schedule on your calendar to be at your most productive)? 

Or, on a somewhat related note, we could discuss the ideas for getting out of unproductive funks accumulating in a post and comment stream over at Grumpy Rumblings (many of the suggestions, at least at the time I'm posting this, seem to involve taking a break -- even an unplanned one -- as a "reset"/get back on track strategy). 

Here's a reminder of the standard format for check-ins:

1. comment on the week's topic, when there is one
2. report your progress against last week's goals
3. analysis (optional): analyse what happened, what went well, what came up to derail things, note what you learnt/want to change, ask any questions of the rest of the group if you want some tips or suggestions
4. planning (optional): something about the coming week: what the priorities are, what issues are going to present challenges, what the framework for your goal-setting is
5. goals for the next week (or multi-week period until your next check-in)


Last week's goals:


 allan wilson
(from week 7)
1. drink lots of water (I loved this one - I think I feel better)
2. finish conference talk post colleague critique
3. enjoy my life
4. do wildly overdue ethics app- added because of my comments below!!

Amstr
1) plan food and exercise (and do it!)
2) send queries to writing group
3) write in the mornings
4) declutter 4x30min
5) spend time writing down to-do lists (GTD strategy)

Contingent Cassandra
Overall, get grades done and other activities at a stopping-point to allow for a week or so's vacation, including:
(1) get basics working on new phone
(2) make sure necessary bills are paid
(3) move (exercise/garden) at least a bit
(4) plan rest of summer 

Daisy
1) Start grant application and do electronic prep on CV system
2) Finish neglected paper's methods and discussion and figures
3) Reading project
4) Project report, doubles as outline for paper

Elizabeth
Read one more article for the literature review.
Schedule one more doctor’s appointment and a trip to the dentist.

GEW
(Goals from Week 9)
1) Walk to and from institute location whenever it's safe enough to do so (i.e., not dark).
2) Write for at least 30 minutes per day on chapter draft.
3) Say no to socializing if I really don't want to do it.
4) Be a good listener during the training. Don't raise hands to make too many comments or questions.
5) Each evening, write lists of "intentions" for the following day so that I'm not just spinning wheels during any open times.
6) Enjoy and be grateful for this week of time during which I get to work on things that interest me. 


humming42
1. stay relatively current with grading and comments on student assignments
2. write book review
3. make progress on Upcoming Article

iwantzcatbocl
1. Exercise daily.
2. Make list of things to do.
3. Don’t dawdle with household chores.

JaneB
1. Finish writing talk for cancelled conference by Tuesday, send to PDF
2. go back to the gym at least twice and Bugge Spray the 'you should do more!' voice firmly when it tries to make you do more than you plan - regularity is more important than the overall amount of exercise this week.
3. do a pile of proofreading for one of my admin roles
4. continue with Smart Paper - rough out discussion points and figures
5. make a plan for grant writing
6. Bed before midnight without electronics! some nights

Karenh
1. Make a planned routine of work time for the semester that gives realistic space for teaching and supervision, but also dedicated TLQ slots.
2. Read/notetake one article for Embodied article.
3. Make contact about P1 site permissions
4. Set up meeting with P1 collaborators.

kjhaxton
a) Scary project: continue re-analysing data for conference presentation and read new literature on project. Draft presentation and research tool for phase 2.
(b) Gemstone Paper: play around with data, write the next 1000 words and finish the figures
(c) continue list making and cross off some small items from the various lists.  

Let's Do This
(goals from week 7)
1. Finish the article that I wanted to finish last week. Email it before I leave town for the holiday weekend. This gives me three days, ACK!.
2.Do the dreaded bills.
3. Fix the captioning and the video summaries on the two videos that have been uploaded thus far. This will ease me into finishing, uploading, and captioning the remaining videos next week, so I can get started on that article before my parents arrive on the 10th.
4. Pack for the weekend trip. Something I love to put on the list because then I can cross it off later!
5. Enjoy extra time with my daughter, who has a break from the gym this week. 

Matilda
(goals from week 7)
1) To revise Chapter 1 on the articles I have read recently.
2) To exercise for 3 minutes at least three times a day.
3) To have good sleep, and do not think that I should have worked instead. Sleep is important.   

Mercy
a. read 1 HA-related article per day every workday
b. freewrite for 15 minutes each day
c. 1 fun/excercise thing w/kids each day
d. 1 home/yard task each day (kids can help)

Susan 
1. Book: revise introduction and first three chapters following advice from awesome editor; read other chapters to know what she's thinking. (Intro is a fair bit of work, so may not be finished, other three are in fairly decent shape.)
2. Finish book proposal
3. Exercise in some way daily.
4. Do bibliography stuff