2026 Session Three, Week Four

Here we are, staring October in the face! Although there still are three more days to tackle September goals, I fear I'll be rolling over a lot of mine into Exploding Head Month. Perhaps appropriately, this week's theme event is Meeting Someone Who Can Help (or at least cheer you on). This might be a neighbor, a handyperson, someone in the village who knows everyone, a friend you long ago lost touch with who turns up in the area, a friendly barista, or even an animal companion. This person will probably turn into a regularly recurring character, so choose someone you will enjoy having around and referring back to in future weeks!

And, of course, let us know how you did with your last goals, then set some new ones.

Daisy

Read and edit student paper draft
Prep for upcoming meeting
Book flights for interesting trip in October
Something fun with friends
Write report thing for previous report, to clarify report…
Exercise!!!!!!!

Dame Eleanor Hull

- work on both M and S projects this week
- 2 "write first" mornings, 3 "exercise first" mornings
- grade grad quizzes, prep for both classes
- prep for guest lecture
- finishing touches to syllabuses, load more stuff to the ViLE
- make 1 phone call to schedule a shot
- assorted stupid work admin things including minimum necessary prep for committee meetings (3 this week!) and an application to process
- get back to latest round of editing tasks
- spend an hour tidying my study (or somewhere!)
- find a good time for language work

Heu mihi

Catch up on writing: Aim for 3,380 words (an oddly precise number, but I have my reasons).
2. Draft narrower focus for external review; continue seeking possible reviewers.
3. Journal: Process article revision (very late on this one)
4. Resume exercise by end of week, but be sensible and don't start too soon
5. Sit twice

JaneB

SELF CARE
3x20 minutes of movement
reading, 1-2 creative things, 1-2 social things
LIFE ADMIN
Get electrician quote for a couple of jobs
Look at possible sofas
Don’t get lots more stuff
TEACHING/WORK ADMIN
Sort out slides for second week lectures
Sort out class bookings for student in wheelchair
Do thing about deadlines
Finish typing in my objectives
RESEARCH
Process more model outputs ready for meeting next week
make list of all the other ‘ongoing stuff’
look at paper I said I'd help redraft
Draft abstract for conference and send to former grad student

Julie

1. Big Article - realistically can only do one day, sadly.
2. Teaching prep - finish ViLE sites and module handbooks (deadline next Monday). meet with tutors on big module.
3. Resend abstract and text descriptions of images for another article that the online platform has lost.
4. House/life admin: financial stuff, book hairdresser's appointment.
5. Self-care/fun: run x 3, walk, journal, read.

Susan (held over)

DRAFT THE DAMN PAPER.
PACK
Organize life