It’s been a really interesting week. Last week, when I wrote, I was on the brink of exhaustion and frustrated with myself for lack of self-care, struggling with prioritizing time for all of the priorities in my life. Frankly, for people who follow this blog or who know me in person, this is nothing new. […]
Month: January 2015
The Struggle: Starting a New Semester
My last two days went something like this: Thursday–Woke up committed to self-care in the face of back-to-back afternoon/ evening classes with a commute. Went to coffee with some mom friends. Got myself lunch & packed dinner. Took a nap. Then took off for class #1 feeling good. Taught from 2-4:30, got to campus, found […]
Keeping Balance
I read an interesting article this morning called “Coming Out as Academic Mothers” written by Sarah Birken and Jessica Borelli, two mothers, one of whom is a 3rd year post-doc who opted to work half-time to spend more time with her children and the other who is an assistant professor with 3 children under 5 at […]
What Does It Mean to Speak Freely?
It’s been a hard week, in terms of thinking clearly and speaking freely–hard in that I’ve had to wrestle with a lot that is not immediately apparent for me which is generally unusual. Don’t get me wrong, I think deeply about issues of free speech and free expression (and violence, actually) all the time, but […]
Consistency in the Journey: A 52-week Blog Resolution
It’s a new year and time to make “resolutions” that will help us prosper and work towards important goals. So, why not a self-initiated blogging challenge? I really enjoyed my time writing for the 30-day blogging challenge earlier this year and I realized that this will be an important year for me to chronicle, from […]