Today was a day like all my days used to be. This morning started off with a 2-hour working seminar with my French colleagues in French. I’m grateful and excited for our collaboration, but I also was extremely stressed about how this would go since I’m only used to functioning in French when I am […]
Tag: Time
Unlearning the Second Nature of Self
What does is mean to put myself first? To prioritize not just my needs, but what I want, yet remain committed to community care? This is my current inquiry. My whole life has been spent thinking that I should prioritize others, the work I have to do, the work that others call me to do, […]
Hello, Old Friend
I haven’t written an entry on this blog in two months. I’ve been writing. I’m an academic. I live in the 21st century. I write all the time. E-mails, texts, tweets, messages, article manuscripts, talks, courses. But what does it mean for someone who believes that reflection is growth, and who believes in public reflection […]
Take Good Care
It’s been a rough weekend. When I think about it, it’s just been a busy weekend that wasn’t much of a weekend. I had a work commitment from 9-3 on Saturday then went straight to church then stayed for a Social Justice committee meeting. All of this was great and would have been fine except […]
Making (Taking? Reclaiming?) Time I Don’t Have….
I really don’t have the time to write this blog. And that’s probably exactly why I need to make, take, reclaim the time to write it. It is the second week of the semester. Yesterday, I went pretty much non-stop from my 6am run to arriving home after choir practice at 8:30pm then taking a […]
Habits and Intellectual Discipline
It is rainy outside (a rare occurrence in Southern California) for the 4th morning in a row (even rarer). My knees hurt, but I also have extremely low energy from 2 rest days in a row because my running schedule is all off, and because, rain. The 30-day writing challenge is over. The semester is […]
Blogging on a Mobile Device
This morning, after a long drive up I-5, through the afternoon and evening, I am blogging, on a mobile device from a hotel room in the Bay Area, a few hours away from my nephew’s Bar Mitzvah and a long reverse trip home. This trip is a bit of a breakthrough for me, as I […]
Why Am I Doing This? Pushing Pause Instead of Pushing E-mail
A week ago, I began the first exercise from David M. Levy’s Mindful Tech book, and started observing my e-mail use. Levy encourages his readers to share both their observations and personal guidelines they’ve established after completing the exercise, and, well, I need to write a blog post today anyways, so here goes 🙂 Observations It […]
Back to Life…Back to Reality
Back to life, back to reality, back to the here and now, oh yeah. (Thanks Soul II Soul and everyone who is now singing along to this classic–I’ve linked it here in case you want a soundtrack to this post) We just got back home after a few days in South Florida visit my in-laws. […]
Making Time to Write
I am many things: human, woman, mother, partner, sister, friend, person of faith, academic, runner, writer, singer — many things. But, I don’t always prioritize those things equally, and when I’m out of balance (did I mention I’m also a Libra?), I end up feeling completely overwhelmed. Sometimes, I look back on the early days […]