How are ya'll holding up? Today marks the start of the spring semester for me, and so far, it has been suspiciously quiet on the email front. Anyway, today's post is brought to you by the high-functioning overachiever in me. It's a new year and we all might be thinking of how to be the … Continue reading Adding and Subtracting
Productivity While Caregiving
I had very different intentions for this post when I set up the draft and titled it. I thought I'd share how I was finally hitting my stride with this whole newborn care and working from home thing. Share some of my newfound wisdom, if you will. And then yesterday happened. The baby threw up … Continue reading Productivity While Caregiving
So Many Projects, So Little Time
Happy New Year to those who use the Gregorian calendar! I have some more personal posts coming down the pipe soon, but I wanted to tackle a topic that was weighing on me this week: how to choose which projects to pursue. I don't know what your feeds/emails look like but mine are teeming with … Continue reading So Many Projects, So Little Time
#B*tchBye: Leaving Twitter for Mastodon
If you're an academic on social media, you've probably heard that Twitter is dying thanks to Elon Musk. This may or may not concern you, but for many academics it is painful to watch and fatiguing to think about starting over someplace else. Am I sad to leave Twitter? Hardly. My final tweet I joined … Continue reading #B*tchBye: Leaving Twitter for Mastodon
ChatGPT Wins Best in Class for Making Shit Up
If you're involved with the education industry - even if your head is currently buried under a pile of grading - you've probably recently caught wind of something called ChatGPT or what many see as the end of learning as we know it. ChatGPT-3 is a natural language processor that's been trained on a lot … Continue reading ChatGPT Wins Best in Class for Making Shit Up
Greetings from Academic Maternity Leave
Hey, all! It's been a while since I posted because I've been working on this little project that finally came into the world in October (3 weeks early via emergency c-section): Isn't she just great? I know, I can't stop staring at her little face. Thankfully, my institution offers a full semester leave or two … Continue reading Greetings from Academic Maternity Leave
Update! Baby Azar, Goals, CFP, ECA Newsletter
Hello again! If you are a regular blog reader, then you know it has been a good long while since my last post in which I outlined my plan for a spring academic writing sprint. I had also shared with you all my progress on spring semester goals with the idea of keeping myself accountable. … Continue reading Update! Baby Azar, Goals, CFP, ECA Newsletter
Academic Writing Month: Spring Edition
If you've been reading this blog regularly, you know that I participated in AcWriMo 2021 (Academic Writing Month) in November of last year. It helped me get an article to the point where I could submit it for publication, and that article is now in the R&R phase. While I endeavor to be more of … Continue reading Academic Writing Month: Spring Edition
Spring Semester Goals Update
How is it going? This week is my spring break week. I was going to have a post for you about planning out my spring break, but the lead-up to NeMLA took more out of me than I thought it would, so here we are. As much as I'd like to take my own advice … Continue reading Spring Semester Goals Update
How to Prep for an Academic Conference
So how's it going for you all? Is it just me, or does it feel like we're still stuck on a merry-go-round of doom, terror, and burnout? I've had to make some adjustments recently to cope, one of which is making a simple, short must-do list each day and often quitting when I finish it … Continue reading How to Prep for an Academic Conference
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