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
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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
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
Grief in Academia
cw: miscarriage, grief You may have noticed a slight gap between my last post and this one. I was not certain I should write this post. Contrary to what my robust digital footprint might suggest, I am not one to post a lot of intensely personal information online. But it felt weird to simply resume … Continue reading Grief in Academia
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