How's everyone doing? You may have noticed I skipped a week because I am still adjusting to being productive while caregiving and practicing the art of adding and subtracting to make it work. QOTD: are you a goals person? If you're a regular reader of this blog you probably are. If others' goal lists make … Continue reading Spring Semester Goals
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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
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
Big Dreams
How's everyone doing so far this year? It's been a minute since I've posted because I found I needed time to adjust to the spring semester schedule. Remind me to blog about navigating periods of transition sometime. Today's blog is about making big plans, dreaming big dreams, for your academic (or professional) life. I'm inspired … Continue reading Big Dreams
Organizing Your Files for Research
This is post #3 in my miniseries on organizing for research (in case you missed them, here's post #1 & #2). I don't know about you, but it took nearly 10 years of being in higher education for me to develop a digital filing system that actually works for me. A combination of things (the … Continue reading Organizing Your Files for Research
Research Pipeline
This is post #2 in my mini-series on organizing your research (also, here is #1 and #3). If you're a regular reader of this blog, you may have read about my Low-Key System for Managing Academic Projects. This post is an update to that original concept as well as some general advice about creating project … Continue reading Research Pipeline
Research Themes
This is post #1 in my miniseries on Organizing Your Research (find post #2 & #3 here). I remember having a moment of clarity after reading/hearing (?) Roopika Risam discuss how she organizes her research interests (see her awesome website for inspo). Up until then, I was like a lot of current early-career academics: jumping … Continue reading Research Themes
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