So I am on sabbatical until August. For the first three weeks I was down with a terrible flu, but am back at it.
I have set myself a bunch of big goals for the next few months, one of them is just resting and getting back on target with self care. It is one of the things that seems to go faster than other things. Right now mornings are for yoga and reading academic texts, the early afternoon for meetings and the later part of the day I write with a goal of 300-500 words a day. I am not too strict on this as this is my first sabbatical and I am rather tired from the last 5 years of heavy teaching.
So this is about rest and writing. I am enjoying the opportunity to read as much as I want and find space for my creativity. I published an article this year (in January) that got comments from the reviewers and editors that was a readable article, which is high praise for an academic article and one of my goals.
I have a hard time reading academic articles that bore me, so I certainly don´t want to write them. This is part of my creative side even though the topics are academic. Overall, I like being an academic, but it is a stunning amount of work, much of which is done behind closed doors in an office or as is in my case at home on my couch. (yes I work best there). Never been a desk person, and certainly don´t do well in libraries or coffee shops, too many distractions. For me a cozy couch with quiet or good music depending on what I am doing.
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