tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post1287890262207446922..comments2024-02-28T18:29:41.120-08:00Comments on Not of General Interest: Wishes (resolutions?) for the new academic yearundinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-60564056022733221762011-09-07T22:57:36.495-07:002011-09-07T22:57:36.495-07:00Update: I've adopted the 5 week plan, or a mod...Update: I've adopted the 5 week plan, or a modification of it. Phase 1 is to 5 October, Phase 2 to 24 October, Phase 3 is to 1 December, and Phase 4 to 14 December. Progress within Phase 1 is on track pretty much but my resolutions now are:<br /><br />- sleep<br />- exercise<br /><br />even with 5 classes, or especially with, have to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-65106867624688641932011-08-22T23:38:24.378-07:002011-08-22T23:38:24.378-07:00As it turns out I am teaching 5 classes, one of wh...As it turns out I am teaching 5 classes, one of which is very easy. Three are hard and one is new. Zero theses and zero grad exams this term, however. One large grant proposal and one large administrative task. I do not know how much I can get done but I resolve this:<br />MWF 8-10 office hours and prep the 3 hard classes. Then teach the 4 classes, then on MW work on the grant and the administrative task, and on F take the afternoon and evening off.<br />T prepare and then teach the new class.<br />Th research and writing, no invasions and no exceptions.<br />Saturdays alternate between cleaning / shopping / mending / yard work and days out of town to do research or recreation.<br />Sundays are bad days because everything is closed, everyone is out of town or in church all day, there is no ventilation in the building (heating/cooling off and windows do not open) so I am not sure yet how to handle them well. I think I should go hiking or something like that and then do work and then go Out (you can always go Out here at night, we are decadent). I like to work on Saturday nights but not Friday or Sunday nights.Zhttp://profacero.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-3695246406020787472011-08-19T22:12:45.879-07:002011-08-19T22:12:45.879-07:00Dame Eleanor, you're inspiring me. I'm goi...Dame Eleanor, you're inspiring me. I'm going to try that early pattern and will work on the 5 week plan.undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-26637527360169670922011-08-19T18:30:09.501-07:002011-08-19T18:30:09.501-07:00I resolve to get up early and write first thing on...I resolve to get up early and write first thing on most days (I'll see what I can do on the morning after night classes, but I forgive myself if I need sleep more on those days). I also resolve to plan the semester in five-week segments, both for classes and for research, with clear goals set in terms of both process and product (write 500 words a day and have complete draft by date X; grade Y papers per day and have the whole class's papers back by date Z).Dame Eleanor Hullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06512884104691200975noreply@blogger.com