tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post7518737121317115772..comments2024-02-28T18:29:41.120-08:00Comments on Not of General Interest: Academic resolutionsundinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-61082574138010549982008-01-01T16:18:00.000-08:002008-01-01T16:18:00.000-08:00I'd still rather use the "writes itself" plan, sis...I'd still rather use the "writes itself" plan, sisyphus, but somehow those word counts aren't moving! <BR/><BR/>Professor Z, I've just put my new resolve to the test and have turned something down that I'd normally do. Let's hope that translates into a better-producing academic "garden" this spring.undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-23811468487067588922007-12-31T23:33:00.000-08:002007-12-31T23:33:00.000-08:00Work to rule is my resolution and it covers everyt...Work to rule is my resolution and it covers everything. To "be professional" in my upbringing means doing certain things for free / for the good of the whole / out of general interest ... like those mss. reviews, service that's important if not specifically required, conferences I find generally interesting, etc. But in the corporatized academic world, these things just get you behind. So I will cultivate *my* garden.Professor Zerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04909063513731044826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-13712894267268819602007-12-31T16:07:00.000-08:002007-12-31T16:07:00.000-08:00The hardest thing for me to remember that work doe...<I>The hardest thing for me to remember that work doesn't do itself: papers don't grade themselves, writing doesn't magically appear on the computer screen, and simply lugging a book around doesn't mean that it gets read.</I><BR/><BR/>Wait, writing <I>doesn't</I> complete itself? <BR/><BR/>Hmm, this may mean I'll have to change my "sit around eating chex mix until the dissertation writes itself" plan for 2008. <BR/><BR/>Luckily, I've got a day or so to indulge the old plan.Sisyphushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09880634753539329199noreply@blogger.com