By this point in the higher ed calendar, faculty are revising syllabi, deans are scheduling retreats and our inboxes are overflowing, having somehow multiplied while we were away for the summer. Naturally, this feels like the perfect time to also attempt to become entirely different people from the ones we were last academic year. We tell ourselves, with the confidence of people who have apparently never met September, that this year, I will …
Finally keep up with my inboxSay “no” more often Not work nights and weekendsGo to the gym every day after workActually eat lunch away from my deskCancel a meeting that could’ve been an email
If you just read that list without context, you would think it was Jan. 1 and those were my New Year’s resolutions “to focus more on me.” That’s because for those of us who live by the academic calendar, August is our New Year’s Day, just with more email and fewer champagne flutes. And, despite years of evidence to the contrary, we are optimistic that this will be the year when we finally follow through on everything we’ve always wanted to do.
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