I signed up to answer a JuneQuestion tonight. Not gonna.
Somewhere in my journal I have a page headed ”How not to get sucked into unhealthy academia again”. It lists several very useful ways to avoid overwork and not work on the weekends. And public holidays. And how to pace myself according to capacity and workload, not possibility and meaningfulness. I wrote it when I knew I was going to teach at university again.
Not following it this week. It’s the fortnight between study periods, with the last one finishing last Friday. I finalise marks in two courses, while setting up course outlines and teaching sites for three new courses. The new course material needs to be up by next Sunday night.
I’m working double time so I can totally, 100% disconnect from work for a week next week – something I have not really done in the middle of the year before. I was even answering student emails and checking boards when I was on a yoga and art retreat in Bali back in 2018.
So – in another prism of the multiverse I am writing a well-thought out post about what i wish everyone knew, while enjoying a long weekend of rest and relaxation.
But not here, now.