tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79509005811831763142024-03-14T09:01:47.728-07:00842 Miles on the Tenure TrackEA Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06213305158349164330noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7950900581183176314.post-81632331115892555222016-04-29T09:17:00.000-07:002016-04-29T09:17:05.243-07:00Capsule wardrobe - 1 year later<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Because of my upcoming travel schedule, I went ahead and switched out my capsule wardrobe today. This will be my 5th capsule - making this the almost 1 year anniversary of my capsule wardrobe experiment. As I was sorting through the pieces, I started to reflect on the experiment.<br />
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I have no regrets. I tried this on a whim, starting from Project 33 and ending up with the Unfancy model of 37 items. I excluded outerwear and bags but included shoes. I used one purse for the first capsule year, and then switched in August to a similar purse and retired the 7 year old original purse to Goodwill - trading a Target $2.99 purse acquired in grad school for a sleek black leather The Sak acquired free from the back of my grandmother's closet because she loved The Sak but the purse was too young and hip for her. It was perfect for me; because it is the only bag (besides work) I carry, I do not include it in my capsule.<br />
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My first capsule was easy - it was summer. The capsule was biased towards shorts and T shirts, reflecting the life of an academic mostly writing from home or in the lab. The second capsule was hard. This one was biased towards work clothes and I really didn't know my style. I felt uncomfortable a lot of the time and really flashy.<br />
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Third capsule, how I loved thee! This was the best capsule yet. I was figuring out my style and I was really happy with everything in this capsule. I felt comfortable in my own skin and I felt well put together and professional. More importantly, I was able to identify and target some holes in my capsules. With the help of the Pocket Stylist, I actually purchased new pants and planned to get them tailored for the next capsule. I embraced my style - darker colors, tailored pants, cardigans. <br />
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My fourth capsule had issues. The beautiful pair of tailored pants is still in the bag to go out for tailoring, and while it was in the count, it was never worn. A sweater got ripped. A pair of dry clean only pants (one my favorites) ended up in the wash and came out at half size. Hems fell out of two other pants in early April and they joined the tailored pants in the repair bag. Another shirt got a perfect coffee ring on it that never came out. A heel snapped on a pair of shoes. I ended 7 items down - below even Project 33. I was so busy for most of April I spent the month in a panic about not having anything to wear because I never had time to do laundry.<br />
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So why stick with the capsule? Honestly, I loved the mental space it gave me. I knew I looked good in everything I wore, and I never had to think about shopping. When I accidentally found a piece I loved, I knew it. It literally changed how I felt about clothes and about my body. It gave me a huge boost of confidence in an otherwise chaotic and trying semester. It simplified my life - provided I remembered to do laundry.<br />
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Capsule 5 will be June, July, August. As I will be away for all of May, there was no point in including May in the rotation. It is a summer capsule for a person mostly working from home with maybe 1 day a week in the office. It is an easy capsule. And . . .maybe I will actually get all those items to the tailor over the summer. </div>
EA Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06213305158349164330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7950900581183176314.post-19159189939981250992016-01-26T08:33:00.001-08:002016-01-26T08:33:30.718-08:00On not writing . . .<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The last day I wrote was Jan 2. I remember it clearly,
logging in to see the “accepted, minor revisions,” email. I immediately opened
the file, saw that the “minor revisions” would require approximately 3
sentences, and did them without ever sitting down. </div>
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And then? I stopped writing. Writing ground to a halt. I
dismantled my kitchen cabinets instead and painted them. I fly to my parents to
help with moving my elderly grandparents and spent a week buried in care work.
I came home to cured cabinets, and fixed them up. Then I started teaching
again, and no matter what Blackboard says, “course migration” is not easier
than just redoing the course from scratch. </div>
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Which brings us to January 26. And I have not written in 3
weeks. I have a manuscript open. I just had a different one open. There is even
a third. All three are in an advanced state of draft. All three could go out
with some effort. And yet, all three are sitting idle. </div>
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I figured it out. I’m not writing not because I have hit a
wall, or am in a rut. I’m not writing because the statistics on all the papers
don’t feel right, don’t feel exacting enough, and I don’t trust them. And I
can’t write if I don’t believe my stats or my results.</div>
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The solution then, is better stats. And part of that
solution is admitting, open and honestly, that the appropriate stats for these
analyses are above my pay grade. I’ve sent an email to the statistician I work
with on my NSF grant and asked for an extra meeting (out of start-up, out of
pocket, something needs to give). Hopefully, since all three papers have the
same underlying dilemma, there will be one or two solutions that will work
across all manuscripts and I can get my writing on again.</div>
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In the mean time, I went to writing group. Even though I had
nothing to write, I went. I will write a blog post (or three) in the time, and
at least get my head back in gear. </div>
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Updates: </div>
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Writing: NOTHING. I need stats help. </div>
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Running: 7 new miles clocked in the last two days. </div>
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Kitchen: Nothing. No seriously, nothing. </div>
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January Cure: Tonight is landing strip night. Our landing
strip has become the chaotic center of our household and needs major help. Our
outbox overflows – I think we have 7 bags for goodwill. </div>
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Money: Paid off a small loan with money set aside for B’s
state licensing fees, since work will pay for them now. Made more than $100
selling stuff on ebay, and have made good headway towards another Target
giftcard from Swagbucks. We still have January’s $25 gift card (we spent the
five and ten ones on cat products).</div>
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EA Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06213305158349164330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7950900581183176314.post-58175728193757137122016-01-13T20:00:00.001-08:002016-01-13T20:00:10.825-08:00Moving Day, An Interlude<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Days 4 and 5 for the Kitchen will be posted this weekend. I did not get the pictures transferred before I had to head out of town for a family situation. My 91 and 93 year old grandparents moved into assisted living on Tuesday, and my father had surgery today. My mother, who had her own hip replaced just 4 months ago, is a walking zombie and I'm pretty tired as well.<br />
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I'm averaging something like 18,000 steps a day and I have been skipping my workouts this week.<br />
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I honestly have no idea what is going on with the January Cure. I have cleaned and cleaned however. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From the awesome blog: <a href="http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/06/this-is-why-ill-never-be-adult.html" target="_blank">Hyperbole and a Half</a> by Allie Brosh.</td></tr>
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Writing: yeah. Some of that needs to happen and soon.<br />
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Miles: No change<br />
Yoga: Maybe tomorrow. I do do my sun salutations every time I have to get up from the floor. Which is often.<br />
Diet: Crap from the fridge deemed "not enough to move". <br />
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EA Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06213305158349164330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7950900581183176314.post-4339299539572160442016-01-08T09:03:00.001-08:002016-01-08T09:03:44.271-08:00The kitchen, Day 3<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Today is day 3 for the kitchen project. Day 2 was a wash - I spent the day at work and nothing got done in the kitchen. However, today I hit the project hard and early, and got both coats of primer done!<br />
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For priming, I used Zinnser's Bulleye 1-2-3, as recommended on several home design blogs and how to guides. It went on pretty easily. This wave of the project probably took 3 hours for the first coat and 2 for the second coat. I did not sand between coats - that may have been a mistake.<br />
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For now, I am focusing only on the top cabinets. After the top cabinets are done, I will do the bottom cabinets - likely this weekend. The doors will be a longer term project.<br />
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January Cure update: My outbox runs over - I think we have 8 bags now.<br />
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Running update: no additional miles today. I was exhausted from 2 coats of primer and skipped the workout. <br />
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EA Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06213305158349164330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7950900581183176314.post-60393171515039910462016-01-05T14:30:00.000-08:002016-01-05T14:30:39.295-08:00The Kitchen - Day 1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Today I started the super crazy kitchen renovation. This will be my January Cure project, and is one of my big projects for the year. Here are the "before" pictures - taken during the clean-out process. <img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFy93j6Y0atnguYX6bsgcDORL5iBlV2Hhk3KxckqjZbQAKHzmrgJHbDZpe_2T5PqDpDp4VAvW5VKpylAUZt9Ux6kjmrgWTLSxtvOqG12X3fxVoJ4L4MLFTM5A96ws-5xarMY_u0dKoHuo/s320/DSC08359.JPG" width="212" /></div>
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The first day was spent getting the kitchen cleaned out and everything put away for the project to begin. I was making dinner while cleaning out the kitchen - hence the messy photos.<br />
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The kitchen at the end of Day 1 is shown below.The doors are off, the contact paper has been scraped out, everything has been degreased and then sanded. Day 2 will be the primer!<br />
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Other pressing updates: 6.46/842 miles.<br />
Kitchen Cure moving right along.<br />
Whole30 - traded for Body for Life</div>
EA Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06213305158349164330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7950900581183176314.post-54782694191363698722016-01-04T10:56:00.000-08:002016-01-04T10:56:18.744-08:00The January Cure & Kitchen Remodel, Day 1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Today is day 1 of the kitchen upgrade, and day 4 of the January Cure! I am behind on The Cure - tearing up the kitchen will do that. The floors are not done (this weekend? Next?). Today I made my project list for the house and it went like this:<br />
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Hallway: clean and scrub front and back of door<br />
Clean stairs<br />
Clean recycling corner<br />
Fix loose screw<br />
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Living/Dining room<br />
Do something about that rug.<br />
New carpet<br />
Clean out fireplace<br />
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Kitchen<br />
Redo cabinets<br />
Redo contact paper<br />
Paint falls<br />
Get containers to store dry goods in<br />
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Bedroom<br />
Spray paint wicker chest<br />
Close off that door<br />
Organize husband's closet<br />
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Bathroom<br />
Hang art<br />
Fix the running toilet - actually going to do that one today<br />
Touch up paint<br />
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Office<br />
Hang art<br />
Hang 100 Nos<br />
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For my Jan project, I will be doing the kitchen cabinets, contact paper, and painting.<br />
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Post tonight on Day 1 - I need to go to Lowe's for now. </div>
EA Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06213305158349164330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7950900581183176314.post-55085361462696299372016-01-01T17:15:00.000-08:002016-01-01T17:15:00.548-08:00New year, new goals<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I am gearing up for the new year, and once again willing to try blogging. I think the reality is I really want to blog - but life gets in the way. Life gets in the way a lot. But, with my tenure portfolio due in the fall, this really is my last year on the tenure track. So let's set some goals and work on accountability!<br />
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<span style="color: purple;">Goal 1: Run 842 miles, including a half marathon. Note - I am counting field miles hiked in this category.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Goal 2: I need 4-6 more papers to have an out of the park tenure case. So I need to write those by mid-summer and get them submitted. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Goal 3: Get the lab SOP and protocols revised and up to date. This is HUGE!</span><br />
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<span style="color: lime;">Goal 4: Reduce our debt. We have a lot of student loan debt, and I'd like to make $12,000 in headway. This is situated against my unemployed husband, so I am the sole breadwinner, and the fact that my contract forbids a second job. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Goal 5: KonMari my house and renovate my kitchen!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #134f5c;">Goal 6: Blog here minimum 2x week (100 posts, ugh!) and there once a month. </span><br />
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Let's do this!</div>
EA Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06213305158349164330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7950900581183176314.post-46786866488936853062015-09-07T10:27:00.003-07:002015-09-07T10:27:50.046-07:00Simplify - Summer Capsule Wardrobe<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
After considerable debate, I decided to give a capsule wardrobe a try. There were two immediate options - Project 333 or Unfancy. Project 333 sounded a bit too restrictive for me, as it includes belts, jewelry, etc, whereas Unfancy allows for 37 items and does not include accessories or jewelry. Of course, as each website details, capsule wardrobes are a "Choose Your Own Adventure" and rule breaking is perfectly fine.<br />
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The capsule schedule from Unfancy runs July to September. I wish I had started a month earlier, in June, as my summer wardrobe tends to be much more relaxed than my school year wardrobe. I don't wear shorts on campus (except for weekends if I have to run in to prep or check on something), and I'm ideally only on campus a few days a week during the summer. For June and July, I've been in 4 days a week; for August the goal is once a week. I tend to get less writing done when I am on campus working on projects with students. For example, I got 2 papers and 2 grants out in May. But I have only submitted 2 papers since (6 weeks).<br />
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Assembling the capsule wardrobe therefore, required splitting clothes between casual summer wear and clothes appropriate for teaching come late August. The next capsule will also be off - October, December, January. I'll be in the field for November and will be in field gear.<br />
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What did I end up with?<br />
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Five pairs of shoes. The recommended number was 9. I picked black flats, copper flats, and brown flats, chacos, and black heels. Not counted: running shoes, hiking boots, beach flip flops.<br />
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Five dresses. Two casual, two work, one that can go both ways.<br />
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Two skirts. One orange, one black.<br />
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Four pairs of pants. Two work, two casual. No jeans.<br />
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Three pairs of shorts: grey, beige, purple. The grey and beige are replacement shorts for shorts I had had since 2006. They are the only new items I purchased for the capsule.<br />
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Thirteen tops. Three sleeveless, 4 t-shirts, the rest nice tops for work.<br />
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Five cardigans. In blue, black, grey, white, and brown.<br />
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EA Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06213305158349164330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7950900581183176314.post-54836716773768877312015-09-07T10:14:00.001-07:002015-09-07T10:14:18.440-07:00I'm blogging the Kitchen Cure (sort of)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I've decided to live blog the Kitchen Cure (Fall 2015) from thekitchn.com. Well, mostly. The Kitchn Cure runs from 9/7 until late in September, and I do have some travel this month. So I will do the assignments when possible, and give myself some flexibility to the end of the month.<br />
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Part 1: Just be present/immediate reactions<br />
I need to do dishes. I need to get up and do dishes. Why are there always dishes? I need to sweep and mop, the floor is filthy. I need to scrub all the cabinets. Why are they two colors? Who thought that was a good idea? I need to put the pasta maker away. We really need some art and some color in here. The only color is my red owl timer. Why is the phone still up? Didn't we get that disconnected? Why are there dry walls pieces on the stove?<br />
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Part 2: Go deep. Open drawers.<br />
Abandon all hope ye who enter here. <br />
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Assignment #1 Make a list of likes and dislikes<br />
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Likes: It has a dishwasher. It has a fridge. The floor is pretty. I love my owl cookie jar, and the kitchen cart is pretty nice as well. I like that one of the bouquets from our wedding is in here. <br />
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Dislikes: The cabinets are yellow. The fridge is yellow while the stove is white. Everything looks worn and dingy. There is no rug. It is dirty. The layout is terrible. You can't really see the bouquet with the yellowy walls. The drawers are falling apart and are a chaotic mess. The brown and yellow cabinets look gross and dingy. There is no color. The room is soulless.<br />
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I need to give the room some soul.<br />
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Running update: Shoulder injury, so last week only 10 miles.<br />
Total for August 76 miles!</div>
EA Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06213305158349164330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7950900581183176314.post-52034988829304854742015-08-05T14:29:00.001-07:002015-08-05T14:32:32.896-07:00Getting Things Done - New strategies for a better year<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I'm still in recovery mode from last year. As part of that, I am looking for new ways to streamline and reduce stress. I've started with the typical places - work out, do yoga, eat healthy. But such practices need a framework if they are to survive the less than ideal conditions of the school year.<br />
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One practice that I have become particularly interested in is David Allen's "Getting Things Done" method. The target goal with this method is to reduce stress and increase productivity. I read the book last February with the intention of using it for the meetings. However, I think the meetings pretty much overwhelmed my feeble attempts at the GTD system. Perhaps if I had started sooner. Perhaps if I had done a thousand things differently, it would not have been so bad. But it was.<br />
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I'm re-reading GTD now, and actually taking the time to implement the practices, instead of try and sort things as they come. Earlier this summer I tried KonMari (some success) and a capsule wardrobe (great success) as methods for reducing the stress I felt at home. We still could declutter more. The 38 item wardrobe (I forgot a piece was at the dry cleaners and decided to leave it in the rotation) is working pretty well. More on this in the next post.<br />
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I'm pairing the GTD method with two systems - Trello (<a href="https://trello.com/eaquinn/recommend" target="_blank">referral link</a>) and You Need a Budget (YNAB). Both are online and app based, and work across multiple platforms. I have each on my home computer, my travel laptop, and my android phone. Each handle a different part of my life - Trello captures, processes, and organizes everything except money, and YNAB handles money.<br />
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First YNAB. I had no idea how much I needed this until I had it. I'm a convert! I'm also enjoying the amount of plan aheadness it gives me and the perspective. I was so busy I let a lot of things go, and now, seeing what busyness cost me is shocking. I am still in the "this is stressful" early period of getting set up and in the habit, but we're seeing small positive changes already. Totally worth the $60 to sign up. <br />
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Trello. <a href="https://trello.com/eaquinn/recommend" target="_blank">Trello </a>is a cross platform software that functions like a series of boards, using the kanban technique. Lifehacker has a great review <a href="http://lifehacker.com/how-to-use-trello-to-organize-your-entire-life-1683821040" target="_blank">here</a>. Basically, it shows the flow of production within each board. I've set it up so that each major facet has its own board (Home, Teaching, Major Research Project, Writing, Lab). Inside each board, cards are color coded to individual projects (for example each individual grant or manuscript on the "Writing" board. Things with deadlines (such as revisions) are assigned deadlines. Deadlines sync to my calendar. Within each board, I start with a "to do today" column - these are the pressing things that must get done today. I then have the subheadings as needed as groupings within: next, in progress, waiting for, done. It is set so that cards "age" that is, if I let things go for too long, the card starts to fade, the edges crumble etc, so I am visually reminded that I let something slide. Instead of my current system, which is to remember months later that I forgot to do something like write a chapter or review a book.<br />
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Hopefully, this system will withstand the chaos of a new semester and keep me GTD!</div>
EA Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06213305158349164330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7950900581183176314.post-5598815417270450792015-07-19T18:21:00.002-07:002015-07-19T18:21:37.387-07:00A week . . .went where?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Wow, what a week. It was crazy here. In laws here last weekend, including B's sister and her 2 kids. As I am fond of saving, everything is okay, even the stuff that isn't. And that was that weekend.<br />
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The week started off with some promise in the lab - the assay finally started working! Sort of. There is almost no sensitivity at the low end of the range, but at least we are no longer getting uniformly blue plates. I have to order more reagent.<br />
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Then the construction started - or maybe the construction started first. I actually think it started first. Anyway, on Wednesday, we lost access to the lab. And half the lab equipment in now in my office. But that's okay. I wish I could say I spent the week productively writing but:<br />
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WE GOT THE CALL - everything for the award letter had to be
submitted. IRB renewed - in 2 different countries, new translations, new
documents, changes to the budget. So, yeah. Awesome news - everything was in on Saturday and we're waiting on final approval. It took a lot of effort on a lot of parts to get everything in. But it is all in!!!!<br />
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Friday was an adventure. We had a two year old. In the "we're all in this together" and "it takes a village and a department is a village", we had another TT's kiddo this weekend while they had malaria. Or I had the kiddo and B took him to the ER. It was crazy, and hard, and wonderful, and we feel slightly more confident that we could actually do this - albeit, given the new above, after tenure. I don't know, and the week was crazy, ending in a six mile run today (I did 2 yesterday I think), and my yoga pass running out, our menus being set aside 3 times (kids apparently don't dig grilled salmon with mango and avocado salsa), nor do vomiting husbands.<br />
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We did squeeze in a trip to a wolf howl (no howls), and some bad tapas. Overall, in terms of balance, it was a great weekend - we did healthy things, we had a temporary kid and kept him alive, I got in 8 miles (yeah, I cheated yesterday and called my Grandma on mile 2 and talked to her instead of running - best idea ever!), we had a date, and tonight I actually cooked (post tomorrow on what we're eating). <br />
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EA Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06213305158349164330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7950900581183176314.post-43566253200110978812015-07-08T12:27:00.002-07:002015-07-08T12:27:38.997-07:00You should be writing<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
One of the things that surprises me most about myself as an academic is my seeming inability to relax, and to not feel guilty. As I sit here writing this, waiting for a PDF to build for an article submission, I'm feeling guilty. I'm not in the lab for one - we have taken the entire week off waiting for a purity report for some antigens. I'm happy to report that the antigens are pure and we can move ahead - or maybe backwards, not sure. But three days out of lab, even though I finished and submitted a paper and my student spent the days working on her manuscript seems like me failing her. I should have been in the lab with her every day, even though I don't care that she spent the day reading while I spent the day reformatting and submitting. We'll be back at it tomorrow.<br />
I feel guilty that I decided this morning not to pursue the grant due next week, but to instead focus on revising and getting another paper out. It often feels that writing, that one thing we largely do alone, is the thing that brings us the most guilt. We feel bad for not writing, hence the popular meme "you should be writing".<br />
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However, one thing that we talk about much less, is the guilt we feel for writing. Robert Boice has written on this (and Robert Boice might be the greatest thing for the academic since the decision to not make us wear the robes all the time). He observes that academics often sacrifice writing time, even though it is the most relevant thing we do towards tenure, for other things and other people. Writing can seem like the ultimate selfish act, because it is something we generally do alone, often away from other people, and this can feel selfish.<br />
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That is certainly how I feel today. I feel selfish for spending the morning reformatting that paper and getting the reformatted material submitted. I feel like I should have been in lab with my student. I now feel guilty for immediately jumping into the next revision instead of trying to pull together revisions for the grant due next week, even though I think the grant needs serious reframing to include a entirely new area of research. And, I do need to be in the lab the rest of this week. And we do have family in town this weekend. About the only time I don't feel guilty about writing is not when I am writing (because then I feel guilty about what I am writing) is during hot yoga, when every fiber of my being is concentrating on not vomiting. This may explain why every time I submit a manuscript or a grant, I go to hot yoga.<br />
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By any measure, it has been a pretty productive summer. I've got 3 articles in review, 2 grants in review (since May) and a book chapter going into press this Friday. Two other manuscripts are fully drafted and just need considerable revision. And yet still, making the decision not to grant write this month, but to focus on manuscripts, fills me with guilt. And it shouldn't. But shouldn't does not mean doesn't. <br />
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EA Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06213305158349164330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7950900581183176314.post-30222777369025105212015-07-02T09:58:00.001-07:002015-07-02T09:58:29.738-07:00Last year<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I started this blog a half dozen times. It never seems to stick. But now, as I move into my last year on the TT (letters go out in the Spring), I find myself thinking more and more about it. About the toll and the joy, and all the other emotions.<br />
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This is my push year, as I need to get everything that will be in dossier out by this time next year. As my contract runs July 1 to June 30, starting this, on July 2, seemed ideal.<br />
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Last year ended in burnout. There is literally no other term for it. It wasn't the "gosh, I'll be glad when the semester is over" usual, beign burnout. It was the on the floor, unable to get up, ready to walk away from it all, kind of burnout. It was the scariest thing I have ever experienced. I have never not been able to will myself to do anything. But I couldn't. I remember being on the couch, in the darkness and silence, thinking about how much I wanted to turn over. I couldn't find the energy to roll over, and Netflix had long decided I was not actually watching, even though I was there. I had five migraines in two weeks, after two years without one. One day I managed to work up the energy to go to the store for ice cream. The choices overwhelmed me, and I broke down in tears in the store. I went home sans ice cream, and on the return trip that night, forced by my husband, I lashed out over ice cream and energy and everything. Ice cream was too big a choice. The calories contained within it were too much to consider - the time for runs, the dietary rearranging that would be necessary. It was too much.<br />
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That was, in some ways, how I was starting to feel about my job. The AAPA meetings took so much out of me it was unreal. They continue to demand time, but the level of demand and exhaustion from them cannot be described. And I never gave myself time to recover. I spent my birthday hauling bags and boxes, and the following week taught all my classes. By the time the earthquake hit Nepal and my field season was canceled, I was running on sheer willpower. And it cracked. My mind would tell my body to do something, and my body would more or less give it the finger.<br />
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I gave in. I lost a week. I painted our bathroom and screamed at my husband for not appreciating the paint job. I sat at my desk and cried, realizing how little impact I had on my home space, and how it all radiated from one single point - my desk. I watched the Planet Earth series four times in four days. I surrendered.<br />
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During this dark period, I read "The Joy of Burnout". It finally cemented what was going on for me, and how I felt about it. Gorkin observed "<span class="st"><em>Burnout is less a sign of failure and more that you gave yourself away". </em>I'd been feeling like a failure when I had done anything but fail - I had given myself away. And I had to come back to myself in order to be okay.</span><br />
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<span class="st">We are one month out now from the darkest days. I've submitted three papers and a grant since since then, putting me with a comfortable four papers and two grants in review right now. I'm in the lab four days a week for a few hours with a bright, talented student, and then I go for a run or to yoga. I'd never done yoga before, but was tempted (and hooked) by a Groupon for a month of unlimited classes. It becomes a reflective space to think about my actions, intentions, and how I am treating my mind and body. Afterwards, I spend the afternoons writing, revising, and reading. I'm on track to get several more manuscripts submitted this summer, and I take most evenings (post 7pm) off these days. </span><br />
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<span class="st">I've set myself some personal goals for balance this year as well. I don't have kids, which helps with having more free time to pursue these goals. I'm planning on running a half in October and a second one in April. I want to learn how to make sushi and my great mother's burnt sugar cake. I'm going to try a temporary remodel of our kitchen, and a capsule wardrobe. </span><br />
<span class="st">My reach goal: I want to the run the Disney Star Wars Half Marathon in 2017 with my brother, and then us go to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Our husbands may or may not be invited. </span><br />
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<span class="st">I have 3 field seasons next year in Nepal, and will be away from home for four total months with all the travel I need to do, plus more for the family travel we want to do. It's going to be a big, crazy year. </span><br />
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EA Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06213305158349164330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7950900581183176314.post-12412024056769475972015-01-22T06:39:00.001-08:002015-01-22T06:39:11.151-08:00This week . . .on the tenure track<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It is Thursday, and I'm actually using my writing time to write this instead of the research blog post I need to be writing, the stats I need to be reading, or the endless calls I need to make.<br />
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Nothing interesting has happened food wise this week. We've eaten simple, repeat recipes from the fridge, ranging from frozen ravioli to pork tenderloin. Nothing exciting. I've barely ran - yesterday was the only day it happened, but the next three days look pretty good for 3-4 miles. I did 3.2 yesterday.<br />
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My schedule has been jammed packed. We're in the last week before busy season, and everyone is slammed. I spent 9 hours at work with lab related projects on Tuesday, but that big project is now 100% done - and worked out perfectly. We're starting a new project today with the Thursday group - they will do a nice, easy half run to get comfortable working as a team and get used to the new assay. I've blocked four hours in the lab today - hopefully I can spend the rest nearby working on service.<br />
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Ah service, that 10% of my job (50% teaching, 40% research). Technically, 22% of my job, since I have a service related course release. I have 12 hours blocked next week just for service related meetings, and this is a theme that will continue for the next three weeks. This does not include my national service - this likely includes another 10-20 hours, although my work study student is rocking the sign making and scheduling.<br />
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So this week, how did my time break down?<br />
Monday: 7 hours writing, 2 service (9)<br />
Tuesday: 6 hours lab, 3 reading, 2 service (11)<br />
Wednesday: 4 hours teaching + prep, 2 reading, 3.5 service, 30 min lab (10)<br />
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EA Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06213305158349164330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7950900581183176314.post-65032592270386804832015-01-18T09:50:00.002-08:002015-01-18T09:50:55.977-08:00Rebooting - and trying again<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It is January. And as I do every January, I revisit this blog and try to think what will make me stick with it this year. My research blog is now two years old, with regular updates. This blog? Well, I update annually.<br />
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So this year, I'm giving it another shot. If I fail, I'll delete at the end of the year.<br />
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How is going to roll? The goals for this year: run 842 miles. Make 84 new recipes. Be kind to myself 42 times. Easy?<br />
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Well, the year has started off with a lot of stuff going on. I left for a 10 day training course in North Carolina on Jan 2, and got back Jan 11; the day before classes started. B had a severe illness on Jan 11, and has been unable to get out of bed or do much since. We are now one week out, with very modest improvement. It will be a long, slow road ahead.<br />
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I've turned to my challenges and cures as a coping mechanism. I'm doing the Apartment Therapy January Cure, and am only a few days behind now, thanks to an aggressive catch-up schedule this weekend. The week plus in NC was also great - I ran 16 miles, and have done another 4 this week, putting me at 20.1 for the year.<br />
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Food wise, it has also been a busy week. Tuesday night I made Tomato and chicken pea sauce for sweet potatoes, following <a href="http://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-sweet-potatoes-with-chickpea-tomato-sauce-recipes-from-the-kitchn-214481">this recipe</a> on The Kitchen: .<br />
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This dish was also the first time in months I had used our can opener, after realizing that I had failed to soak the dried chickpeas the night before. I did not use canned, diced tomatoes as recommended in the recipe - I find canned tomatoes taste tinny, plus a student did an awesome presentation on BPA + tomatoes last year and now I can only eat tomatoes in glass or fresh. </div>
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Thursday was recipe #2 for the year. I'm making up for the lost week of microwave cooking while in NC. It was canned soup followed by canned soup followed by easy mac. Our wonderful admin is moving on to a cool new job in another city, and since she is a huge sweets fan, I made chocolate chip cookies. As a scientist however, I had to make the best cookies, and turned to the awesome Handletheheat.com for their 4 part series on the science of chocolate chip cookies. I ignored all crisco or lard based recipes, as I think cookies should taste like butter. This recipe was "<a href="http://www.handletheheat.com/soft-batch-chocolate-chip-cookies/">Soft Batch Chocolate Chip Cookies</a>". It adds 2 oz cream cheese to the mix, 2 hours of setting in the fridge, and a lot of deliciousness. I omitted the corn starch - I don't keep it, and I did not have tme to run out and buy more. Sick B ate 3 - the first solid food he ate all week, and I got 2. They were delicious, and I'd certainly make this again - in fact, I nearly did on Saturday night. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The two parts of the dough. And my wonderful kitchen aid. Our kitchen is so small we do not have 30 complete inches of counter space, so I often have to use the stove as extra space. </td></tr>
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I made these while also writing a grant, and they proved a nice way to think about the grant while writing - and kept me from staying at my desk all day. </div>
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Recipe #3 was Friday evening. I told B I would make him anything he wanted, and he wanted chicken and dumplings. So I called my 90 year old grandmother, as we back worked out my great-grandmother's recipe - with a few modifications my grandmother had made over the years. She now buys her dumplings and has for the last three decades, so we did have to cross check the recipe with the internet. She did this on her tablet (my grandma rocks BTW) while I sanded down some furniture. I rolled the dough out with my great grandmother's rolling pin (I have her pin and her cast iron skillet, and they are the best cared for kitchen implements I own). I cut them, and while they dried I made the soup from some stock I had made in November and frozen (the stock came in handy this week). They were delicious. B still can't really taste anything, but I had two giant bowls.<br />
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And, we had enough dumplings left over that I could freeze them for a hearty dinner later in the month when things get crazy and I don't pre-plan dinner. <br />
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Recipe #4, like recipe #2, was a recipe from my childhood that others had made me, but I had never made myself (it counts!). These were homemade donuts. The mother of my best friend in elementary school would make these for spend the night parties (the morning after). So good. I found the post on The Kitchen, but back tracked it to Serious Eats: <a href="http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2011/01/easy-doughnuts-donuts-homemade-recipe.html">donuts here</a>! These are the Pillsbury dough donuts. <br />I know, you are thinking "cheater! That is not real cooking."<br />
I beg to differ. These were probably the most complicated thing I made all week, because the oil was so hard to control. It got very hot, and then too cold.<br />
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The first attempt was a miserable failure. It is my fault - I got distracted reading about <span class="st"><em>symphysiotomy </em>and let the oil get too hot. There was then a long period of cooling (and further reading) before the oil was the perfect 350F.</span><br />
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<span class="st">I could not bring myself to dip them in one of the butter-based sauces listed on Serious Eats, so instead I dusted them with powdered sugar and cocco powder I had on hand. </span><br />
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<span class="st">Tomorrow, I'll post about the Apartment Therapy Cure - my big project is almost done and then (and then), I can get back to working on grants and papers. </span></div>
EA Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06213305158349164330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7950900581183176314.post-70766799289851629892014-09-05T13:25:00.000-07:002014-09-05T13:25:43.863-07:00The continued desire for packs, pledges, and other hazards<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I stopped blogging mid-way through the Savage Minds writing series. I'll be doing the fall series again (1 hour/day) and I haven't really stopped writing this year. I'm currently in a heavy editing phase where I am no longer generating new manuscripts but working on revising and revising existing manuscripts and grants. Again, I'm hoping to get a few more out over the next few weeks, so post-wedding I can get the decks cleared and get back to writing instead of revising.<br />
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My other pacts however, are a continued passion. I did the Academic Muse Writing Group, and decided that it was too pricy for me. I wasn't getting what I wanted out of it, even if I did get a paper submitted during the month. I was just as productive the next month on my own.<br />
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I'm currently doing gympact, everymove, walgreens rewards, and Achievemint. Also, CharityMiles, and currently, the #RunAnnaRun pledge of 0.1 miles per day EACH for Wounded Warrior Project and Red, White, and Blue. I'm accomplishing these through a midday sanity walk, that breaks up writing and forces me to move and think. Lifehacker had a great piece on the need to unplug and reconnect with nature (Darwin did it!), and I am finding it really useful.<br />
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With EveryMove, I've personally saved $25 off new running insoles (which I like, but don't love), and donated $30 to charity.<br />
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Walgreens Rewards gives us money off purchases. We'll easily save $5/month just from what I was already doing.<br />
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Achievemint continues to plug along. They've modified what is accepted and balanced out the points a bit. But I can still regularly gain 200+ points per day, towards my $50 visa gift card. I'm at 38,000 thus far - and for a long time, not a lot counted.<br />
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Gympact is the stick, if Achievemint is the carrot. Everymove and Achievemint are just rewards. You earn what you do. They are essentially giving you money for your data, which I am okay with.<br />
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But gympact is a stick. A big stick. I do 4 gyms, 3 food logs, and 8 veggies a week, each at $5. I pay $5 if I don't complete the pact. I get much less for completing the pacts - usually around $2/week. But man, does it get me moving, eating, doing.<br />
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Overall, I suspect by the end of the year, I will have donated $400 to charity between all the apps, and earned around $100 for myself. Not bad for being healthy!</div>
EA Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06213305158349164330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7950900581183176314.post-26677695962152842962014-09-03T23:14:00.000-07:002014-09-03T23:20:03.914-07:00Week 2 - Sabbitical<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Blogging fell by the wayside. I can barely keep up with the research blog.<br />
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But I'm trying to turn over a new leaf, and reboot myself during year 4. Year 4! I've been TT for 3 full years.<br />
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What's going on? Training to run a 10k after injury after injury. I am down to a 9:43/mile for a 5k, with a goal of 9:40/mile (under 30 5k) for my last 5k of the season. According to runkeeper, I've logged 304 miles so far this year, significantly under the target goal. But, I spent May in an ankle boot after a fall and was not back to regular miles until July. <br />
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Writing - 3 papers in review (woohoo) with a revisions to a book chapter due mid-month. Two other papers are out for comments. We're halfway done with the lab analyses on two more. It has been a mad, mad summer of productivity.<br />
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I'm also turning into a DIY wedding freak. I'm wrapping vases, making my own invites, maps, info cards, designing the website, and making favors. Plus spray painting welcome bags in my spare time.<br />
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Tomorrow is the last evening race of the summer series, then a 10k and 5k and my season is over. I'm planning on doing group runs Thursday morning, so we'll see how that goes. Probably will fade as the weather cools.<br />
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Current count<br />
Miles: 304!Only 538 left to go! Probably not going to make this goal - but I am doing a minimum 1.5 miles each day, with long runs on T, Th, Sat. <br />
Meal/dishes: 54. Only 30 left to go! Today was a tasty "science of cookies" experiement. Link: http://www.handletheheat.com/ultimate-chocolate-chip-cookies. I also think this goal is possible. <br />
Writing: 4 in review; 2 of which are accepted with tiny edits needed. 2 others out for comments. Well on track to make 8/8 this year. <br />
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EA Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06213305158349164330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7950900581183176314.post-59903162653834182722014-01-25T22:37:00.001-08:002014-01-25T22:39:16.895-08:00Sunday check in<p dir="ltr">Another week, and the first with all my pledges and the semester running simultaneously. It was a long week; revisions submitted Monday, revisions to other draft sent Tuesday, full lab days Tuesday and Wednesday, comments back on Thursday and the Monday revisions accepted, and grant writing Friday and Saturday, with the grant sent to collaborators just before midnight. We've started the next set of analyses with great success thus far. </p>
<p dir="ltr">The weekend started off rough, but a nice walk as a lego Ent cheered me up. I am still struggling with balance, as my fitbit can attest - not a lot of sleep. Some of that is fueled by a respiratory infection. The rest was service commitments. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Role call:<br>
Miles: 10.2! Now under 800!<br>
Recipes: 1. Pear hazelnut muffins. We had way too much pizza this week. <br>
Writing: manuscript accepted! 1/8. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Goals next week:<br>
Revisions, revisions, revisions. <br>
2 days in the lab.<br>
2-3 new recipes.<br>
10 miles, 3 gym trips.<br>
The week is going to be busy, and as part of my "be kind to yourself", I am being honest with my priorities next week. I am also going to try to prioritize sleep, so I can shake this cold.</p>
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In an attempt to motivate myself and reinforce accountability, as well as maintain some semblance of work life balance, I have signed up for no less than 3 challenges/accountability groups for the new year. The first was FitPursuit, 4 weeks, 9 miles/week with proceeds going to the Make A Wish Foundation. Easy, since my personal running goal is 10-20 miles per week.<br />
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Next, I signed up for 3-30-3 at the gym (3 times a week, for 30 minutes, for 3 months). This was the logical progression of the above - given the weather and my headaches if I run in the cold, I'm going to the gym 3-4 times a week to run. I might as well commit to doing it for the next 3 months.<br />
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Most recently, I signed up for the Savage Minds Writing Group, pledging to write 1 hour a day for the next 10 weeks. All of these, of course, directly address the challenges I have set for myself this year. I have been, however, really bad at tracking my mileage for my personal goals.<br />
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I did however, finally cook a meal worth counting towards the 84 recipes: oven roasted amaretto sour chicken (recipe here: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/amaretto-roasted-chicken/) with mashed parsnips and carrots. Tonight, I plan to make hummus.<br />
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The "Accepted with Minor Revisions" piece was submitted yesterday, marking my first submission of 2014, even if the bulk of the work was last year. Maybe it can be the 0.42 of the 8.42 papers?<br />
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Current count<br />
Miles: 39.9!Only 802.1 left to go!<br />
Meal/dishes: 1. Only 83 left to go!<br />
Writing: 0.42. Only 8 left to go!<br />
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EA Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06213305158349164330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7950900581183176314.post-49384419295794545322014-01-11T11:40:00.000-08:002014-01-11T11:40:21.551-08:00Behind, already<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It is only Jan 10, and as expected, I am already behind. The January Cure is sort of happening - at least, I think the 11.5 inches of snow will have melted enough that I can move the brewing and baking supplies, in their new airtight tubs, from the kitchen to the outside store room. Once this is done, I can probably do the rest of the Cure and get the kitchen semi-functional for the semester. <br />
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I received another rejection email, for a paper submitted in November. I was actually quite surprised by this one. The review was thoughtful and mostly helpful - if nothing else it certainly identified the problem I thought was going on. I just have to think critically about how to resolve this issue. I suspect the best answer is simply more - read more and write more. But it was not a good week writing wise. I made no progress with this goal. <br />
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It was a good week running wise -<br />
Monday - gym closed, massive snow and cold. <br />
Tuesday - 6 miles<br />
Wednesday - 3.5 miles<br />
Thursday - 4.5 miles<br />
Friday - zero<br />
Saturday - goal is 6 miles. <br />
Total: 14 miles (+ 6) = 20<br />
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Cooking. We ate old recipes. Nothing to report. <br /><br /></div>
EA Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06213305158349164330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7950900581183176314.post-63118981993093299122014-01-04T10:37:00.000-08:002014-01-04T10:37:16.262-08:00New Year, New Goals, New Format<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I'm revisiting this blog this year, and really repurposing it in many ways. It will be become a bit more personal than most of my online presence. My research blog, biomarkersandmilk.blogspot.com, is the place to go for my take on milk science and breastfeeding research. Here will be a bot more personal, a bit more of putting together my life and personal goals for another year on the TT.<br />
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Here are the 2014 goals:<br />
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Run 842 Miles.<br />
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Cook 84 dishes, 75% of which are new recipes. <br />
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Publish 8 articles.<br />
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Submit 4 large grants.<br />
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Finish 2 new lab protocols. <br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>The personal goals: </b></span><br />
Get my house organized.<br />
Keep my house organized.<br />
Go on a small trip somewhere. <br />
Get married.<br />
Have a nice wedding without going crazy trying to plan it and keep it affordable.<br />
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EA Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06213305158349164330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7950900581183176314.post-58141161439237685842013-06-22T04:37:00.001-07:002013-06-22T04:37:51.736-07:00What is 842 Dishes Till Tenure?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">What is 842 recipes till tenure? It is a personal
reflection, a thought piece, and an experiment all rolled into one. Cooking
keeps me sane. Cooking is joy and love, and forgiveness and self exploration.
And I need plenty of that these days.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The idea of the blog developed during my first two years on
the tenure track. I might lack time for vacuuming, but there was always time
for new recipes. I mixed writing lectures with looking at food blogs, read
articles while waiting for bread to rise or bake, and went through slides while
stirring risotto. And I like challenges. I had originally planned, after
treating Advice for New faculty Members and Life on the Tenure Track
practically as religious books during my first year, to write a book. Provide a
female perspective on being on the tenure track at a highly ranked US
institution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was called 8 articles in
500 miles, summarizing my two goals for the year: to write 8 articles and run
500 miles. In a year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Well, that didn’t happen. What did happen was painting my
apartment, writing 3 articles, running 276 miles, sustaining a knee injury that
took 4 months of physical therapy to heal, building a lab, prepping 3 new
courses, and getting 2 new assays to work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Oh, and I meet B, and we got involved, and suddenly, the 8 articles and
500 miles in a year no longer seemed as important as couple dinners, cooking
and eating together, and giant piles of cuddles on the couch with the cat,
watching Big Bang Theory. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Year 2, I decided to extend the goal from year 1, because
even if it took me 2 years to write 8 papers and run 500 miles, that was still
decent. However, a chance conversation in the hallway right at the end of year
1 lead to a brand new, shiny collaboration and project that would rapidly
consume me. The missing 5 papers? They went on hold: instead I wrote nearly a
dozen grants and 3 IRBs and did 3 new preps for the year. And the papers? It
worked out to only 3 for the year, submitted that summer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And cooking? Sometimes it worked – a friend
got an amazing chocolate cake for his birthday. But B’s cake ingredients sat
around until we finally drank the Guinness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I did make the rest of the 500 miles though, thanks to a grueling
training regime that was NOT ENOUGH for high altitude.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">But, this puts us into Year 3 on the tenure track, or the
midpoint in my pre-tenure years. I decided to pick back up the idea of the
book. Except to write a blog, not a book. Because a book is static and a blog
is evolving and fresh – and allows for increased dialogue. I cook because I
love cooking, because at a very rough part of my life, it was something
clarifying. And I will try to make anything, because failing in the kitchen
doesn’t scare me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In terms of how I did
my first 2 years on the tenure track, I want to tell you not enough. But I know
from reading some excellent blogs over the summer, that that is probably
Imposter Syndrome and I am doing pretty well. I also have a yearly review
letter that says I am doing pretty well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Still, I would never claim to be an expert on how to be successful on
the tenure track. Here is more a record of how to survive, and be happy, and at
the least, be well fed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The idea for 842 recipes until tenure came from the goal to
write 842 recipes before tenure. The number was decided for me. 842 is B’s
track ID number, and he has two giant 842 magnets for the car.
When not on the car, they live on the fridge. It was a natural progression from
the giant suggestion on the fridge to the new challenge: 842 recipes before
tenure. Most of the recipes featured will be the first time I try them, with
notes on whether or not it worked. Most recipes will be coupled with reflection
on the events surrounding the food. Few, if any will be my own creation. The
creativity I have is poured into science. The experiments I do are in the lab.
When I post a kitchen session, I will include a link to the website the recipe
is from if possible, or a link to the cookbook.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There will be some recipes that I have done before, during years 1 and
2, that are new favorites and were worth making again and again. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If you came for science, that is the other blog <a href="http://biomarkersandmilk.blogspot.com/">HERE</a>. If you
came for food, recipes, and life on the tenure track, then this is the right
place for you. It’ll be fun, and frustrating and hopefully quite pleasant for
all of us. And yes, I will discuss work and science some here too. I can’t help
myself. I'm also going to do 842 miles, because you know, I just can't help myself.</span></div>
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