Are you in academia or alt-ac? Talk to me about your current productivity or lack thereof, the grace you’re giving yourself right now, whether you’re bothering with CFPs or just trying to get your most important obligations handled.
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Feeling bummed because I know the savviest angle on my research is misinformation and disinformation but for my mental health I have to make them peripheral. I will not sacrifice my well-being for what is professionally savvy.
Finished reading: Not Here by Hieu Minh Nguyen 📚
📚 2/31 NOT HERE by Hieu Minh Nguyen. Excerpt from “Heavy”: “There are days when I give up on my body/but not the world.” #TheSealeyChallenge
Me: Napster is clearly the best P2P file sharing app.
W: Mmmm…
Me: What? What’s better than Napster?
W: Having money as an adult.
Finished reading: Unaccompanied by Javier Zamora 📚
📚 1/31 UNACCOMPANIED by Javier Zamora. Excerpt from “Then, It Was So”: “…Cariño,/it was so quiet when I started/counting the days/I wasn’t woken by him.” #TheSealeyChallenge
🔖 From The Oatmeal: Marvelous & Melancholy Things I’ve Learned about Creativity
This is so good. If he makes it into a book, I’ll probably buy it and carry it around just like I do with Austin Kleon’s books.
Me: Whoa, Muppets Now crashed Disney+!
Internet: No, Kimberly. Beyoncé did it.
Me: squinting Or was it The Muppets?
Internet: No. It was not.
Given that my estrogen & progesterone are at their lowest & that today is today, this was an extra bad day to look at my social media feeds. I try to balance misery with enthusiasm in my online presence. I don’t have any enthusiasm to share today. Still have love, though. ❤️️