Me, watching STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS: Battle, battle, battle. When are we going to get another DIPLOMACY episode? (Padme is my prequel era fave, OF COURSE.) 📺
I fixed the formatting problem which was in fact my fault. When I tried to fix one thing it did another thing and I didn’t realize it and was too tired to check over and through 245 pages last time. But I think it’s fixed for real this time PLEASELETITBEFIXEDOHMYGOODNESS.
I’ve been attending to my mind almost exclusively for 6 years (and arguably for almost 40). Time to give some attention to her neglected sisters, my body and spirit.
Was playing Ninja Turtles with my kid & his action figures & kid made Leo tell Donnie he’s just a toy & I made Donnie have a full-on existential crisis over this. My kid handled my projection with great grace.
I am filled with rage over the number of formatting revisions I am having to make to my dissertation, especially as the most recent one they requested is something I thought I already did. I am so tired and so angry and just want to be done.
Finished reading: Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May 📚
🔖 I’ve started calling my kid Little One & after reading Meg Elison’s How Lwaxana Troi Became Our Space Aunt I couldn’t be happier to be aging into my natural camp grand dame-ness. 🖖🏻📺
I was thinking last night about why characters who look a mess but are competent when it counts are some of my favorites and I realized that’s how I perceive myself. (That’s why I need this sticker from Anxiety Productions.)
Prepping to launch my consulting career 👩💼
Hello again, internet. I just finished writing the last thing I had to write for my assistantship. I’m taking a break and not hustling hustling for the next month or so. But I am planning to launch as an independent researcher and consultant in mid-June, and in case anyone else is interested in what that life is like, I thought I’d share some of my prospective work.
I really appreciate transparency such as when Dr. Katie Linder and Dr. Sara Langworthy talk about their income streams on the Make Your Way podcast, Dr. Katie Rose Guest Pryal talks about hers in her book The Freelance Academic, and Dr. Kelly J. Baker talks about hers on her blog. Because I haven’t launched yet, I can’t tell you how much money I’m making. But I can tell you what kind of clients I’m courting.
Here are some possibilities I have in the works:
- doing some curatorial work for my blogging host platform
- working with a small start-up to promote qualitative research and qualitative data analysis software
- editing theses and dissertations either through my own networking or as part of another organization’s network (both, if I can swing it)
- writing curriculum materials for Open Educational Resources
- working as an independent researcher again through both my own networking and as an affiliate of a consulting company
In addition to whatever paid work I get, I have a dream of also continuing to do my own research and maybe doing some creative writing (either creative non-fiction or YA fantasy), but we’ll see how much time and energy I have.
Want to read: THE SECRET HISTORY OF HOME ECONOMICS How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We Live by Danielle Dreilinger 📚