What this tired teacher wants to leave behind in 2022
I had high hopes for Fall 2022, I really did. I admit worrying for a bit that I wouldn’t remember how to …
On actually achieving goals
A few years ago, I read a short article about how of the people who make resolutions in January, more than half will …
22 Goals for 2022
A couple weeks ago, my social media timelines were alive with people discussing their top 2021 accomplishments. My first thought? I survived. …
20 goals for 2020
Amid the debates about whether we’re starting a new year or a new decade, I saw a Twitter thread last week about …
New semester resolutions
Ask any educator. August is a month full of intense ambivalence. The last vestiges of summer feel tinged with anxiety over to-dos …
My 2017 top five
I usually spend January 1 wrapped up in reviewing last year’s accomplishments and plotting for the future. This involves generating upwards of 60-80 …
2016 theme: ‘Bitches get stuff done’
Over the last couple weeks, I’ve spent a good number of days at the airport with my father-in-law, Ray-Dad, wrenching on airplanes. The …
Here’s to actually achieving goals in 2015
On New Year’s day, I read a short article about how of the people who make resolutions in January, more than half …
10 things I want to accomplish in the next 57 days of 2014
On the to-do list: Planting Fall flower bulbs for Spring beauty! Picture by Aurelie Jouan via Life of Pix. Used with permission. …
New Year’s goals: Thinking back, looking ahead
Auntie Shawna and baby Satyana. If you guessed that my favorite experience of 2013 involved finishing the dissertation or graduating with a …