Here are the different ways in which I am a slacker:
- I forget to call my family (sorry!).
- It’s been almost two weeks since my students turned in their first assignments, and I haven’t even looked at them yet.
- I haven’t started writing my aggression paper (which I wanted to have finished by January, and now it’s almost February).
- I’ve only met with Dr H once this semester, and it was not about my paper.
- I spaced the career fair today, and only remembered as I walked through the Wilk, saw the signs for it, and realized that it ended as soon as I had a free hour.
- I haven’t “officially” applied for any jobs yet, but my “resume” is up on a couple sites.
- I haven’t started researching for my presentation (due Monday).
- I realized that I never did the Eprime tutorial last semester like I was supposed to.
- I will most likely miss all of the abstract deadlines for conferences this summer, because I have yet to start my paper.
- I really need to get my hair cut (as of November), but keep forgetting to call and make an appointment.
- My room is a disaster and I haven’t finished unpacking from Christmas break.
- I need to get the oil changed in the car.
- I haven’t updated any of the three blogs I have in forever (until now).
- I’m making a list of all the things I haven’t done instead of actually doing them.
In other news, I read. A ton. For my classes (both fairly reading intensive), for research, and for my own pleasure. I’m currently reading four different books and making minimal progress in each. I think I need to just choose one, finish it, and then move on to the next.
I finished Superfreakonomics. On the plane on the way back to Utah, actually. It was fantastic, especially the epilogue about monkey prostitution. My favorite chapter was the one about the thinktank of geniuses who come up with bizarrely simple solutions to the world’s problems. I mean, “garden hose to the sky” as a solution for the ozone problem? How much simpler can you get? Anyway, If you want your mind blown (in a good way), I highly suggest this book.