I turned in all
my grades late yesterday evening. There are still a bunch of meetings scheduled
for next week. I’m on two late job search committees. There’s graduation and a
few lingering research proposals to evaluate. But after May 10 I should be
largely free for a couple of months to do my own thing.
I have a lot
of writing plans and even though I’ll be officially out of school, I’ll still
have to zealously protect my writing time.
Very few respect it. Everyone seems to think that since you’re off of
your day job that you won’t mind giving up a morning for this, or an afternoon
for that. I do mind. I have a second job. That’s how I treat it. A summer job
that I take just as seriously as my other one, even though it doesn’t pay
nearly as well.
Although I
write a little bit most days all year around, summers and Christmas break are
where 75% of my most productive writing gets done. These are the times when
books are finished, collections put together, and materials are finalized into
what I hope are publishable forms.
Those days
are finally coming for me, and it’s time to seize them.
11 comments:
You made it to the promised land. And that's SO great about Lana's medical news
Cloudia, yes that is very fine news.
I agree, Charles. There is so much to do outside of one's job. I wish it'd all pay.
Enjoy your writing time, Charles. I know what you mean about people treating it as a hobby. It's not, and people who know you should respect that.
If I could only convince my wife of that, Charles. God luck with the writing.
Prashant, that would be nice.
Sarah, unfortunately, folks are all too often happy to spend your time for their needs.
Oscar, indeed
Enjoy your summer!
Tune out, drop off and unplug. Disconnect from phones, television, and the ability of them who would distract you to connect to you and soon enough (trust me on this) they will forget you exist.
Sage, roger wilco
Mark, out of sight, out of mind
Hoping for a productive summer for you!
Patti, thankee
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