Baby is here!
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As I enter the final few weeks of this pregnancy (I'm currently 37 weeks as I'm writing this), I've been thinking about some of the things I've learned since finding out baby #2 was on the way, way back in early September. It's also been interesting to compare this experience with my experience as a pregnant PhD student on the job market (which you can read about here, here, and here).
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It’s hard to believe that the second trimester for baby #2 is officially over! If you’re interested in reading a recap of the first trimester, you can do that here. Looking back, it felt like the second trimester was just one thing after another, which has left me exhausted as I enter the third (and final!) trimester of pregnancy.
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In addition to my (now) quarterly work/life updates, I thought I’d do a separate trimester update for those who might be interested in hearing how things are going with the pregnancy. Here we go!
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Hi there! It’s been awhile (about 2 months to be exact) since I last posted on the blog. As I move back into posting a bit more regularly I have a few things to share with you. First, as of December 1, Toddler on the Tenure Track has officially been around for 2 whole years. Which is amazing to me. In honor of another year of Toddler on the Tenure Track I'm posting 2020’s top 10 most visited posts below. Second, the reason I’ve been quiet these past few months is because…
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I have been busy behind the scenes and have two big updates for you!
First… I have a mailing list! Which feels like a huge deal to me… not really that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things, but it makes this space feel so much more official. You can sign up for it on the main page: www.toddleronthetenuretrack.com. As a thank you for signing up, you’ll also get a 7 step guide that I put together for planning a tantrum free (ha!) academic year.
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In case you haven’t been keeping track, as of June 1, 2019, I have been blogging for a full 6 months! 🎉🎉🎉 In these 6 months I have written 71 blog posts (including this one) totaling over 73,000 words. In honor of the 6 month mark, here are the 10 most visited posts from Toddler on the Tenure Track, plus a few insights on what I’ve learned since December 2018.
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This week felt like a heavy lift (hence the picture). I worked from home all week, which was lovely, but it also felt like a race against the clock, trying to get ev-er-y thing done by the end of Friday so I could take the following week to relax. By Friday evening I was at a point where I felt like I could take the week off and actually relax (instead of taking time off and stressing about all the things left undone). It took some readjusting and lowering of my expectations, but I feel good about it.
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This week was one of those weeks where I greatly underestimated the time it would take to get something done. I had a revise and resubmit due on Thursday. When I planned for the week, I blocked off all of Tuesday with smaller chunks of time on Wed/Thurs (~1.5 hour) to finish up. In reality, I took all of Tuesday (and then some), ~3 hours on Wednesday, and all of Thursday (with some advising/emails mixed in). Which meant the things that I had originally planned to do on Wed/Thurs (mainly course prep) got pushed to the side, and my work days were longer than I’d like them to be.
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