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rchwritingmadness i have the world or really just few followers on twitter and ig who i am keeping up with for our goal to write daily on long forgotten projects i also have been texting a grad school friend daily we can share our writing wins and our writing struggles this matters especially now when we can t write in coffee shops or libraries writing with people who are not with you physically can still feel like you are not writing alone it is both comforting and motivating write at your best time there is a lot of advice regarding why you should write every day check out this advice from tanya golash boza and there is some good reason why writing every day might not work for you check out this advice from zawadi rucks ahidiana i say write about your best time this is most directly a response to the cute advice that you need to write first thing in the morning but writing first thing in the morning doesn t typically work for me first i am not a morning person listen the love i have for my bed as soon as the sunlight hits only strengthens on top of that my mornings are typically filled with me helping to dress and feed and prepare or send kids to school its hectic i do agree though some consistency is still good so the key is to find time that works for you i took advice from others and i reserved the entire morning for me time that is when folks ask my availability i do not often offer time before 12 this means i can do work that i need to do as opposed to meetings service and teaching and means i also can write in the late mornings which works best for me during marchwritingmadness i decided that my writing would take place between 10 12pm each workday it is often before i have meetings possibly after i do some emails workout make breakfast for the kids and such it is my best time use a timer and minimize distractions i am all for the pomodoro method this typically means work uninterrupted for 25 mins take a 5 min brain break and repeat after four your break should be longer or perhaps you switch type of tasks i have an app on my computer on my phone and a beautiful hourglass pick your method and your length of time just remember like meditation thoughts will come into your mind and you should work hard to push them aside for me that means having sticky notes nearby to jot down things as they come up to be crossed off my list later sometimes i get the urge to check something email twitter etc but knowing a 5 min break is on the horizon means i can last without losing focus a tip for not losing focus includes minimizing other distractions like notifications you can put your phone and computer in do not disturb mode or close windows that could draw away your attention i have stopped all notifications sadly my habit to check the socials enough without the signals create your writing comfort zone rituals are wonderful incentives for writing they can help get you in a writing mood and mode for me it often includes lighting a candle wrapping myself in what i call a writing shall or robe and most importantly coffee i swear even the smell of coffee makes me think hmmn what should i write about today at that point i am ready to work i also listen to music when i write what music i listen to depends if i am doing more tedious tasks i can listen to things with lyrics and its usually hype music to get me through the mundane things like references when i am struggling with framing i often need all the focus i can get so i shift to deep focus instrumentals often hip hop beats or jazz when i am revising i also like to keep it up tempo but without distracting lyrics this is when i turn to non english music i be vibing to who knows what i love latin pop or the curated okay africa hip hop playlists part of me hopes i am learning some languages through osmosis but who knows i do not like being uncomfortable when writing i do not write on the couch my bed is never for work i need a desk and chair i use a ergonomic keyboard and chair and make sure the screen is at eye level my body should not be in physical pain when writing the brain pain is enough when writing madness is more than mad about writing these are my strategies for getting out of writing madness or what i am thinking is a mad about writing mode these are strategies that helped me they are not bullet proof you like me might have multiple interruptions given caretaking responsibilities maybe your university didn t pay for ergonomic chairs like mine did you might teach a lot and on that note please check this out applicable blog by jenn sims these strategies will not fit everyone and they will have to be adopted revised and often flexibly implemented but if you are struggling try them out and let me know if they help finally it is important to note that there are really big life events and hard moments that come up and will interfere with writing maybe the writing block is a mental block and you might need to talk to a professional maybe you are in a life crisis and your writing consistency is not the biggest priority our health as writers is always more important than what we write leave a comment filed under uncategorized january 9 2020 7 25 pm draft sociology of health syllabus i ve been tweeting about revising my sociology of health and illness graduate seminar class and some folks asked me to share the draft syllabus is included here sociology of health and illness_grad syllabus 2020_pirtle i only taught this class once before and pulled heavily from the sociology of stress course i took as a student and other med soc syllabi i found on the web i didn t love the class and wanted to change things up the first major change is influenced by cite black women movement created by dr christen a smith citeblackwomen is a campaign to push people to engage in a radical praxis of citation that acknowledges and honors black women s transnational intellectual production the second tenet in the critical praxis is to 2 integrate black women into the core of your syllabus in life in the classroom one of the best transformations in health studies over the last few decades i believe is an understanding of social conditions as fundamental to health outcomes for instance acknowledging that it is racism not race that shapes health disparities by race many black women scholars have lead the way in this regard incorporating more black women authors in my syllabus strengthened this critical and intersectional perspective there is so much brilliance out there i was sad to not be able to fit more in per my count there are 20 black women authors on the syllabus next per feedback from former students i added a few more texts v nearly all articles finally i changed the assignments i added weekly memos a short writing assignment and built in flexibility into the final project the pedagogy here is to make all of us accountable in what we bring to class discussions and to lessen the weight of one final project that may or may not be relevant to students in shaping the course grade the short writing is open to student input but my suggestions are either an oped or a book review that might be able to be published in a timely fashion likewise the final assignment will allow students to choose what option is most useful for them i e if they are taking an exam in the area they might use the final to do a practice exam leave a comment filed under uncategorized january 3 2020 7 47 pm be good you deserve it as a self professed member of the beehive i love the saying you have the same amount of hours in a day as beyoncé which seemed to pop up everywhere after she dropped an award winning visual album in the middle of the night i love it because i pretty much love all things beyonce including how she gets shit done take her coachella performance for example she was the first black woman to headline the event in its 20 year history and she did so less than a year after having twins to accomplish this she went on a strict diet and worked countless hours to perfect the pathbreaking show as a result she rightfully secured the bag banking 60 million three project deal with netflix she is the queen but if we have the same 24 hours in the day as beyoncé does that mean that we too can break multiple records at a time well not exactly most of us do not have the army behind us that beyonce now does so saying that we have the same 24 hours that beyoncé does rightfully comes with a footnote see image below as someone who is vocal about the many hats i wear and more specifically about being a woman of color academic mother wife and engaged citizen the number one thing younger women like me ask is how do you do it all as a working mother who has struggled to fit in all of the thousands of things i have on my to do list within 24 hours i have reconciled that although we all can t be as exceptional as bey we can at least do what we set out to do we can be great by being good at those things we prioritize to do my answer is not be beyoncé it is be good at what you want to do therefore the motto that i really want to resonate here is a more humble beyoncé that of beygood here is my quick and dirty version of how to be good at multiple things identify what is most important to you shape your schedule around these priorities be good at them check in adjust re evaluate schedule accordingly enlist help if you can it s simple in theory and perhaps harder in practice but you have to make it your practice i ll focus on the first three tasks to illustrate how i make this work for me currently my main priorities at this point in my life include being an engaged and supportive wife and mother working hard to build a meaningful and impactful career cultivating friendships and building community and maintaining a healthy lifestyle here s how i attempt to fit them in and be good family first i am a mother wife sister daughter aunt and sister cuz i love family it is my priority i do what i can for my family and try to work my schedule around them this means i try not to take my academic work home with me on evenings or weekends i put effort into planning vacations with and to see my family and i treat these as breaks i enlist a babysitter on occasion so i can still have date nights with my husband i cook healthy meals a few nights a week for my family schedule all the doctors appointments read books at night with the boys and try to make my family laugh as much as someone with bad humor can i am not mother of the year both of my kids have been in full time daycare since about 8 months old they have the same basic lunch every day and don t always eat their veggies they also have a fair share of screen time sometimes i get the number of years wrong that my husband i have been together and i am known for misdirecting an attitude or two towards him i don t call my family back east enough i always forget to send gifts in the mail on time and only sometimes remember to do the belated online gift cards i am there for my family i am good at family i am not a supermom and that is enough academic career as an academic my job encompasses three main duties research and publishing teaching and directed student learning and university and discipline service i am good at my job i work to fulfil requirements in all of these things setting aside time daily for researching and writing i seek out opportunities to improve the classroom experience and mentor students and sign up for committees and advisory roles at my university i write for the public and give research talks all around the us i likely won t be prolific i am somewhat slow at publishing i miss deadlines sometimes my inbox always has a couple hundred unread messages i only agree to a couple of conferences a year and i can t attend all the student events i m invited to as hard as i try sometimes my lectures are boring and other times they have errors i do my job and i really love my job which means i am a good academic but i recognize it as my job not my identity and that is enough community engaged it is a priority for me to be a part of the community i live in and to be a part of the community that works to make it better for me this mostly means volunteering this past year for instance i sat on three difference committee s related to my sons schools spoke at a community event and volunteer as a member of two special interests organizations i also spend time cultivating a more intimate community of friends and social support by organizing girls nights outs coffee meetings and playdates sometimes i take my kids with me to community meetings that they inevitably end up disrupting other times i miss meetings i don t attend all of the marches or city hall meetings or social hours that show up on my calendar i mostly buy from big box stores instead of buying local but i show up when i can working behind the scenes if that is beneficial and advocate whenever i have a platform and that is enough health conscious i schedule my gym time like any other appointment and work out at least 4 times a week i often workout with my partner which is such an added bonus when it can be our time i try to make sure i am nurturing healthy bodies in other ways like going to the doctor when i need scheduling chiropractor and massage appointments guilt free y all it s not indulging it s a preventative care and i have used counseling services when needed in order to keep up this routine i drag my kids to the gym daycare even after they have gone to school all day i also eat junk food and take the kids through the drive through when i can t muster the energy to cook i sometimes bottle things in and skip appointments at times but i seek balance for my body and my life and that is enough for me it is good enough to be good i have no hobbies or side hustles i won t ever secure a bag as big as beyoncé s or hold myself to such a strict diet for me that is not what i want i have simply decided to be good at the things that i love and prioritize because i know i cannot do it all being just good at the most important things to me allows me to maintain all of them whereas being great at just one of two of them means i cannot be good at the rest of the things some might take my goal and call to be good as the easy way out but i actually think it is radical especially for women of color as women of color we are told explicitly and implicitly that we must work twice as hard to get the recognition we deserve we are asked to stretch ourselves and shrink ourselves to fit into other expectations we take on burdens from generations before us and shelter whole communities we are forced to break records just to get a headlining spot but i say enough is enough i just want us to be good leave a comment filed under uncategorized july 30 2019 12 04 am discuss this i enjoy lots of things about conferences see this post on conference fun and another post on conference inspiration but i actually only sometimes actually enjoy presenting early mor...