I thought I’d have more time to \u00a0update my blog during sabbatical. \u00a0I imagined posts along the lines of<\/p>\n
While I would really like to post about the latter, I’ll wait until they come out in press and then talk about them.<\/p>\n
That said, this sabbatical–the last 6 months really–has been the best time of my life. \u00a0I’ve fallen back in love with my research and with my life. \u00a0It helps that the twins are older and a bit more self sufficient. \u00a0But it has been the time to pause and think and focus at a relaxed pace that really made my perception about my life sparkle.<\/p>\n
Weirder, I was concerned at the beginning of my leave that all my projects were due during the first week of January. \u00a0I was concerned that I’d be too leisurely during the leave and then be crunched at the end. \u00a0While, I certainly spent the last two weeks working hard, the writing was a lot easier than I thought it would be because I’d spent the previous 4 months working out conceptual and data issues. \u00a0If all my writing could be like that, publications would be shooting out of my ears.<\/p>\n
In any case, it’s nice to fall back in love with one’s research and one’s life. \u00a0I’m still feeling all warm and fuzzy about it.<\/p>\n
However as a colleague warned:<\/p>\n
Colleague: \u00a0 Welcome back!<\/p>\n
Me: \u00a0I’m *glad* to be back!<\/p>\n
((pause))<\/p>\n
Colleague: \u00a0That’ll pass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I thought I’d have more time to \u00a0update my blog during sabbatical. \u00a0I imagined posts along the lines of “Here is what I am doing mid-sabbatical.” \u00a0“Here is what I am doing late sabbatical.” “Here are all the great thoughts the tax payers helped with with this semester!” While I would really like to post […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":124,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p67nDP-2q","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":143,"url":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/anitablanchard\/2011\/09\/14\/sabbatical\/","url_meta":{"origin":150,"position":0},"title":"Sabbatical","author":"Anita Blanchard","date":"September 14, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"I am on sabbatical this semester, although at UNCC, we call it reassignment of duties leave. \u00a0(I think it's illegal to call it sabbatical in NC. \u00a0WHOOPS!) \u00a0So I tell people that I'm on leave this fall, which of course makes them think I'm sitting around eating bonbons and watching\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/anitablanchard\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":153,"url":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/anitablanchard\/2012\/01\/13\/public-vs-private\/","url_meta":{"origin":150,"position":1},"title":"Public vs. Private","author":"Anita Blanchard","date":"January 13, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"One of the outcomes of my recent research has been my belief that online groups can tell us a lot about face-to-face (FtF) groups that we either have not noticed or have interpreted through different lenses--theoretical lenses that can change once we see the behavior in online groups and interpret\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/anitablanchard\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":283,"url":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/anitablanchard\/2015\/07\/07\/front-porch-behavior-settings\/","url_meta":{"origin":150,"position":2},"title":"Front Porch Behavior Settings","author":"Anita Blanchard","date":"July 7, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been debating about whether to put this on my personal blog or my professional one. \u00a0The professional one won out! 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