{"id":267,"date":"2014-07-10T08:46:22","date_gmt":"2014-07-10T12:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/anitablanchard\/?p=267"},"modified":"2014-07-10T08:48:16","modified_gmt":"2014-07-10T12:48:16","slug":"mom-working","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/anitablanchard\/2014\/07\/10\/mom-working\/","title":{"rendered":"Working Mom"},"content":{"rendered":"

In conjunction with my personal blog<\/a>, I’m posting about my summer \u00a0work schedule. \u00a0This\u00a0entry focuses on the “Working” aspect of being a professor who is also \u00a0a mother (i.e., a MoFessor).<\/p>\n

Academics know that the summer is supposed to be our most productive working time, even though many of us are not paid for it. \u00a0Because my children have been young, they have usually been in daycare during the summer. \u00a0Some academics \u00a0take their children out of daycare during the summer, but with young children, I haven’t seen how that is possible. Because our youngest (i.e., the twinnies) are starting kindergarten\u00a0this fall and, thus, we don’t need to hold their daycare spots, and \u00a0because it \u00a0saves us \u00a0$4800 tax free, we’ve pulled them from daycare.<\/p>\n

But, um, I’m still supposed to be \u00a0working.<\/p>\n

Anticipating this schedule last spring and also teaching a grad course on how \u00a0to \u00a0write well and be \u00a0productive, I started a “Rise at 5” schedule for \u00a0my research. \u00a0When a GREAT DEAL of the research and personal accounts of being a \u00a0productive writer converge on daily devoted time for writing, usually first thing in the morning, I think we ought to pay attention to it as a valid\u00a0data point.<\/p>\n

And honestly, it works \u00a0out \u00a0very \u00a0well for me, too, \u00a0I decide before I go to bed what my primary task will be. \u00a0And on my best mornings, I \u00a0roll out \u00a0of bed and even before I have my first cup \u00a0of coffee, I \u00a0start working.<\/p>\n

I wish I’d figured this out years ago. \u00a0I am truly getting more \u00a0work done now than I ever have in my life. \u00a0And I like it. \u00a0It’s fun to get the hardest part of the day \u00a0out of the way first thing. \u00a0Writing is still hard. \u00a0And there is still all that self-doubt associated with it. \u00a0But it’s so rewarding to start to tick off tasks and projects.<\/p>\n

There is one problem. The reason I wasn’t writing first thing in the morning before is that I was running. \u00a0It was great and it ensured that I exercised every day. \u00a0Now, I’m prioritizing writing \u00a0first thing in the morning. \u00a0But I still need to exercise. \u00a0Health is on the same level \u00a0as \u00a0work productivity in a fulfilled life.<\/p>\n

Once I figure that out, I’ll let you know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In conjunction with my personal blog, I’m posting about my summer \u00a0work schedule. \u00a0This\u00a0entry focuses on the “Working” aspect of being a professor who is also \u00a0a mother (i.e., a MoFessor). Academics know that the summer is supposed to be our most productive working time, even though many of us are not paid for it. 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