😠– what do sabbaticals look like? Little dips? Dreaming of a sabbatical is the only thing that is getting me through wait for the tenure decision
I hate to break it to you, xykademiqz, but I’m busier in retirement than I was as a full professor. Of course, it isn’t with research or service—I’ve taken up a new hobby of acting, and I’ve been taking courses and doing as much acting practice as I can. The bike commute to the community college where I’m taking the acting classes takes twice as long as the bike commute I had when I was teaching.
Always nice to see the classics!
@attackinghacking, this one is actually new, but yeah, it does look like something I would’ve drawn before. Maybe I have? 🤔
@gasstationwithoutpumps, a busy retirement sounds amazing. Right now, the plan is to be writing full time when I retire, if the health serves
@AsstProfLyfe, I think sabbaticals are little dips, although mine haven’t been typical (had baby + organized a major conference + did some major grant writing during the first one; pandemic hit during my second 😫). But the lack of teaching and service definitely help. It’s amazing how not stressed one can feel when all one has to do is run their own research program (advise students, write papers and grants). Almost like that alone is a full-time job! Teaching and service compose another full-time job. That’s what makes being a prof so hard and why we’re all so frazzled all the time. Sabbatical definitely puts the overload into perspective. Good luck with your tenure! 🤞🤞🤞
@xykademiqz, I would have sworn I’d seen it before. But then, many of us have experienced it!I hope you are able to retire while health is still serving. I retired at 62 and alas, am spending more time on physical therapy than anything else.
xykademiqz
😠– what do sabbaticals look like? Little dips? Dreaming of a sabbatical is the only thing that is getting me through wait for the tenure decision
I hate to break it to you, xykademiqz, but I’m busier in retirement than I was as a full professor. Of course, it isn’t with research or service—I’ve taken up a new hobby of acting, and I’ve been taking courses and doing as much acting practice as I can. The bike commute to the community college where I’m taking the acting classes takes twice as long as the bike commute I had when I was teaching.
Always nice to see the classics!
@attackinghacking, this one is actually new, but yeah, it does look like something I would’ve drawn before. Maybe I have? 🤔
@gasstationwithoutpumps, a busy retirement sounds amazing. Right now, the plan is to be writing full time when I retire, if the health serves
@AsstProfLyfe, I think sabbaticals are little dips, although mine haven’t been typical (had baby + organized a major conference + did some major grant writing during the first one; pandemic hit during my second 😫). But the lack of teaching and service definitely help. It’s amazing how not stressed one can feel when all one has to do is run their own research program (advise students, write papers and grants). Almost like that alone is a full-time job! Teaching and service compose another full-time job. That’s what makes being a prof so hard and why we’re all so frazzled all the time. Sabbatical definitely puts the overload into perspective. Good luck with your tenure! 🤞🤞🤞
@xykademiqz, I would have sworn I’d seen it before. But then, many of us have experienced it!I hope you are able to retire while health is still serving. I retired at 62 and alas, am spending more time on physical therapy than anything else.