Resolutions 2021, getting the ball rolling

0. In every peer review I complete, I will make a point of writing kindly even if the paper is sub-par. I just got a decision on the paper I resubmitted at the end of November and HOO BOY that was apparently not a thing Reviewer 1 resolved for 2020. My particular worry was that we would revise the heck out of that paper and it would get rejected, which did not happen. Reviewer 2 thinks we're good to go. But Reviewer 1 has a lot to say and the editor is silent, which is not an ideal combination. 

Mostly today I am thinking about health-related resolutions and not about work-related resolutions. They are pretty much the same health-related resolutions I always make but THIS YEAR I MEAN THEM DERNIT:

1. GO TO BED by 9:30 (starting tomorrow; tonight it's looking like 9:40 might be a better bet).
2. Eat more vegetables and don't eat sweets, because it is better for both happiness and productivity.
3. Exercise gently at the student fitness center 3 days per week. I bought a membership for the spring semester today, because they are being more careful about COVID than most of the alternatives. Running in cold or even cool weather has started to irritate my lungs, so a safe indoor option seems like a good plan for the winter. But I don't think I can work out vigorously while wearing a mask. Ergo: exercise gently is the plan.

Comments

[Nicole]

This week, I've been 'going' to the MLA (online) for the first time since I got my current job, back in 2002...(when I developed a phobia of hotel hallways, since the interviews took place in hotel rooms!) and though it's, ahem, been awhile, I have gone to conferences since, and this time I'm really struck by how affirmative the chats on the conversations have been--SO MANY people have been posting during and after the talks about how much they appreciate them. (And in pretty fulsome terms.) And so few people have been trying the "take down" questions that are designed to showcase their own expertise at the expense of the presenters'. So, YAY! Glad to hear that particular resolution of yours, and I think there's something about this year that makes it extra imperative!