Sound Writing Practices }{ AcWriMo 2014 }{ Week 3

This is my log for Academic Writing Month 2014.  You can read my guiding philosophy here and my opening statement for this year here.  This year I will post weekly reports with detailed day-by-day breakdowns of my work.  I will also be reposting my list of goals each week, annotated with the tasks that I got accomplished and how they measured up against my predictions.  All of this year’s weekly logs archived here.

Nov. 17th

Task 8 }{ 2.5 hours – 1:00 – 3:30 – SFU workgroup meeting

Task 9 }{ 1 hour – 11:30 – 12:00 / 4:00 – 4:30 – Drafting FSAC proposal

Nov. 18th

Baby was asleep upon arrival home after the morning drop-off.

Task 13 }{ 0.75 hours – 11:00 – 11:45 am – emailing colleagues for interview advice

Task  11.4 }{ 0.5 hours – 10:30 – 11:00 am – posting week 2 log and McGill workgroup check-in email

Task 11.4 }{ 0.5 hours – 11:45 – 12:15 – revising goal list with new tasks

Task 13 }{ 0.75 hours – 12:30 – 1:15 – emailing colleague with job application advice

Task 13 }{ 1 hour – reading hilarious critique of X institution’s radical politics #interviewprep

Baby woke at 2:15.  Good long nap.

Task 13 }{ 1 hour – meeting with former supervisor for interview and general career advice

Task 10 }{ 0.5 hours – emailing colleagues about job materials

Nov. 19th

Baby didn’t fall asleep until 11:30.

Task 13 }{ 2 hours – email and Skyping with colleagues about interview and researching the department.

Baby woke up during the Skype and stayed awake until I had to leave for K pick-up.  In the evening I was home alone with all three kids so not much chance for any work.

Nov. 20th

Had to run errands downtown with the baby.  Got back around noon and he fell right asleep.

Task 2.4 }{ 1 hour – 12:30 – 1:30 – CEGEP application submission

Task 13 }{ 1 hour – 2:00 – 3:00 – compiling potential interview questions and typing up answers.

Task 10 }{ 1 hour – evening emailing

Task 13 }{ 1 hour – researching department faculty projects

Task 12.4 }{ 0.5 hours – transferring and transcoding files

Nov. 21st

Spent some time in the morning packing up all the CDs and DVDs on the first three layers of shelving in my office.  Drake’s favourite game while I’m working is to pull all that stuff down, open the cases, throw the discs on the ground and then step on them.  I’ve sacrificed who knows how many in the name of getting some baby-wake work hours in, but I’ve had enough.  Can’t stand that sound of discs grinding into the dust and grit on the floor.  Like fingernails on a chalkboard.  So I filled up two storage bins that I’ll unpack when he’s four.  Probably won’t watch or listen to any of that stuff before then anyway.  And in their place I’ve put a bunch of kid books.  Worked pretty well this morning until he got sleepy, then I put him on my back and he fell asleep around 11:30.

Task 12.4 }{ 1 hour – 11:30 – 12: 30 – rough cut editing

Task 13 }{ 1.5 hours – 1:30 – 3:00 – adding answers to my interview question master list and researching faculty publications

Task 10 }{ o.5 hours – 4:30 – 5:00 – emailing

Task 2.4 }{ 1 hour – 7:00 – 8:00 pm – cinema application

Nov. 22nd

Task 13 }{ 3 hours – scattered interview prep across the day

Task 13 }{ 1.25 hours – 6:00 – 7:15 – Skype practice with colleague

Nov. 23rd

Task 13 }{ 1 hour – 10:30 – 11:30 – setting up interview space and reading faculty member’s book

Task 13 }{ 1.5 hours – 2:00 – 3:30 – Skype practice with another colleague

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REVISED GOALS ANNOTATED WITH TASK COMPLETION RATES

1. University job applications x 3 }{ 1.5 hours remaining

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2. More job research and CEGEP applications }{ 1 hour remaining

3. Post-post-doc Paid Research Project: WSP Photo Pages }{ Done for the month; resume in December

4. Anthology Chapter Revised from Diss }{ 25 hours

5. Final Report for Post-doc Grant Agency = 1 hour [Week 1: done @ 1.5 hours]

6. Proposal for Blog Series }{ 2 hours

7. Commissioned Pre-recorded Lecture }{ 25 hours

8. Bi-Weekly Meetings with Supervisor’s Working Group }{ 4 hours

9. FSAC conference proposal = 2 hours

[Week 3: 1 hour]

10. Emails: 1 hour per day = 14 hours remaining [Week 1: 7 hours; Week 2: 6 hours]

11. AcWriMo posts }{ 2 hours remaining

12. Freelance Gig: Brinkmann Interview }{ 10.5 hours remaining

13. Job Interview Prep for Nov. 24th – 2 hours per day = 12 hours

TOTAL: 68 hours for remaining 2 weeks (34 hours per week)

* I’ll still shoot for 28, since that is realistic.  Task 4 will absorb the deficit, but I’ll use any extra hours to fill that in as best as possible.

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WEEK 3 SUMMARY

General Breakdown:

Conference Proposal: 1 / 1

Workgroup Meeting: 2.5 / 2

Job Applications: 2 / 1

Job Interview Prep: 15.75 / 12

Freelance Interview Gig: 1.5 / 3

AcWriMo Logs: 1 / 1

Emails: 2 / 7 (not accurate)

Total Hours on List Items: 25. 75

Total Overrun on Predicted Task Lengths: 5.25 (minus at least 1.5 underrun)

Total Deficit Against 28 Hour Budget: Just a couple hours give or take

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So I’ve revised my goals for the month to account for the new paid gig and interview prep that came up last week.  I’ve scratched Task 7 entirely, freeing 25 hours.  I’ve cut down the hours for Task 12; the interview is shorter than last time so it will take less time to transcribe and edit.  And though I didn’t finish all the points in Task 3, I’ve already overrun on the allotted hours so I will set the rest aside for next month.  The good news is that my supervisor has agreed to pay me to finish it up rather than demanding it all fit within my original prediction.  So, more money for me.  Hooray!

As expected, the prep for my job interview dominated my time this week.  That’s how it should be, but doesn’t help the frustration that still more of my list items have to get pushed back and won’t get finished this month.  Sigh.  November is really not a good month for AcWriMo for those of us on the job market.

Posted on December 5, 2014 at 9:07 am by rjordan · Permalink
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