Monday 31 October 2011

Cam23: the final post but not the final thing...

More than a month after the final party, here I am to explain why I dropped Cam23 and decided I wouldn’t complete it. The programme was great and I was really looking forward to take part; I started with enthusiasm but after 11 things I stopped and never picked it up again. What happened?

Monday 3 October 2011

How to keep sane in Michaelmas Term

Maria Giovanna In Other Words seemed to have lost words for a long time. Apologies to all my faithful readers: it's been an interesting and challenging Summer, which can be summarised in the famous expression: "life is what happens when you are making other plans". More explanations on this will follow in a post where I explain why I dropped both Cam23 and cpd23; for the time being, I just wanted to break my psychological blogging block and write a little post dedicated to all my colleagues in academic libraries, and especially in Cambridge, where our busiest term (the dreaded "Michaelmas") is just beginning.

I didn't feel like going to work today: Michaelmas is always a terrible time and we all end up in December being awfully stressed out. While sadly chewing my biscuits this morning, I thought about past Michaelmases and came up with a list of what to do to keep sane at this time of the year, or at least try. So here it is, for your pleasure: