The Now: March 24, 2021

One weird thing about working from home is that you can see what the others in your life get up to while they are also home. This week, my husband took two days off. (Use those vacation days everyone!) As I worked, I noticed him tackle a rather long list of those annoying "life maintenance" things we all have in our heads. I'm fairly certain he walked 10,000 steps just doing things around the house. 

Here's where my attention is going at the moment.

WORK

• I'm "attending" the virtual Computers and Libraries Connect Conference this week. It's a lot of Zoom. A lot. But it's good Zoom.
• I am also presenting at the above conference tomorrow. Earlier this week, I finalized my slides and posted them to the conference platform. I'm still deciding if my use of hot pink was "fun and attention grabbing" or "annoying and unprofessional." We shall... but I like it. Also, my session is after lunch on the last day. We might all need some visual caffeine.
• On top of the conference, I'm still running our Faculty Webinar Series. This week, I ran a session on Social Explorer. It's a pretty spectacular resource and had a bunch of faculty in attendance.

PERSONAL

• One thing I am not focusing on is my March Madness bracket. That thing went bust on day one. 
• I decided to turn my Sunday blog post series into a newsletter. Cause, why not? The first post goes out this week. (Sign up here.) I spent a lot of time this week working on settings, format, graphics, and generally organizing content and ideas for the future. I don't see this thing taking off like a lot of other newsletters, but I want to be proud of what I send out. (Also, it's a lot of fun seeing people sign up.)
• This week, I started following a training app to run a 5K. I hate running. Hate it. But, I also hate sitting around. So, my one fitness goal for the year is to run a 5K distance without stopping. So far the workouts are manageable. We'll see how I feel in a few weeks.

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