Happy New Year to those who use the Gregorian calendar! I have some more personal posts coming down the pipe soon, but I wanted to tackle a topic that was weighing on me this week: how to choose which projects to pursue. I don’t know what your feeds/emails look like but mine are teeming with cool opportunities right now, and I was suddenly seized with a paralyzing panic. So much remains unknown to me about how this year, or indeed this semester, will go now that I have a baby at home and starting my Assistant Director of Composition role. In the past, my tendency has been to pile on until I’m drowning, but I like to think I’ve become more strategic about my work load over the past several years (being employed full-time for a change helped in this regard). Still, I am struggling with conceptualizing just how much bandwidth I’ll really have to do work this year. At the same time, I thrive on having at least some research-related work on my agenda even though my job is decidedly not a research position. So what to do? Below are a few questions that helped me decide, so I thought I’d pass them along. These questions should be helpful as you consider adding any project/promotion/service to your plate.
So Many Projects, So Little Time
So Many Projects, So Little Time
So Many Projects, So Little Time
Happy New Year to those who use the Gregorian calendar! I have some more personal posts coming down the pipe soon, but I wanted to tackle a topic that was weighing on me this week: how to choose which projects to pursue. I don’t know what your feeds/emails look like but mine are teeming with cool opportunities right now, and I was suddenly seized with a paralyzing panic. So much remains unknown to me about how this year, or indeed this semester, will go now that I have a baby at home and starting my Assistant Director of Composition role. In the past, my tendency has been to pile on until I’m drowning, but I like to think I’ve become more strategic about my work load over the past several years (being employed full-time for a change helped in this regard). Still, I am struggling with conceptualizing just how much bandwidth I’ll really have to do work this year. At the same time, I thrive on having at least some research-related work on my agenda even though my job is decidedly not a research position. So what to do? Below are a few questions that helped me decide, so I thought I’d pass them along. These questions should be helpful as you consider adding any project/promotion/service to your plate.