I think this blog should take some time away from being the stuffy professor blog, and have a little more fun and a few more laughs.
Summer is all about kicking back, or in my case kicking myself for all of the things I “should” be doing. After all, I have time now! Let’s see what could get done:
- Paint my husband’s den.
- Finish writing that book on child psychopathology.
- Create a game for behavior analysts based upon World of Warcraft.
- Write up my research articles.
- Conduct 8 more studies.
- Figure out how to single-handedly stop global warming.
- Lose 100 pounds
- Buy a house and flip it
- Start my own mail-order business
But, such is the path of the overachiever. So, let’s take this a little bit at a time. How about washing my kitchen floor, where bits of last week’s lunch still happily reside untouched? Or the closet that is overflowing with pictures, including that really embarrassing one from 9th grade when I tried to cut my bangs? (For those of you 80′s girls, remember how easy Teen magazine said it was???? I’m pretty sure my Mom kept a few of them in case I needed information on the correct way to wear electric blue mascara.)
Nah. IVillage is much more inviting.
I’m disorganized, and I can’t clean up!
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To be fair, I have done one syllabus and a lit search for a chapter I’m writing. And, my bedroom closet is about 75% organized. I do think that’s something. Today, I’m hoping to finish the website for my course and return that pesky overdue library book that sits on my desk gathering fines every time I look at it. Oh, and find my Zen at hot yoga.
Seriously, who does HOT yoga in the summer? I’m paying someone to make me sweat. Couldn’t I just do some sun salutations in the parking lot and be done with it? Someone explain my logic to me.
Isn’t there some witty behavior analytic tome to be had here? A research article in JABA to guide my misadventures in summer? I’m sure the answer lies in academe somewhere – shape the response, reinforce frequently, yadda, yadda.
I’m on it. I have an idea, but no, I’m not sharing. If it means that I can make my fortune using behavior analysis without the rat race, well dammit, it’s better than my other plans of being the cannon player for the “1812 Overture”. Every time I share an idea, it either gets stolen or someone exposes me for the doofus that I am.
Guess you will just have to wait and see what unfolds.