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| Wimpy Rutherford of The Queers, 1/24/11 |
Last Monday night I photographed a rock show in Portland featuring a punk band that hails from Portsmouth, The Queers. Photography of local musicians - and the beach - are two things I find tugging at me when I should be doing my course work. This is an ode to my first profession as an arts journalist, I guess, and occasionally I still sell stories or photos to keep my hand in it. (This week NH Magazine will run a couple of pictures I took when the lead singer of Godsmack was in the area.)
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| Here comes the sun, 1/10/11 |
This made me wonder what acts as siren calls distracting - or providing a break for - my fellow classmates. Time management is among the biggest challenges I've found with going back to school. Anyone else out there feeling that?
I too am having trouble finding the time to fit in school work. I have three kids all under the age of 12 and they are involved in every activity out there: band, sports, school, spelling bees, dance, preschool, and so on. They are my first priority. With that comes trying to keep up with our house, cooking meals, keeping up with laundry... There is my sister, friends, family that I don't want to neglect. And as I sit here writing I am trying to convince myself to not read the book that I just can't put down (not school related) and work on our projects for next weekend (I refuse to believe that the best bet is to not pick up a book for the next two years)! I am sure there is an answer but if it involves self-discipline I am probably going to fail miserably. I am destined to be burning the midnight oil the week before something is due. Perhaps we need a study group!
ReplyDeleteAnd, btw, your "siren calls" are much more fun than mine! You are so talented.
You are no slouch yourself, my intellectually-gifted cohort friend. But - woe!- that's a full plate if I ever saw one, Tammy. I didn't realize you had 3 little ones. It's a good thing you are already so tech savvy - that must help a bit. Family is a great grounding factor though, isn't it? It's easy to get stressed when the work starts to pile up, but having a child/children helps put things in perspective. It's clear you are there for your sister and her family too - that's a lot of tugs in several directions. You have a big heart to go along w/ your astute brain.
ReplyDeleteAnd girl, there are only a few things better than a book you can't put down, and I am not about to cite them here :), so you keep at it.
It would be nice if we could do the things we love w/out guilt or worry about course work, but I suppose we'll value those things that much more when this is done, and we'll feel more satisfied w/ ourselves and the degree if we earn it without losing our other passions in the process.
I'm hoping that's how the cards play out, anyway. Fingers crossed, D.