By Kimine Mayuzumi Nowadays, I do my weekly reflection and planning on Friday, not on Sunday. I used to do it on Sunday evening after our kids going to bed. I set a timer for total 30 minutes, which helped me focus within the limited timeframe. The routine became a closure for the weekend. This worked well for the first couple of months. At some point, my weekly planning on Sunday evening became inconsistent and…
By Min Yu “Our lives are limited, But knowledge is limitless. To pursue the limitless With the limited Is dangerous.” – Zhuangzi Ever since grade school, worrying about not knowing enough has heavily presented in my approach to learning and the world around me. These feelings grew stronger over the years – the more I learnt, the more anxious I became – and reached a tipping point when I came to the…
Riyad A. Shahjahan Dear academic dads, Seven years ago, at the beginning of my academic career, my partner, Kimine, and I had dinner with a Japanese distinguished scholar in Vancouver. Given the presence of our 3-year-old son at the table, our colleague shared a personal story about his son and expressed his biggest regret in his life. While he had worked hard as an academic pursuing grants and chairing his department, he hardly spent time…
