Unclenching

Most of my work for the semester is done. I have one more class to give a final exam to and grade.  My schedule that used to have class meetings every weekday is now free.  My task list has shrunk to one third of what it used to be. I'm going to hold off a bit more before starting summer things (class preparation for the Fall, reading on topics in my field, getting back to a paper I half-started) to try to really unclench.

In yoga I was first introduced to the notion of counterpostures, to help maintain flexibility by stretching in ways opposed to the stretches you just did. For me it's important to have mental counterpostures as well.

I have a good book on financial mathematics that overlaps with the probability that I teach every other year. I want to spend time on it, work on some exercises, do something different than what I taught this year.

COVID permitting I will be going to my first national conference in years this summer. There is as much to do preparing for it as I want to put in, particularly in familiarizing myself with the convention area.

I want to spend time walking now that I have my knee replacement; last summer I was in the thralls of physical therapy but there is nothing stopping me from clearing my head, meditation in motion.

Soon.