I am indeed back on the road again, back to normal, feeling great! At the same time, I feel like the picture above best represents that road! It’s not a peaceful journey through calm countryside, it is a blur! I wouldn’t have it any other way.

It’s almost 10am on a Saturday and so far I’ve been very productive today, just doing a bit of everything! I do hope to get stuck into some PhD things later, probably looking at the findings from the first scoping literature review. There is a bit to wade through there indeed!

I’ve also started a document recording all the things I’m a part of for future promotions or fellowship applications and so on. Between the FedUni research focus group, professional memberships and the CQU things I’m a part of it is actually looking like a decent list! Some of these things require more of my time than others and at different times some benefit me more than others but they are all very much worth it.

I have done a little bit today for the book chapter which is due in September and before lunch I will look at my findings relating to Women in STEM. From what I have glanced at so far most of the sources I found showed women had lower self-efficacy than men and there was a large variety of programs that were evaluated and found to improve self-efficacy. It seems to be fairly consistent literature which I guess is a positive thing. STEM is not really my area but the stark disadvantage certainly is!

Yes today, for the first time in a while, just feels like a normal day!