You know I started this post feeling a little overwhelmed – which doesn’t happen often for me. But I’ve come back and added this line it to say that now it doesn’t seem so bad and the stuff I have DONE feels like it outweighs the to-do after all

It HAS been a busy time. I am preparing for the Student Success Conference which is not that far away. I have a poster that needs to be done by the 1st of next month and two Powerpoints to plan and create as well. Then I have NAEEA 2026 conference abstracts to submit. I have done two so far but I need to do at least one more and help on the team with some others.

Now that Amy is my PhD supervisor she’s giving me a to-do list there as well. Nothing too crazy but I’m feeling different about it. I have to write a 1-pager that covers my project methods etc.

The of course to top it off marking “round two of three” has hit. The second assessment is basically an essay plan and it is the one that takes the longest to mark. I realised the other day that term 1 last year I was only 0.5 (2.5 days per week) and now I am 0.8 FTE (4 days per week). No wonder I’ve got more students and I feel a whole lot busier! I’m so thankful that I’m working with a really wonderful Unit Coordinator and, well the whole team really is pretty jolly excellent.

Finally, some good news. The chapter that Trixie and I wrote in ummm 2021? MAYBE 2022 has FINALLY come out! Here are the details 🙂

Larsen, A., & James, T. (2026). Empowering Australian Enabling Students: The Importance of Building Self-Efficacy. In M. Cacciattolo & J. Burke (Eds.), Exploring Equity, Inclusion and Agency in Education (pp. 135–153). Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-95-6382-1_8