I use memos a lot in data analysis, but an unintended benefit I only just recognized today is a psychological one.

Memos feel way more low stakes than adding paragraphs to my dissertation chapter drafts. I'll probably cut and paste today's memo directly into my dissertation, but I wrote it with none of pressure I'd normally feel to "get it right."

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Final grades for my summer class submitted today! Any post-teaching recovery ideas? I still have small deadlines but whew it feels good to wrap an intensive daily class. 🙌

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I'm laughing thinking about how a friend's department chair thought all their grad students were financially secure & no one had second jobs... then every student except one raised their hand to say they had a second job.

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Props to the graduate programs that have removed the meaningless rating questions for #RecommendationLetters for #PhD programs! I'm amazed at the programs that have substantially expanded the number of questions that they ask.

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