N. O. spells well, maybe

Published 21 February 07 09:57 AM

I just said no to something. A NQDJ contract related something.

I feel kind of nauseous. Saying no isn't something I do often, and even having discussed with with one of my supervisors and various other people, it still felt quite scary to say it. Part of this, I think, is that it has to do with students and teaching and as much as we do (and should) professionalise teaching and relationships with students, there will always be an affective component to that complicates our perspective.

Universe, this isn't a rejection of you as a whole. It's just a recognition that certain things, at certain times, aren't the best things for me to be doing - and that one 'no' might make it possible for the other 'yeses' to be more wholehearted. 

by Karen.Hall
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# Sanna said on February 21, 2007 1:56 PM:

You don't need an excuse, so stop apologising.

Time is money - i.e. you, and your efforts, always have a price tag attached. It's actually quite sensible to occasionally conduct a review of one's market strategies and avoid underpricing and ovestretching oneself...:-)

(Besides, the universe deserves rejecting every now and then)

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About Karen.Hall

I've recently submitted my PhD thesis, titled 'Discovering the Lost Race Story: Writing Science Fiction, Writing Temporality', for examination. In the meantime, I'm teaching in the discipline of Communication Studies at UWA and starting a new project on medievalism and media through a Whitfeld Fellowship.