Hi!
Today started where I last night ended. Thinking about stakeholders in the applied research project (from here on out ARP), to riding a stationary bike in the corner of my living room with a laptop propped up digging through the online profiles of my “top 16” stakeholders that I plan to share the project with.
The list includes current and former governors for both Maryland and Tennessee, HBCU presidents, an HBCU SGA president, congresspeople, and scholars. Now, I only made it through building out about eight contact profiles on my makeshift Excel project CRM, but I got somewhere.
Between reading headlines from the 2024 DNC viewing last night, to pedaling “lightning speed” on my ‘not-Peloton’ bike, and of course, to not being alone–ever–at this point in my life. Even at 5:30 AM—my sweet baby boy, Desmond is rocking along in his baby swing cheering on the woman who his mama just said would be the first female president of the United States of America.
I love my family.
We’re all in this. Alexandria made great oatmeal, once again, and I not only studied my ARP people, but I also collected their names, titles, and contact information to connect with them for participation and data collection to meet my research goals.
Every day I must move the ARP forward.
Classes start next week and this bill is trying to hold me back, but that’s not something I need to worry about.
It’s paid. Amen.
It’s been 20 minutes.
Dex
PS: Yay! It’s a newsletter now. Remember to subscribe to help hold me accountable for this time-bound daily writing exercise. If ever interested, Journal #1 & #2 are articles on my page.
