And today is the day after (retrospectively posted since the Escom was at the beginning of August, but we then traveled to Germany/France/Spain without time to post this…).

Now, usually and for most people, an academic conference such as this one is a good opportunity to share your latest research, network with other specialists and academics in your field, listen to other people’s findings and presentations, and come away inspired and with lots of new ideas and energy as you re-immerse yourself into your studies at your home university or institute. You might be a bit nervous having to present, and you might be a bit tired from travelling and having to mingle/represent (and perhaps also from late night drinks with colleagues), but the experience is – mostly – energising, if it’s a good conference.

New year, new ideas on the blog. We had this idea for a long time, but somehow never got around. Writing about it is hard enough at times. Usually I spend my time ignoring my body and prefer if I’m not reminded that I have limits (thank you very much), and writing about it is seeing those limits quite clearly – but the added challenge to put things in a nice layout in a new page on the blog meant that we really never got around to do it. So, new year, new idea, we’ll start  ‘sick Wednesday’.