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2. A life of sustained study and immersion in writing can result in some health problems down the road, often because academics do not always get enough physical exercise.
He is author of The Triumph of Mercy: Philosophy and Scripture in Mulla Sadra (SUNY, 2012), assistant editor of the The Study Quran (HarperCollins, 2015), translator of al-Ghazali's The Condemnation of Pride and Self-Admiration (Islamic Texts Society, 2018), and editor/translator of two forthcoming titles on 'Ayn al-Qudat.
As a rule, a three day trip to deliver a thirty minute lecture means something like two weeks off of your research schedule.
If you work on classical Islamic texts, it is good to have a running glossary/dictionary of technical terms (in the languages you work in) that you encounter in the texts that you are studying.
Four concentrated hours of reading and writing are of course much better than an eight hour day wherein very little real work is accomplished.
Do not try to speak about a classical Islamic text unless you have read most of the entire work.
That means you print out your piece of writing and go over it with a fine-toothed comb as many times as you have to.
Try to only accept lecture invitations based on research and writing that you have already done.
If you give a paper at a conference that does not in some way result from or in a published piece of writing, chances are you have wasted your time.
As a general rule, do not waste your time replying to bad reviews of your books.