Creating a Satisfying Academic Career with Jo Van Every
By Jo VanEvery, Academic Career Guide
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I help academics build their confidence to do the work they find meaningful and find the time to do it.
This podcast includes a whole range of topics: strategies for protecting your time, writing and editing advice, thoughts on careers and the wider context, preventing overwork and burnout, etc.
Pursuing a scholarly career is tough these days. I firmly believe that your academic career has the potential for joy as well as success.
I also believe that you can pursue your scholarly work in whatever situation you find yourself in, even if it's not ideal. You don't have to, but if it's important to you, you don't have to wait for someone else to create the ideal conditions.
For more audio tracks, we started posting over on Soundcloud before beginning this distribution journey. We'll be adding more to the platforms you love as soon as we can!
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Interest, Novelty, Challenge, Urgency with Christine Weddle
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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Writing is a decision making process with Emily Doucet
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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You need a writing practice
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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End of summer writing panic
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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Hyperfocus and intensive writing styles
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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Being available with limits
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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Flexibility, autonomy, boundaries
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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Letting go of unfinished projects
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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Do good work
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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Sabbatical + book contract = Overwhelm?
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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Don't aim to finish articles in the summer
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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When you stop writing
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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You don't need accountability
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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Work-life balance in academic careers
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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When your work doesn't look like work
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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Planning Your Summer Writing Time
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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Why finding time to write is hard
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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Are you treating your research like a hobby?
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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Thoughts on accountability, deadlines, and goals
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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Stop worrying about recycling
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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Good enough?
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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Research produces more questions than answers
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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Of Many Minds: An interview with Lee Skallerup Bessette
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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Focus isn't just a mind problem - Hannah de Keijzer
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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Optimizing Focus
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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Make Your Manuscript Work: An Interview with Laura Portwood-Stacer
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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An advanced writing practice
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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Coming back to a neglected project
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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What should you do next?
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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Finding your way back to writing
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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Embrace the research process
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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The power of 15 minutes a day
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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The benefits of working small
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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I hate goals
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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Permission to think big thoughts
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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What counts as writing?
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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What is research?
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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Developing A New Practice: One Year Later
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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Developing A New Practice: An Update
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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Developing A New Practice: How I Do It
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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Developing A New Practice: Getting Started
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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Are deadlines helping or hurting?
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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Small steps yield big results
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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If you had one more week
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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How much writing can you do in term time
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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It *is* possible to write in term time
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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15 minutes a day
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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The value of experiments
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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Spotlight On: The Power of 15 Minutes (Intro)
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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Turn Your Summer Writing Plans into Autumn Writing Plans
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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Burnout - A personal experience
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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Treating each day as a new opportunity
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May 16, 2025 |
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Reflections on 20 years of self-employment
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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Is it perfectionism? Or is it impatience
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Pulling a thread from your tangled mess
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Untangling your thoughts as you write
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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Conferences as motivation to write
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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Making Travel Less Stressful
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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Imperfect notes for perfectionists
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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Introduction to Spotlight On: Saying No
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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Motivating yourself to finish the damned book
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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How do I know when my book is ready to submit?
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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Creating a Satisfying Academic Career - Part 2
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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Creating a Satisfying Academic Career - Part 1
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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Boundaries, Balance, and the Whole You
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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Spotlight On: Burnout
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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Are you dropping the "eating well" ball?
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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You can get better at resting
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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Taking a real break between semesters
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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How to take the weekend off
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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Managing Energy: Start by Noticing
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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You can take your time
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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Mid-semester burnout
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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You’re coping until you aren’t
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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How to make your argument clear
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May 17, 2024 |
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You don't have to start with an abstract
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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Do you hate writing author bios?
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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How does teaching make you feel?
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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Permission to do the scholarly work you want to do
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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Are you waiting for permission?
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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Autonomy & asking for help
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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Using the supports you need, part 2
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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Using the supports you need
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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Prove them right
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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Reconnecting with the desire to write
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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Spotlight On: Confidence
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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F**k Confidence. Settle into ease instead.
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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Do you hate writing conclusions?
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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Do you struggle with planning?
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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How grading ruined peer review
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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Making December less overwhelming
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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How to find a book structure that works
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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Jumping off cliffs
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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Spotlight On: Imposter Syndrome
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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On valuing your work
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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How to stop writing for your harshest critics
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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What would your Fairy Godmother help you do?
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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Taking on a leadership role
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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Sneaky ways your gremlins try to get you not to actually publish
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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The work you wish you didn't have to do
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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Experienced writers vs novice writers
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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There will always be things you don't know
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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Shame, vulnerability, and academic work
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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Are you letting fear drive your decisions?
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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Why are you writing this book?
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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Jo on Tap: A timed 30-minute writing session
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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Survivor guilt & imposter syndrome: When you are one of the lucky few
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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Resting when you can't stop working completely
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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Beyond Accountability: Co-working as support
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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Radical alternative ways to approach productivity in the PhD
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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Making Decisions: Applying for research funding
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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Making time blocking work for you
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May 17, 2023 |
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Spotlight On: Dystopia, Uncertainty, and Disruption
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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Being an academic in dystopian times: making time for activism
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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Shifting priorities within your research during the pandemic or other crisis
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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No, you don't need to completely change your research focus
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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Being an academic in dystopian times: valuing your academic work
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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Emergency planning technique
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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Planning for known unknowns
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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Life is like a video game
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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You don't have to decide what to do with your life
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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Optimism in the face of uncertainty
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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Tracking “streaks” to establish & maintain habits
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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Who are you writing for?
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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You don't need to find a "gap" in the literature
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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It's okay to move your goal posts
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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Do you struggle to write for long periods of time?
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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Introduction to Dealing With Reviewer Comments
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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Confidence in the face of criticism
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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Confidence must come from within
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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How you, as a peer reviewer, can contribute to a better process
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Nov 06, 2022 |
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The role of journal editors in long review times
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Nov 06, 2022 |
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The frustrations of peer review: Why is it taking so long?
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Nov 06, 2022 |
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Revision following peer review is a normal part of the scholarly writing process
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Nov 06, 2022 |
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Thoughts on "Untangling Academic Publishing"
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Nov 06, 2022 |
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Peer review supports academic writing
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Nov 06, 2022 |
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The role of peer review
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Nov 06, 2022 |
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How can reviewer comments improve your work?
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Nov 06, 2022 |
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Communicating manuscript edits
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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Why questions are useful in feedback
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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Your vision guides the writing and the revision
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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Peer-reviewed articles and changing things out there in the world
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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Journals and monographs in academic evaluation processes
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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How scholarship is evaluated
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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Spotlight on Peer Review
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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Managing manuscript edits
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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Academic Writing: A Discussion with Katherine Firth
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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Peer review is worth saving
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Oct 14, 2022 |
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Two questions to help you avoid burnout
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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10 years of A Meeting With Your Writing!
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Aug 12, 2022 |
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What is Real Writing anyway?
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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Starting a new project
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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Making decisions about writing
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May 13, 2022 |
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Before you can say no
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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Your colleagues aren't any better at saying no than you are
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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Opposite day as decision making strategy
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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Do you over-explain?
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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Permission to refuse service or admin requests
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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The importance of quitting
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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How much teaching preparation is enough?
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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Academic citizenship & getting better at saying no
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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The cardinal rule of time travel
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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Saying no, FOMO, and being strategic about research
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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Guilt is complicated
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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It's not too late to adjust your plans
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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Stop feeling guilty
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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Why being a straight A student isn't necessarily a good thing
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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Take guilt off your to do list
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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Protecting time for writing: Interruptions
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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Saying no: Do you suggest an alternate?
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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Burnout is real!
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Mar 18, 2022 |
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Introduction to Meaningfulness Matters: A Spotlight
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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Be an amateur
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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Do you need to be excellent?
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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When you start to hate what you love
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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If someone's crying, something needs to change
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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The importance of your vision
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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Do you suffer from imposter syndrome?
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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Goals and Magical Thinking
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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Mid-career blahs
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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Is "number of hours" the right measure?
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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Unpacking 'busy' - the importance of being proactive vs reactive
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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Risking doing the work you find meaningful
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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What you can change
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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Optimizing focus when your project brings up difficult emotions
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Feb 11, 2022 |
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This is not *your* new year, new start
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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What to do about a stalled book project
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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The emotional toll of grading
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Nov 26, 2021 |
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The frustrations of being a dedicated teacher
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Nov 26, 2021 |
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When priorities and boundaries feel like cutting corners
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Nov 26, 2021 |
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Writing is not a reward for getting your grading done
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Nov 26, 2021 |
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Getting out of grading jail
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Nov 26, 2021 |
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Do you have to finish the grading before you can write?
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Nov 26, 2021 |
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You can ignore the grading, reprise
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Nov 26, 2021 |
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You can ignore the grading
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Nov 26, 2021 |
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Introduction to Spotlight On: Grading Season
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Nov 26, 2021 |
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So tired you could cry? Permission granted.
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Nov 23, 2021 |
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So tired you could cry? Enable Low Power Mode
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Nov 23, 2021 |
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What if *you* need an extension?
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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Dictation and focus
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Oct 12, 2021 |
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When another project is distracting you
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Oct 12, 2021 |
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Do you have too many writing projects?
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Oct 12, 2021 |
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Select the task you most want to work on
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Oct 12, 2021 |
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Meditation as practice and metaphor
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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Optimizing Focus: Choosing the task to suit the context
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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Optimizing Focus: Choose the task to suit how you are feeling
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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The impact of time available on your focus
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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Focus and the desire for distraction
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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Distraction: not the usual suspects
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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One thing at a time?
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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Intro to Spotlight On: Optimizing Focus
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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Planning as a practice
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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Email Sign-offs
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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Managing email in the rapid switch to remote
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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Not contributing to other people's email overwhelm
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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Email is not a task
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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Email is not urgent
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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Making Decisions: Peer Review
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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Making Decisions: Meetings
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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Making Decisions: Planning and Scheduling
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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Overcommitted? Declaring a moratorium
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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Managing the energy you use to make decisions
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Aug 11, 2021 |
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Write All The Things! is not a summer plan
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Jul 06, 2021 |
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Why join the Studio in the summer?
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Jul 06, 2021 |
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How to save time on teaching prep, without compromising quality
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Jun 30, 2021 |
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Surviving and Thriving in Uncertain Times
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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Planning in Uncertain Times
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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Freedom & Scheduling
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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How to take a vacation
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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Introducing the Academic Writing Studio
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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A Story from A Meeting With Your Writing
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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Pressure vs Ease
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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A class provides structure
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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Just Enough Structure (Intro)
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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Yes, you should take sick leave
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May 26, 2021 |
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Starting your academic year in mid-summer
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May 19, 2021 |
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Where does teaching preparation fit in your summer plans?
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May 05, 2021 |
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Using all 3 types of writing time
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May 05, 2021 |
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Intro to Cycles of the Academic Year
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May 05, 2021 |
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Thoughts on wrapping up teaching for the summer
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Apr 21, 2021 |
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Introducing That Selfish Bastard
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Apr 16, 2021 |
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Motivation & accomplishment in your writing practice
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Mar 17, 2021 |
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About the Short Guides Series
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Feb 26, 2021 |
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Managing your energy.
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Jan 27, 2021 |
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You are not lazy
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Jan 22, 2021 |
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Is dystopia the new normal?
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Jan 18, 2021 |
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Prioritizing rest over the winter break
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Dec 16, 2020 |
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Valuing Intellectual Engagement
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Nov 18, 2020 |
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Email Overwhelm as a Collective Problem.
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Nov 06, 2020 |
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Priorities & boundaries in the face of job insecurity
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Oct 21, 2020 |
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Lies you've been told about loving your work.
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Oct 19, 2020 |
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Confidence Tricks.
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Oct 16, 2020 |
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Where does confidence come from?
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Oct 16, 2020 |
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What is your plan to rest?
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Oct 09, 2020 |
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Asynchronous teaching and setting boundaries.
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Oct 07, 2020 |
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Juggling, jigsaws, and navigating by the stars.
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Sep 18, 2020 |
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Dealing with the loss of a physical boundary between work and home.
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Aug 27, 2020 |
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You are not broken. You don't need fixing.
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Aug 05, 2020 |
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Resting & recharging is preparing for the new academic year.
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Aug 05, 2020 |
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How do you think about meetings when you are planning your day/week/month?
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Jun 17, 2020 |
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Are meetings really a waste of time?
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Jun 04, 2020 |
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Writing and research in the summer of the pandemic
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Apr 23, 2020 |
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The case for getting dressed for work
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Apr 09, 2020 |
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Emotional labour is real work
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Apr 09, 2020 |
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Time perception and how long things actually take
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Apr 09, 2020 |
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Autonomy in pandemic conditions
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Apr 09, 2020 |
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Transitioning to Summer
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Mar 23, 2020 |
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Writing and Focus in Grading Season
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Mar 19, 2020 |
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Cycles of the academic year and intensity of work
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Mar 18, 2020 |
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Maintaining Your Writing Practice When Things Get Busy
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Mar 16, 2020 |
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Thoughts on academic freedom, scholarly publishing, and mundane practices
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Mar 13, 2020 |
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Hiking as a metaphor for (summer) writing
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Mar 13, 2020 |
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Write Every Day?
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Feb 21, 2020 |
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Are you taking breaks?
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Feb 14, 2020 |
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How to feel like you are moving forward
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Feb 07, 2020 |
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Prioritizing meaningful work when you are feeling overwhelmed and powerless
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Jan 23, 2020 |
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Being an academic in dystopian times (reprise)
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Dec 16, 2019 |
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Don't Do Your Best!
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Dec 06, 2019 |
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Communication vs Validation: Why are you publishing?
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Dec 06, 2019 |
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Optimizing Focus: 3 Elements to Consider
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Dec 06, 2019 |
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Juggling 101: Elements of a Good Plan
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Dec 06, 2019 |
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Hope is better than fear.
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Dec 06, 2019 |
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What an academic career looks like
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Dec 06, 2019 |