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A category for all posts that have an audio recording of the text available in podcast format. Most blog posts will have the Soundcloud player embedded into the post, or will have a link to the Soundcloud track.

Priorities and boundaries in the face of job insecurity

Posted on October 21, 2020 by Jo VanEvery

Jo VanEvery, Academic Career Guide · Priorities & boundaries in the face of job losses A friend (not an academic) has recently lost their job and noted that one of the most frustrating things about it is: "nobody ever looked at our performance, a decision was made several levels up and … [Read more...] about Priorities and boundaries in the face of job insecurity

Filed Under: Audio Version Available, Ethos & Influences Tagged With: audio, audio version available, autonomy, boundaries, confidence, Confidence Boost, meaningful, priorities, self-confidence

What is your plan to rest?

Posted on October 14, 2020 by Jo VanEvery

Jo VanEvery, Academic Career Guide · What is your plan to rest? I've asked this question of two of my Guide for the Journey clients this week and now, I'm going to ask you. What is your plan for getting more rest?  The beginning of a new academic year is a crunch time. It is normal that you work … [Read more...] about What is your plan to rest?

Filed Under: Audio Version Available, Developing a Practice, Self-care, Self-confidence Tagged With: boundaries, plans, priorities, rest, saying no

Asynchronous teaching and setting boundaries

Posted on October 7, 2020 by Jo VanEvery

An empty lecture theatre on a university campus, while campus is closed. A change of working routine and adjusting to new boundaries is implied in the use of this image with the post.

Jo VanEvery, Academic Career Guide · Asynchronous teaching and setting boundaries I've noticed in various conversations on Twitter that there are some issues with setting boundaries in the context of pandemic teaching conditions. In this post I address a particular issue with asynchronous … [Read more...] about Asynchronous teaching and setting boundaries

Filed Under: Audio Version Available, Planning, Teaching Tagged With: audio, audio version available, boundaries, COVID19, email, support, teaching

Juggling, jigsaws, and navigating by the stars: making reasonable plans

Posted on September 18, 2020 by Jo VanEvery

Night-time camping scene with a dark blue sky full of stars and the only light coming from an orange tent to the left. A lone silhouetted star-gazer looks up to the stars with a bright headtorch beaming towards the sky. A glowing campfire is on the right.

 Jo VanEvery, Academic Career Guide · Juggling, jigsaws, and navigating by the stars I’ve written before about juggling as a metaphor for planning out your workload. Consider all of the things you want and need to do, at work and outside of work, as the box of things a juggler could be … [Read more...] about Juggling, jigsaws, and navigating by the stars: making reasonable plans

Filed Under: Audio Version Available, Career Planning, Developing a Practice, Finding Your Way, Planning, Research, Self-confidence Tagged With: audio, audio version available, autonomy, boundaries, goals, perfectionism, priorities, rest, saying no, vision, writing

Dealing with the loss of a physical boundary between work and home

Posted on August 19, 2020 by Jo VanEvery

black scrabble letters arranged to spell out "work from home" during these pandemic times.

Jo VanEvery, Academic Career Guide · Dealing with the loss of a physical boundary between work and home The pandemic has made us all hyper-aware of how much of what we’d come to tolerate as “just how things are” is actually deeply unacceptable. The pandemic has not created an impossible to … [Read more...] about Dealing with the loss of a physical boundary between work and home

Filed Under: Audio Version Available, Developing a Practice, Ethos & Influences, Experiments, Self-care, Writing Tagged With: Academic Writing Studio, audio, audio version available, boundaries, Focus, priorities, rest, saying no, support, writing

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