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Prioritizing rest over the winter break

Posted on December 16, 2020 by Jo VanEvery

A white and brown cat naps curled up on a green velvet arm chair with light coral red cushion.

Jo VanEvery, Academic Career Guide · Prioritizing Rest over the Winter Break On the first Friday in December, I ran a group coaching session for members of the Academic Writing Studio with the goal of helping them optimize their ability to recharge over the break. There are systemic issues that … [Read more...] about Prioritizing rest over the winter break

Filed Under: Developing a Practice, Self-care Tagged With: autonomy, boundaries, cognitive capacity, communication, COVID19, fatigue, gremlins, overwhelm, overwork, priorities, rest, saying no, work-life balance

On not being indispensable

Posted on May 4, 2015 by Jo VanEvery Leave a Comment

I'm not sure when I learned that being indispensable was a bad career strategy or who I learned it from. I just know that I did learn it. If you are indispensable it is hard to take vacations and work reasonable hours. If you are indispensable then you cannot be promoted. (Think about it. … [Read more...] about On not being indispensable

Filed Under: Developing a Practice, Ethos & Influences, Love Your Work Tagged With: identity, overwork

Expectations

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Jo VanEvery 1 Comment

I write a lot about setting priorities, renegotiating commitments, taking weekends off, and taking vacations. Often I hear "We are expected to …" in response. The weight of expectations and the difficulty of meeting them within a reasonable working week (however you define that) is evident. This … [Read more...] about Expectations

Filed Under: Academic Context, Developing a Practice, Ethos & Influences, Experiments, Planning Tagged With: expectations, overwork, weRexpected

Managing your workload as a full-time academic

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Jo VanEvery 2 Comments

Overwork is rampant in academe. Whether you are tenure-track, tenured, or some other kind of full-time (temporary or otherwise), the Tenured Radical has some of the best advice I've ever seen. It may seem harsh, but you are strongly advised to do everything she says. Here are some snippets to … [Read more...] about Managing your workload as a full-time academic

Filed Under: Developing a Practice, Planning, Self-care Tagged With: overwork, saying no, Tenured Radical, workload

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