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Do you struggle with perfectionism?

Posts which address the impact of perfectionism on you and your work, and provide strategies for dealing with it.

So tired you could cry? Enable Low Power Mode.

Posted on November 26, 2020 by Jo VanEvery

A photo of a person holding a smartphone with the low battery symbol displayed on the black screen.

This post is part 2 of a mini-series called So Tired You Could Cry. The 1st part can be found here. You know when your phone warns you about the battery being low, it also asks if you want to enable Low Power Mode? You need to figure out what that looks like for you. What are your signs of low … [Read more...] about So tired you could cry? Enable Low Power Mode.

Filed Under: Developing a Practice, Self-care, Self-confidence, Support Tagged With: autonomy, boundaries, communication, fear, gremlins, perfectionism, priorities, procrastination, rest, saying no, support

So tired you could cry? Permission granted.

Posted on November 25, 2020 by Jo VanEvery

An illustration of a woman crying with her face resting on her hand in Victorian style dress.

This post is part 1 of a mini-series called So Tired You Could Cry. The 2nd part is available here. You can cry! In fact, put it on your to-do list. Cry in the shower every morning. Cry in bed wrapped up in your blankets. At a minimum stop trying not to cry.  Tiredness isn't the only reason … [Read more...] about So tired you could cry? Permission granted.

Filed Under: Developing a Practice, Self-care, Self-confidence, Support Tagged With: autonomy, boundaries, communication, gremlins, perfectionism, priorities, procrastination, rest, saying no, support

Email overwhelm as a collective problem

Posted on November 6, 2020 by Jo VanEvery

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Jo VanEvery, Academic Career Guide · Email Overwhelm as a Collective Problem This post was prompted by the renowned classicist, Mary Beard, stoking up the embers of email stress recently over on Twitter. https://twitter.com/wmarybeard/status/1321555620105986049?s=20 However, this post isn't … [Read more...] about Email overwhelm as a collective problem

Filed Under: Academic Context, Administrivia, Developing a Practice, Planning, Self-care, Self-confidence Tagged With: autonomy, boundaries, communication, email, perfectionism, priorities, procrastination, saying no

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

Where does confidence come from? Part 3: support

Posted on November 29, 2018 by Jo VanEvery

This is part 3 of a series about confidence. In Part 1 of this series, I talked about meaningfulness. In Part 2, I talked about security. The introductory section is repeated so you don't have to read them in any particular order. Or, listen to the whole series here: Jo VanEvery, Academic … [Read more...] about Where does confidence come from? Part 3: support

Filed Under: Finding Your Way, Self-confidence Tagged With: perfectionism, support

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