Academic life and work from Aotearoa New Zealand
Once I realised I couldn't work fulltime, I reviewed my commitments and sought some advice from a trusted colleague who has also experienced two bouts of long covid. She referred me to 'spoon theory', used by people with chronic illness and/or disability to think about and communicate their energy levels.
Editing is the most painful and most pleasurable part of writing for me. In the book coming out of my PhD thesis, it was more pain than pleasure!
It's the first lecture, and the bright or bleary eyed students will be turning up to hear what is in for them for the semester. But the work started long before. And I don't mean lecture preparation. Lecture preparation is one of the last things that happen in my course design process. Here is my... Continue Reading →
Recently in my Twitter circle, I've been part of a few conversations about academic workloads, work-life balance, and managing the pressure of early career researcher decision-making. It forced me to recall a post from January 2017, where I committed to putting some limits on the 'voluntary' parts of our job. But as you may recall... Continue Reading →
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