Jen Polk (@FromPhDtoLife) has created an amazing reading list for grad students and PhDs exploring careers or job hunting. #altac #postac #WithAPhD

15 years of blogging (and 3 reasons I keep going) - Austin Kleon (@austinkleon) writes about why he blogs. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about blogging as a medium and a genre, and its value independent of content marketing. Kleon’s added fuel for my meditations here.

New profile pic. I think we all knew that a headshot where I look like I dgaf would give way to one where I’m clearly a marshmallow before too long.

Finished reading: The Freelance Academic by Katie Rose Guest Pryal 📚

🔖Lee Skallerup Bessette sums up so much:

Just because its hard, doesn’t mean it’s good and when everything is hard and you have issues with executive functioning, how can you even ever tell the difference?

My first PSL of the season. I waited until Bean Traders had them.

I was already clued in to post-ac/alt-ac possibilities before beginning my PhD. For some reason, seeing the rapid proliferation of post-ac advice this fall is increasing my anxiety rather than reducing it.

Me, browsing Rebecca Schuman’s (@pankisseskafka) website after reading about her in Katie Rose Guest Pryal’s (@krgpryal) book, THE FREELANCE ACADEMIC: Wait, the mother of Quit Lit and the writer of THE 90s ARE OLD is the same person? 😍 #JustGoAheadNow

I’m out on timelines and feeds for a while, folks. Taking some time to be really intentional about my input.

Finished reading: MEXICAN GOTHIC by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 📚