Finished reading: The Freelance Academic by Katie Rose Guest Pryal π
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πLee Skallerup Bessette sums up so much:
Just because its hard, doesnβt mean itβs 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? π #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 π
π½οΈ Just finished watching DEAD POETS SOCIETY for the first time in years and now I’m having an existential crisis because I don’t want my eulogy or epitaph to be “She was a fine student.” How’s your Sunday going?
My three-almost-four-year-old just said, “When I’m lonesome, my fear grows.”
World, we had a Pandemic Parenting morning and even though the sources of stress were resolved by 9:30 am, I’m still worn down by it here at 6:07 pm.