How to take a vacation
Tips and advice on how to take a vacation as an academic. This post deals with planning and prioritising to get the most out of your summer, while touching on the emotional guilt and resistance you ma...
3 Jun 202111min
Introducing the Academic Writing Studio
Recounting the story of how the Academic Writing Studio came to be, through Meeting With Your Writing weekly virtual writing groups to realising academics could do with a place for all their writing n...
3 Jun 20215min
A Story from A Meeting With Your Writing
A story from a past member of A Meeting With Your Writing weekly virtual writing groups, sharing insights about how and why the structure helped maintain their writing practice goals and feel more on ...
2 Jun 20214min
Pressure vs Ease
An exploration of how to find the balance between the right amount of pressure and ease in motivation. I look at an analogy from cattle farming to show how carrot vs stick ideas can help and hinder us...
2 Jun 202111min
A class provides structure
On how classes can provide the right kind of structure, through accountability and community to motivate you to continue the course and keep learning.Read the post here: jovanevery.co.uk/a-class-provi...
2 Jun 20213min
Just Enough Structure (Intro)
An introduction to this Spotlight, focusing on how and why finding the right kinds of structure in academic careers can help you achieve writing goals and maintain the practice over the long-term. F...
2 Jun 20211min
Yes, you should take sick leave
The pandemic has revealed how broken systems for sick leave are. Whether it's burnout or some other kind of illness, there are times when you need time to rest and recover. I make a strong case for ta...
26 Mai 202112min
Starting your academic year in mid-summer
It’s only in the past year it’s clicked, that by starting your new year on the first day of the new teaching term, you are implicitly prioritizing teaching and making writing the last thing you do in ...
19 Mai 20219min
