Spotlight On: Confidence
This Spotlight highlights the things I’ve written about confidence with a focus on reframing what it is, and helping you understand the ways in which the structural conditions of your work and life af...
22 Mar 20247min
F**k Confidence. Settle into ease instead.
In this track Jamie Pei proposes a different way of thinking about what it means to act confident. One that might be more accessible to those who are introverted and/or from traditionally marginalized...
8 Mar 20243min
Do you hate writing conclusions?
If you are "very tempted to write the following as my conclusion: I wrote, I argued, it has finished. You can stop reading now. Thank you." this track will provide a perspective that might help. Think...
16 Feb 20247min
Do you struggle with planning?
A guest track by Joely Black (read by Jo) reviewing Dani Donovan's Anti-Planning. If, like me, you’ve bought every planner out there and still found yourself metaphorically sobbing in a corner because...
12 Jan 20246min
How grading ruined peer review
Using the recent publication of Jesse Stommel's book: "Undoing the Grade" as a jumping off point, I consider how those who have done well in academia, and gone on to become academics, have also been h...
8 Des 202314min
Making December less overwhelming
For most academics planning December is different from planning other months. This track provides practical tips for juggling rest, enjoying the holiday, and getting back into your writing. You might ...
29 Nov 202313min
How to find a book structure that works
This month we have a guest post by Allison Van Deventer and Katelyn E. Knox. Their book The Dissertation-to-Book Workbook has just been published by University of Chicago Press. In this post they expl...
17 Nov 202310min
Jumping off cliffs
A short track inviting you to consider whether you need to follow the career path others have taken.Read the post here: https://jovanevery.co.uk/jumping-cliffs/For more content like this, sign up to ...
10 Nov 20232min
