Creating a Satisfying Academic Career with Jo Van Every

There is no way you can do all the writing you want and need to do if you only write during the summer and your sabbaticals. It’s hard to write during term time. But it is possible. The trick is to fi...

15 Aug 20258min

One of the earliest things I wrote about writing for 15-minutes a day drew on Robert Boice’s work and suggests experimenting with 15-minute sessions. Read the post here: https://jovanevery.co.uk/15-mi...

15 Aug 20256min

The only way you can figure out if writing for very short periods of time will work for you, is to try it. In this track, I talk about designing experiments. Read the post here: https://jovanevery.co....

15 Aug 20253min

This Spotlight focuses on what very short periods of time can contribute to your writing practice. I do not think you can have a satisfying writing practice by *only* cobbling together these 15 minute...

15 Aug 202510min

The time you have available for writing in summer is very different from when you start teaching again. This track is an older blog post about how to think about making the transition so you can keep ...

4 Aug 20252min

I invited Studio member and client: Myriam Houssay-Holzschuch to share something about her experience of burnout. She preferred an interview to a guest blog post. I learned a lot from this conversati...

1 Aug 20251h 37min

In this episode I address the challenge of treating each day as a new opportunity to get things done, whatever happened yesterday. The opening statement is from a participant in one of my Planning Cla...

16 Maj 202510min

On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of my own self-employment I reflect on the journey. Although the context in which you might be considering career options is very different from mine in 2005, I...

18 Apr 202511min