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Jennifer Beech
Jan 19, 20222 min read
Goal Setting
Let’s talk about goal setting. Academics generally have goals already set for them, but I would highly recommend setting your own. The...
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Jennifer Beech
Jan 12, 20222 min read
New Colleagues
Leaving academia is a big adjustment. There’s a lot to think about. This post isn’t designed to add to your workload, mental or...
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Jennifer Beech
Dec 22, 20212 min read
Academic Regret
Related to my thoughts on survivor's guilt, academic regret is a hard subject to talk about. But you’re used to hard things. You have a...
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Jennifer Beech
Dec 15, 20212 min read
Chicken or the Egg: Job Experience or Lack Thereof
Work experience, or lack thereof, is every job hunter’s lament. How can you get hired if you have no experience? How do you get...
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Jennifer Beech
Dec 8, 20212 min read
Your Pep Talk
This blog post is your daily, or maybe hourly, dose of encouragement. Read it as frequently as you need to. You can even copy this into...
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Jennifer Beech
Dec 1, 20212 min read
Working Out Loud
You may hear this phrase on the outside. Let’s talk about what working out loud is, how you do it, and why it is important. Working out...
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Jennifer Beech
Nov 24, 20212 min read
Survivor’s Guilt
Once you get out, you can start feeling some kind of way about how your life is versus the way academic life is. You actually have...
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Jennifer Beech
Nov 17, 20212 min read
Decluttering Academic Stuff
Decluttering is so hard! I know, you would think it would be simple. Just throw stuff away, right? It is so much more complicated than...
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Jennifer Beech
Nov 12, 20212 min read
Confronting Theory
I want to present two situations in this blog that you may encounter in your life outside of academia and some questions to think...
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Jennifer Beech
Nov 3, 20212 min read
Identifying Limiting Beliefs
This post is somewhat related to my last post about academic pessimism. I know it takes a lot to get a PhD so I know you are used to...
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Jennifer Beech
Oct 27, 20212 min read
Academic Pessimism
A recent Facebook conversation has me thinking about the shroud of pessimism that exists in academia, especially in Humanities...
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