In my day job, I work with a lot of people who have PhDs in things completely unrelated to their current jobs — art history, comparative literature, British history, English, biochemistry, philosophy. To a person, they love what they’re doing now, but when we go out for coffee and the topic comes up, other stuff comes up too. Anger. Frustration. Resentment. Regret.
Even though years have gone by, some part of them hasn’t let go. And it’s not uncommon. Professoring — or the hope of professoring — is more than a job. It’s an identity, a lifestyle, and it’s not easily left behind.
That’s why I’m offering a free 90-minute teleclass next week to help examine and dissolve all of the leftover emotions and stucknesses of academia. If you’ve left, if you’re working on leaving, if you’re unhappy, sign up here for the call. If you want to listen but can’t be on the call itself, sign up anyway. I’ll email out a recording afterwards.
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