Disappointed by Cal Newport's "Slow Productivity":

Sarah Lang takes a deep dive into Newport's latest release, which #productivity buffs will recognize as a "greatest hits" of his other books 👇

https://epigrammetry.hypotheses.org/3960

#hypoverse #SlowProductivity #CalNewport #Epigrammetry

Why I’m disappointed by Slow Productivity [Book Review]

I was disappointed by Cal Newport’s latest book ​Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment without Burnout (2024). In this blog post, I will share my takeaways from this book, why I was disappointed...

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On the Art and Politics of Chairing Panels:

At ➡ Bouldering @epigrammetry, Sarah Lang shares her perspective on the responsibility of chairing a conference panel (& doing it well):

https://epigrammetry.hypotheses.org/3460

#Epigrammetry #HowToAcademia #hypoverse

On the Art and Politics of Chairing Panels

I have considered chairing panels at academic conferences for a while as a topic for a potential blog post. This aspect of academic life isn’t self-evident and there are only a few guides on...

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Why “just do more yoga” misses the point: Sarah Lang reflects on performance pressure in academia 👇

https://epigrammetry.hypotheses.org/3441

#AcademicChatter #postdocLife #Epigrammetry #hypoverse

Why “just do more yoga” is beside the point: Performance Pressure in Academia

This is just a quick post to tell you, in case you needed to hear, that it’s completely natural to ever be grappling with performance pressure in academia. And why advice like “just do...

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Applications in Academia 101: In ➡ Epigrammetry, Sarah Lang has a very useful survival guide on how to tailor your academic applications by using the abstract triad and the hero narrative (and knowing that you may still fail even if you do it all perfectly):

https://epigrammetry.hypotheses.org/3366

#hypoverse #academicchatter #Epigrammetry #survivinginAcademia #IchbinHanna #PostDoc #Antrag #Antragsflut

Applications in Academia 101: A Survival Guide (Part 4)

In this series, I explain how you can get better at academic job applications (see the first part Applications in Academia 101: A Survival Guide (Part 1)). Now I’m going to provide some more...

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