Robert, thanks for the post and Happy New Year. Wishing you all the best on the start to the semester and looking forward to following along with what you have to share here especially in your next few posts about GTD for academics.
I really appreciate your four truths and especially the last point about the importance of consistency within a coherent larger framework. This really resonates with me and is something I love about teaching at a liberal arts institution where we value and strive to support whole-person learning. This is also something that my students can benefit from as they launch into their professional careers.
As a pre-tenure professor with a young family, your reflections are encouraging to me as I navigate the academic minefield of trying to find the points of balance. I'm increasingly convinced that work-life balance is the wrong frame and that something akin to work-life coherence is a better one.
Looking forward to continuing to read and learn from you!
Happy New Year, Robert! Do you think faculty need to "pay their dues" with 14+ hour work-days and weekends, sacrificing time with family, etc., in the initial stages of their career, then after they achieve tenure or full professor rank, then they can relax?
Robert, thanks for the post and Happy New Year. Wishing you all the best on the start to the semester and looking forward to following along with what you have to share here especially in your next few posts about GTD for academics.
I really appreciate your four truths and especially the last point about the importance of consistency within a coherent larger framework. This really resonates with me and is something I love about teaching at a liberal arts institution where we value and strive to support whole-person learning. This is also something that my students can benefit from as they launch into their professional careers.
As a pre-tenure professor with a young family, your reflections are encouraging to me as I navigate the academic minefield of trying to find the points of balance. I'm increasingly convinced that work-life balance is the wrong frame and that something akin to work-life coherence is a better one.
Looking forward to continuing to read and learn from you!
Great starting points, good luck to this new effort Robert. Looking forward to your future posts.
Happy New Year, Robert! Do you think faculty need to "pay their dues" with 14+ hour work-days and weekends, sacrificing time with family, etc., in the initial stages of their career, then after they achieve tenure or full professor rank, then they can relax?