I struggled emotionally when I left academia for a couple years before and after leaving. Now, years later I’m very happy I left. But I did struggle with re-anchoring my sense of success for a long time. I felt like I had failed because I didn’t stay on the tenure track. But it was fine not being there.
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Pringles@sopuli.xyz 3 days agoA friend of mine is a professor in anthropology and he told me that he stayed in academia because he was afraid of change and academia was something he knew well.
ArrrborDAY@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 3 days ago
because he was afraid of change
I get that but the way I see it fear is a great motor and a horrible advisor. If you avoid everything unknown life will end up feeling lackluster and more dangerous than it actually is.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I’ve heard that about prisoners.
SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 3 days ago
Why would the prisoners know a lot about academia?
ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Prison is post-secondary for criminals