by Cathy Mazak | Nov 29, 2018 | academic writing, mindset
I found a new podcast that I love: #AmWriting. It has really put wind in my sails about a book I’ve been brewing on the back burner for about a year. I am so inspired by the completely relatable podcast hosts Jess and K.J., smart women, authors and moms, and have been...
by Cathy Mazak | Nov 8, 2018 | academic writing, mindset, time management
We’re in the height of the fall conference season, and there are lots of us on the road. As academics, many of us travel at least once or twice a year to attend academic conferences. Traveling (for many different reasons) is a common part of our academic lives. I’ve...
by Cathy Mazak | Sep 13, 2018 | academic writing, mindset, writing challenge
Did academia make us forget how to write? One of the members of The Academic Women’s Writing Collective posed this question to me, and it really made me think. Our relationship to writing develops when we are young. The path is different for everyone, but many of us...
by Cathy Mazak | Jul 5, 2018 | academic writing, mindset, publishing, time management, writer's retreat
At some point or another we’ve all had one. That draft that is almost done, but not quite ready to submit for publication. Maybe it’s a dissertation chapter, a conference paper, or an excellent seminar paper. It’s really written already, but it needs...
by Cathy Mazak | May 23, 2018 | academic writing, mindset, time management
Burnout is a real thing for academics. I know you know this. What you might not know is exactly what pre-burnout looks like, and what to do to if you feel that you are experiencing pre-burnout right now. I think it might be helpful to hear how I got to academic...
by Cathy Mazak | Feb 15, 2018 | academic writing, mindset
In the culture of academia, we’re not really supposed to think about money. Yes, we are encouraged to go out and bring big money grants into our university, but we are not supposed to think about paying ourselves, or working for a certain amount of money. This causes...
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