Strategies for defining your academic direction, setting meaningful goals, and building a career that aligns with who you are.
For many scholars, the years between the first research project and a long-term role blur into a cycle of deadlines, teaching, and funding applications. The risk? You wake up one day and realize you’ve lost sight of what you actually want from your career.
Learn why defining your academic identity early on can help you make confident career choices, avoid overload, and align your research with your core values.
These are my notes for the book “Journal to the Self: Twenty-Two Paths to Personal Growth – Open the Door to Self-Understanding by Writing, Reading, and Creating a Journal of Your Life” by Kathleen Adams. Section 1: Overview The book…