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I help academics protect time for writing and resist overwork. Meaningfulness matters. You are more than your job. I also make things with textiles, read romances, sing alto in a choir. Subscribe to my newsletter: JoVanEvery.co.uk/newsletter

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Jo VanEvery, older than PostIt notes @jovanevery.bsky.social · 7d

If writing is what makes this job meaningful for you, it will make a difference to protect time for it, even when things are busy or uncertain. A Meeting With Your Writing can help. 4 sessions weekly. Will 1 of them work for you? academicwritingstudio.co.uk/a-meeting-wi...

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Jo VanEvery, older than PostIt notes @jovanevery.bsky.social · 7h

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Jo VanEvery, older than PostIt notes @jovanevery.bsky.social · 15h

The book is Of Many Minds: Neurodiversity and Mental Health amongh University faculty & staff, by Rebecca Pope-Ruark and Lee Skallerup Bessette, published by Johns Hopkins UP

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Jo VanEvery, older than PostIt notes @jovanevery.bsky.social · 15h

I love this thread AND I am editing an interview I did with @readywriting.bsky.social about her new co-edited book and there is an essay at the end of that about being human and I just wanted to let you know.

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Jo VanEvery, older than PostIt notes @jovanevery.bsky.social · 15h

Possibly. Also they stopped going to school age 8. our homeschooling style leaned towards unschooling. So little influence is school processes. Their best friend does not have ADHD and takes the most meticulous notes and I think they learned something from them. But probably also being older.

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Jo VanEvery, older than PostIt notes @jovanevery.bsky.social · 17h

Not at all. I mean you love her but ... this is not the kind of gift you'd like.

Jo VanEvery, older than PostIt notes @jovanevery.bsky.social · 17h

yes. My kid has ADHD and ALWAYS reviewed the slides before the lecture. They found it very helpful to know in advance the basic structure and main points so they could listen more carefully during.

Attended as a mature student and probably not typical of anything.

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Jo VanEvery, older than PostIt notes @jovanevery.bsky.social · 17h

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Jo VanEvery, older than PostIt notes @jovanevery.bsky.social · 17h

yeah. I think it's too easy to slip into "I need to have slides because accessibility" without really thinking about what makes them an accessibility aid.

And then there is the pressure to make slides that also work as a handout. Separating slides from handout can be a real game changer.

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Jo VanEvery, older than PostIt notes @jovanevery.bsky.social · 18h

This is a really good point. Thinking about the goals the slides acheive might even help reduce the work because we would be more strategic.

Just thinking aloud about that.

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Helen Kara @drhelenkara.bsky.social · 20h

Lucy Pickering and I first talked about research ethics nearly 30 years ago. Now we’re launching a call for chapters on experiences of ethics review.

Deadline: 30 Nov 2025

More here 👉 helenkara.com/2025/10/08/e...

#ResearchEthics #CallforChapters #EthicsReview

Ethics Review In Practice

I have known Lucy Pickering for a long time. I first met her almost 30 years ago through a mutual friend, and I got to know her well some years later when we were doing our PhDs at the same time. W…

helenkara.com

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Jo VanEvery, older than PostIt notes @jovanevery.bsky.social · 19h

FWIW I once was forced to give a talk with no slides due to a power cut. One person came up afterwards and said they thought the focused better.

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Jo VanEvery, older than PostIt notes @jovanevery.bsky.social · 1d

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Jo VanEvery, older than PostIt notes @jovanevery.bsky.social · 1d

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Jo VanEvery, older than PostIt notes @jovanevery.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah. This really hit home for me when we moved across an ocean and my kid was able to have a relationship with her Nana that was “like she dropped in on her way home from school”.

Jo VanEvery, older than PostIt notes @jovanevery.bsky.social · 1d

Not bad

Jo VanEvery, older than PostIt notes @jovanevery.bsky.social · 1d

I've heard some interesting things about Barbara Hepworth and keeping creativity alive. Again, had some financial and housing security but the years after the triplets were born were apparently very hard in terms of creativity. (obviously)

Jo VanEvery, older than PostIt notes @jovanevery.bsky.social · 1d

It’s okay if you need support to protect time for writing every week. A Meeting With Your Writing is designed to do just that. Some participants have been coming for years. Join us! academicwritingstudio.co.uk/a-meeting-wi...

Jo VanEvery, older than PostIt notes @jovanevery.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes this is what #AcWri looks like. And it is real work.

Not every writing session looks like "wrote 1000 words. Finished a section"

You need a few "wool-gathering for intellectual pleasure and profit" sessions to make those other ones possible.

Rev. Dr. Liz Gloyn @lizgloyn.bsky.social · 1d

The problem with this kind of work is that it is basically staring into thin air until the Right Words Take Shape, and that feels like such a luxury at this very moment. But there is a deadline, so wool-gathering for intellectual pleasure and profit it is.

Jo VanEvery, older than PostIt notes @jovanevery.bsky.social · 1d

European academic takes work-life balance seriously. Shocker. Does not answer phone when on leave. Does not pick up for unknown numbers. 😂

Jo VanEvery, older than PostIt notes @jovanevery.bsky.social · 2d

My partner has a recurring L4 L5 thing that pinched his femoral nerve earlier this year. Took a few months to resolve. Many pain meds. Etc.

I hope knowing what is going on gets you some relief.

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Jo VanEvery, older than PostIt notes @jovanevery.bsky.social · 2d

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Jo VanEvery, older than PostIt notes @jovanevery.bsky.social · 2d

Ouch!!!

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Jo VanEvery, older than PostIt notes @jovanevery.bsky.social · 2d

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Jo VanEvery, older than PostIt notes @jovanevery.bsky.social · 2d

Well that sucks that it’s not your choice but even more important not to let them have full time Heidi on the cheap.

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Jo VanEvery, older than PostIt notes @jovanevery.bsky.social · 2d

Absolutely. First week of term as exceptional makes a lot of sense.

Not ideal if the reason you work .8 is health but I know you will be on top of preventing another burnout.

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