Shayna Sheinfeld, Ph.D.Jun 3, 20191 minBurnout is a real medical conditionAcademia is a ripe environment for burnout, as its culture encourages overwork and discourages whole life integration.
Shayna Sheinfeld, Ph.D.Mar 29, 20192 minDrowning in your liminality? Listen to this.A couple weeks ago I published a blog post about Liminality and the Job Market. Here I argued that while the majority of Ph.D.s end up...
Shayna Sheinfeld, Ph.D.Mar 15, 20194 minLiminality and the Job Market“A soothsayer bids you beware the ides of March.” –Brutus, to Caesar, Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare The Ides of March—March 15—is...
Shayna Sheinfeld, Ph.D.Mar 6, 20194 minWriting Accountability GroupsFor the next four blog posts I will discuss different types of writing groups and how they can benefit your academic writing and style....
Shayna Sheinfeld, Ph.D.Feb 28, 20193 minGuest Post: What would your "Priorities Mansion" Look Like?Every January since the early 80s, when I first learned what a "resolution" was, I've been making them. As a natural goal-setter, ...
Shayna Sheinfeld, Ph.D.Feb 13, 20192 minOrganizing your TimeThis is the last in a series of posts about setting and accomplishing goals. Read about the steps of Looking back, recognizing and owning...
Shayna Sheinfeld, Ph.D.Feb 1, 20192 minShort on Time? —Multiply it by asking Four QuestionsIn a TEDx talk, Rory Vaden discusses the problems with current approaches to time management. Rather than try to manage time, he says,...
Shayna Sheinfeld, Ph.D.Jan 31, 20192 minDeveloping a SMART planAs academics, we like to think we are smart. And we are, but not always with everything, and certainly not with the never-ending work...
Shayna Sheinfeld, Ph.D.Jan 15, 20193 minRecognizing and Owning your Worth At this point in the process you have spent time taking stock of your goals in the past, and where you have succeeded at reaching them...
Shayna Sheinfeld, Ph.D.Jan 1, 20193 minLooking BackIn my last post I wrote about the challenge of making resolutions that we can actually keep, rather than setting ourselves up for...
Shayna Sheinfeld, Ph.D.Dec 30, 20182 minDeveloping Effective New Year's ResolutionsI am suspicious of new year’s resolutions—according to the research of Prof. John C. Norcross (the University of Scranton), 45% of...