This landed in my box the morning after going through my old job application files, tenure application boxes. I'm one of the lucky ones, but it was depressing to see in these artifacts how earnest I was, how devoted, how much I sacrificed. It's so hard to explain to my partner (a therapist) how much this career has taken from me. I reali…
This landed in my box the morning after going through my old job application files, tenure application boxes. I'm one of the lucky ones, but it was depressing to see in these artifacts how earnest I was, how devoted, how much I sacrificed. It's so hard to explain to my partner (a therapist) how much this career has taken from me. I realize that many professions are demanding, but what outsiders don't see is the length of time we commit, how we often must live far away from community/family, the long delays of starting our lives...
And one of the things that makes it bearable is having incredible colleagues. It’s hard to imagine what our early years would have been like if we hadn’t all met as teaching scholars. Miss you😘😘
This landed in my box the morning after going through my old job application files, tenure application boxes. I'm one of the lucky ones, but it was depressing to see in these artifacts how earnest I was, how devoted, how much I sacrificed. It's so hard to explain to my partner (a therapist) how much this career has taken from me. I realize that many professions are demanding, but what outsiders don't see is the length of time we commit, how we often must live far away from community/family, the long delays of starting our lives...
And one of the things that makes it bearable is having incredible colleagues. It’s hard to imagine what our early years would have been like if we hadn’t all met as teaching scholars. Miss you😘😘