Matt Henry @menrywy.bsky.social · 03/02/2026I recently heard someone say the key to recovering from deep burnout is becoming comfortable with being unremarkable, which I think is really good advice for former academics coming from spaces where the primary currency is individual accolades within an interminable productivity arms race. 1123438
Mike Shevdon @shevdon.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Find the parts of the job you love, and go and do them. 020
Jen deHaan @jendehaan.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Too much of society and community and even friendship is tied up in ego and transaction. Ridding oneself of that is a process indeed. 010
🔞1999, Bizarre Summer🔞 @lnc0.bsky.social · 03/02/2026I mean god, when you just say it outright like that 🫣 000
Matt Henry @menrywy.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Every time I look back on the year and feel like I haven’t done shit and have ceded my expertise to laziness or personal failure I think what I’m really doing is trying to forge a new identity that isn’t based on constantly achieving really hard shit (that nobody actually cares about). 2825
Narvuntien @narvuntien.bsky.social · 03/02/2026I don't know, man, I felt a lot better when I went to Twitter and realised I was a genius compared to the people on there. But more seriously, I have spent time as a volunteer as part of a team attempting to achieve things together 050
the spooky cake is not a lie @thecakeisnotalie.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Not just academics. This is basically every industry now. 000