Transitioning to Summer

You probably think of the academic year as having 2 seasons: term-time and not-term-time. There is also a weird in between time where you no longer have scheduled teaching but it isn't really not-term-time. That's what I talk about in this track. I wrote and recorded this just before the major pandemic related changes happened in universities in the UK, US, and Canada. I fear it feels a bit dated already. Treat it as a reminder of the fact that things would have been in transition anyway even if you are now coping with much bigger rapid changes to your work and working conditions. I will be writing and recording more specific material over the next few weeks.You might also check out some other things I've written that might help you figure out how to make good use of this in-between time. Related posts:• Maintaining your writing practice when things get busy (jovanevery.co.uk/maintaining-your-writing-practice-when-things-get-busy)• Optimizing Focus: Writing in Grading Season(jovanevery.co.uk/optimizing-focus-writing-in-grading-season)• Cycle of the academic year & intensity of work (jovanevery.co.uk/academic-year-cycles-intensity)• Hiking as a metaphor for (summer) writing(https://jovanevery.co.uk/hiking-metaphor-for-summer-writing)Read the post here: jovanevery.co.uk/transitioning-to-summer/Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/JoVanEveryFind my Facebook Page here: facebook.com/JoVEAcademicCareerCoachJoin the Academic Writing Studio: academicwritingstudio.co.ukImage by Leosprspctive via UnsplashFor more advice, support and perspectives like this, sign up to my free monthly newsletter: https://jovanevery.co.uk/newsletter To find out how short chunks of time can revolutionise your writing, take the FREE 15 Minute Writing Challenge course: https://jovanevery.co.uk/15-min-writing-challenge/ Or join the Academic Writing Studio community: https://academicwritingstudio.co.uk  Support me on KoFi here: https://ko-fi.com/jovanevery  I'm no longer on Twitter, but I'm on Bluesky here: https://bsky.app/profile/jovanevery.bsky.social Find me on Linked In here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jovanevery/  Or follow along on Facebook here: https://facebook.com/JoVEAcademicCareerCoach