Here's an INCREDIBLY effective tool to increase productivity AND beat stress. Be warned, though - it's also incredibly unexciting. Episode #122: Write it down, make it happen. Listen at www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/122 or wherever you get your podcasts. #academicsky #podcast #productivity

I'm sorry to say that, due to illness, there will be no episode tomorrow 🤧🤒 If I can get on top of things, it will appear on Friday next week instead. By way of compensation, here is a photo of Bramble licking her nose.

Is it growth or self recrimination?

Here's a thorny one. What if self-improvement is just a respectable-seeming form of self-rejection? The latest episode takes a look at how to ensure you're bettering yourself for the right reasons. Listen at www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/121 or in all the usual podcast places #academicsky

Freshly-hatched new episode! And it's a corker: Professor Wendelien van Eerde on the science of procrastination. Stop your faffing and have a listen wherever you get your podcasts, or here: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/120 #academicsky #procrastination #productivity #motivation

New episode! How does an academic philosopher get into coaching and podcasting? Listen and find out: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/118 #academicsky #podcast #coaching #perfectionism #productivity

New episode! Do you constantly struggle to work out how long things will take? It's more than just a planning problem. Help is at hand! Listen here (or wherever you get your podcasts): www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/117 #academicsky #timemanagement #productivity

Academic Imperfectionist (a project by Dr Rebecca Roache—a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the Uni. of London, & a trained coach who launched this platform with the aim to help people overcome perfectionism and flourish on their own terms) leaves X (916 followers) Bluesky: @academicimp.bsky.social

I'm back with a new episode! Do you think of yourself as a procrastinator? If you do, then stop it. There's a better way to understand and overcome your struggles to get things done. Listen: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/116 #academicsky #procrastination #productivity #anxiety

Friends, I'm about to take a summer break. Next episode will be 22nd August, when I'll be telling you some mind-blowing stuff about procrastination that you never realised you needed to know - don't miss it! In the mean time, here is Lou drinking from a tap. #academicsky

I haven't been here for a while but the episodes haven't stopped coming! Do you worry that you haven't achieved enough? This is for you. Listen at www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/115 or wherever you get your podcasts! #academicsky #achievement

#AcademicSky! I sing the praises of @academicimp.bsky.social whenever I can, but this weeks ep interviewing Joli Jensen about the challenges of focusing on writing is particularly good!

Denne måneden har jeg skrevet om håp og trang som drivkrefter i akademia, bl.a. inspirert av @davidbrax.bsky.social og @academicimp.bsky.social og med henvisning til @annesigrid.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/campusli...

I found this very moving.

This, from @academicimp.bsky.social, is a useful reminder that you don't need to read everything before you write.

Really interesting discussion on academic 'hope labour' from @academicimp.bsky.social www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/96

Grey day on the patio. Painting, drawing and listening to the @academicimp.bsky.social

New episode! Is your fear of regret holding you back? It doesn't need to. It doesn't even make sense. Listen: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/81

Latest episode: are you procrastinating, holding back, stalling? Reflecting compassionately on why can help you move forward. Listen: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/80

On Monday I'm going to be a guest on The Guilty Feminist podcast, which is recorded in London with a live audience - come along! Eleanor Conway is also a guest. Tickets available here: shop.kingsplace.co.uk/30025/30026

New episode! What my working pattern looks like today, vs how it was a few years ago before I started to work on my procrastination, inner critic, unrealistic standards, and all the rest. Listen: academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/79

Are you kind to everyone except yourself? Philosophy can help you view yourself - and treat yourself - in the compassionate way you view others. Listen: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/78

New episode: #78: Fix your self-compassion with the metaphysics of personal identity (and an Aeropress)! Listen: academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/78

Feeling jaded because you've already ballsed up your new year resolutions? Here's a lifeline! Listen: academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/77

Fun podcast story! After I drew on his work on failure in one of my podcast episodes, Costica Bradatan had his publisher send me a copy of his book! Really looking forward to getting stuck into this.

I'm back! First episode of 2024 is out. #77: Mediocrity is underrated! Your antidote to all that 'new year, new me' pressure you've been piling on yourself. Listen: academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/77

New year isn't a software upgrade for your personality! My article for IAI on taking a self-compassionate approach to your new year resolutions: iai.tv/articles/the...

I had a great time being interviewed by Daniel Shea on the Scholarly Communication podcast! Listen to 'Philosophy for Our Academic Wellbeing' here: newbooksnetwork.com/philosophy-f...

Thank you for a great year of eps! And for modeling what you remind us of: that rest and breaks are not only needed but ok to take. 😀

I had plans for a podcast episode for you tomorrow ... but the end of the year has been so hectic that I'm going to let myself off the hook and take a break. Happy whatever you celebrate. Back on 12th January! What can you let yourself off the hook for this holiday season? ⛄⭐

This is a very good episode in a very helpful series.

Getting from where you are now to where you want to be means confronting some hard, scary, and painful truths - but you can do it! New episode: academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/76

New episode! Is focusing on achieving your end goal stopping you from recognising the progress you've already made? Listen: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/75

Would you like a complimentary code to download the audiobook of For F*ck's Sake? I have 6 codes to give away to people who follow me on Bluesky and who repost this. I'll give away the codes next Friday (1st December).

For me it tends to be, Option 1: not; Option 2: listen to @academicimp.bsky.social; Option 3: get food and sleep, hope things look brighter another day

New episode! Need to fix your life but too overburdened to fix it? You have more energy than you realise. Listen: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/74

It's new episode day ... you're constantly hustling to get where you want to be, but do you even know how to enjoy life when the hustling stops? Listen: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/73

Pals! I'm running Marathon Eryri at the end of the month in support of @HeadwayUK, after a beloved friend suffered a traumatic brain injury in June. (He is doing well, but many others are struggling.) I am super grateful for all donations! www.justgiving.com/page/maratho...

New episode! Do you tell yourself that the way to deal with all the demands that life throws at you is to work harder and harder to ensure you keep up? If so, you're giving yourself terrible advice. Listen: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/72

New episode! Do you struggle to find a time to write? And when you finally do, do you procrastinate your valuable time away? This one is for you, friend! Listen: academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/71

This weeks @academicimp.bsky.social on the bad time to write being the best time to write is exactly what I needed to hear. Love this pod so much!! #AcademicSky

New episode! This is for students who'd like some essay-writing guidance - and for everyone else who could do with help fighting their writing demons. Listen: academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/70

Frequent, undemanding, high-reward efforts to write are far more effective at getting a project finished than infrequent all-out efforts. (From Joli Jensen's Write No Matter What.)

This is a must for those of us who teach philosophy to students for whom English is not the first language. Rebecca's advice resonates with a lot of what I've told my students over the years, but it's so much clearer and thorough!

If I had a pound for all the students and fellow academics who I've heard say 'I'm rubbish/too slow/too distracted at reading' ... Here's how to get more from your time spent reading! Listen: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/69

How to read hard, confusing, not-for-entertainment stuff! If you're a new student, or just someone who worries they're not a fast enough reader, this is for you! 😃 Listen: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/69 www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ghfpw...

Do you struggle to read hard stuff? Are you too slow, too inattentive, too easily distracted - and too embarrassed to get help? Here's the episode you (and your students) have been waiting for! Listen here: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/69 www.veed.io/view/0670ea7...