If you say things like 'I just need to finish X and then I can relax', you're heading for burnout. You're never going to feel 'finished'. Find out what to do instead in the latest episode - www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/136 or wherever you get your podcasts!

Do you torment yourself with comparisons to others? Not only do those comparisons make you feel bad, but they don't even show what you think they show. #135: Do this instead of comparing yourself to others - listen at www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/135 or in your favourite podcast app!

The latest! How you think about your perfectionism matters. Here's a way to break through it and make peace with your flawed best work. Listen at www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/134 or wherever you find your podcasts #academicsky #podcast #perfectionism #productivity

New episode, fresh out the oven! Do you feel like a fake? Like you'll probably never be good enough? The problem isn't you. It's the way you think about academia. Listen: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/133

New episode! Do you overestimate how much you can get done over the summer? And underestimate how well you'll cope during busier times? Here are some thoughts about why that might be, and what you can do about it. Listen: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/132

Fresh out the oven, the latest episode! Are you guilty of binary thinking? If so, don't despair. If you're smart, it can help you get to where you want to be. Listen: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/131

The reference to ““those non-academic friends and family who equate the end of the teaching term to being on holiday.” did make me chuckle 🤭

Do you realise how hard you're working just to feel anxious about your writing? Here's what's going on, and what to do about it. New episode! www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/130

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... another very helpful episode @rebeccaroache.bsky.social

Are you sure you're procrastinating? There might be something else going on. Have a listen to the latest episode: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/129

Latest episode! Think you're lazy? You probably don't even understand what laziness is. Prof Katrien Devolder popped in to blow all our minds and explain why we're not quite as awful as we thought! Listen: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/128

Sad news, everyone. No new episode tomorrow, due to illness. I'll get back to cooking one up for you as soon as I'm back to normal. In the meantime, here is Teepee.

Latest episode! The brilliant @polariskoi.bsky.social on everything self-control. If you ever feel like this is a weak area for you, you HAVE to give this a listen - you're doing way better than you think! Listen: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/127

The impeccsable @rebeccaroache.bsky.social interviewed me on self-control on the @academicimp.bsky.social podcast. It was a huge pleasure to get to rant, unbridled, about my work on self-control, neurodiversity, and how individual differences in self-control are a structural justice problem.

Are you emotionally frail? If you are, what can you do about it? Listen to the latest episode: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/126 #academicsky #podcast #wellbeing #productivity

In focus today for #WomeninEthics: @rebeccaroache.bsky.social, whose philosophy of language has made us think deeper about silences, passive aggression, and swearing - among other things! More about Rebecca's work: www.instagram.com/p/DUF9kJpDXT8/ #WiE #Ethics #PracticalEthics

What if your idea of 'doing the right thing' is self-harm in disguise? Latest episode: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/125 #academicsky #podcast

Exciting update! After appearing on the podcast, Dana Klisanin wrote a great article in @psychologytoday.com in which she reflects on imperfection. Here it is! www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/digi...

First episode of 2026! My conversation with Dr Dana Klisanin about how reconnecting to nature means tapping in to an important and powerful source of strength. Listen: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/124 #academicsky

Need help with your procrastination problem? Read my latest article in Psyche! psyche.co/guides/how-t... #academicsky #procrastination #productivity

Happy 25th December from Megatron

Is your self-deprecation out of control? Let me fix that for you. It's the final episode of 2025, and I'm on a mission to make you smile! 😀 Listen: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/123 #academicsky

Worth a read, and The Academic Imperfectionist gets a mention!

Stuck for gift ideas? My book, in hardback, is dirt cheap. Waitrose quality* for Lidl price. Looks snazzy on the shelf too. *Oh come on. It's at *least* Sainsbury's.

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

Is it growth or self recrimination?

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.

Needed to look at my article on sulking for @aeon.co from a few years ago so did a search for 'roache sulking'. This was Google's 'AI Overview'. Enjoying the implied suggestion that cockroaches sulk, but not in a 'human emotional' sense.

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

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

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

Join us in signing and sharing this petition to prevent layoffs of over 400 people (both academic & professional services staff) at Lancaster University. We are all at risk and it's a scary time.

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

For F*ck's Sake is currently half price! Perfect summer read and looks pretty on your bookshelf 🌞 amzn.eu/d/2WYrUfW

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

“Awkward silences” (by @rebeccaroache.bsky.social, June 26, 2025, via @aeon.co) aeon.co/essays/whats...

So this is where everyone is! Opened this app for the first time in many months - how lovely to be greeted by so many followers. Will get around to doing something with this soon. In the meantime here is Grayson.

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

I'm on BBCRadio Wales Science Café at 6:30pm today! The Art and Science of Swearing. If you miss it, you can catch up at this link 😃 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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

Me: *knitting* Leaves: I HALP