perspective | Elizabeth

Limericks for the recently tenured

As a supplement to my most recent #Release video, I had fun dashing off some “Limericks for the Recently Tenured” on the theme of setting...

#Release the fear of being scooped

Once “eureka!” strikes, how briskly triumph bends to terror’s brutal blows. It happens when we least expect it. We open an email, glance...

Do you see what I see?

I’ve been thinking a lot about perspective lately. We all know how much our mental state shapes the way we experience things. As the...

To everything there is a season (turn turn turn and face the strange ch-ch-changes)

It’s mid-January, which means that many in academia have recently returned to the classroom for the spring semester (a ridiculous...

To-do-list tantrums? NAH.

Full disclosure: I have an unfortunate tendency to feel burdened by a sense of responsibility and obligation. This starts from a good...