(revised 25 September) This is more of a series of links than a separate story, but I'm putting it up to explain why I haven't been on this blog much recently. It's partly because I've been on other platforms but mainly because I've been very busy with the publication of my first 'trade book': Immaculate… Continue reading Writing rather than retiring: Immaculate Forms
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Retirement/retiring, 18 months in… an update
day in a library no longer feels wicked, like it's been stolen from teaching activities. OK, it never should have felt like that, since research was allegedly part of the job, but ...
Housework for academics
I had this feeling that the house would be a lot cleaner once I'd retired. This has proven to be completely untrue, but today I suddenly realised why. Before I reveal all, let's just think about academics and housework more generally. First, cleaners: we don't have one. Lots of my academic friends do, whether they… Continue reading Housework for academics
When to go and what you’ll miss
When are you going to retire? Have you thought about it yet? And what will you miss the most? First, the 'when'. If I didn't go now, when would I go? 65, on a full pension? Or even later? At the moment, I find it hard to imagine why anyone would want to go on with… Continue reading When to go and what you’ll miss
Starting to retire
so I'm going to retire - and I need to think this through.
The retiring academic 