I’m an endlessly adjuncting philosophy professor. Going back to law school in the fall at age 38.
I’m an endlessly adjuncting philosophy professor. Going back to law school in the fall at age 38.
Are you me in my early 20s? Enjoy it, dude!
I’ve been working every day since January. Every weekday, every weekend day, every day. But finally on June 15th I’ll be down to one remote job and can go sailing for a few weeks straight. I’ve finally sort of got my finances in reasonable shape, I’ve paid off my car, and have a little breathing room.
I was in a fourth floor walk up. It was fine until in one year I broke my foot and my dog’s back was paralyzed. Going up four flights of stairs on crutches sure sucked, as did carrying a 50lb dog up and down three times a day.
I’d interpret “next Saturday” as the one on the 11th, and “this Saturday” as the one on the 4th.
Oh shit, I’m gonna have to remember how my past me did this the last time around.
It makes sense to spend some time away from it to reorient your life. And I guess some people live without it. But it brings a lot of positives if used in moderation.
Went to a Tool concert ahout six months ago. It was pretty clear that they were not fans of their fans.
I hate how people on Reddit have a fucking bizarre fascination with this band. Yeah, I was 13 once, too, and also thought it was deep then. Then I grew up.
The first coffee and bit of nicotine in the morning. Nothing like feeling productive and energized.
Thanks, buddy. This is a good perspective to have. Hope our new years are better than the last!
My life has been falling apart. Divorce, unemployment, dying pets, friendships falling off, fights with relatives. There are new disasters every year so it never feels stale.
Lots of people expressing negativity in this thread but I want to say that even at age 37, going home for Christmas still feels like I’m a kid again. I laugh and joke with my family, we eat good food, decorate the tree, do winter activities, and have a ton of fun. I look forward catching up with my family at Christmas all year.
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Found the dumbest take on the Internet today. Nice!
I have tried to watch the original like three times and I fall asleep every time.
I do a mix. First couple are sit down wipes, then stand up to finish. If you’re getting it from multiple angles you’re less likely to have skid marks.
Yeah dude the grind to try and get a tenure track job is soul-crushing. I put out over 1000 applications over the course of four years. I had about 15 interviews, 2 second round interviews, and at the end, no job. I can get adjunct work fairly easily, but it comes with no health insurance or stability, and it’s paid pretty badly. The adjunctification of higher ed has meant that a lot of otherwise good people have no future in academia, me being one of them. It sucks because I worked for fifteen years studying, teaching, and publishing on very some absolutely esoteric shit, and ended up with less job security and benefits than a Walmart employee. It took a lot of therapy, because this is the one thing I wanted to do with my life. But I know now that it’s time to move on, and that I can do good somewhere else if I get the right skills.