Hey Beehaw!
I’m a burned out academic leaving the field. I’d like to learn something new as a means of recovery and healing from the trauma of this intense field. So, what should I learn? What do you recommend and where could I start?
That’s it. That’s my ask. Any and all recommendations welcome.
Maybe one of origami, juggling, crocheting, playing an instrument, creating a website
“Academic” suggests you might have an ongoing opportunity to audit classes. Throw some darts and see if anything appeals to you. I started out in computer science, burned out on that in a quarter, took a quarter off, switched to linguistics, and then that plan was dead in the water the following fall after walking into my college newsroom.
One field I never took a class in? Journalism.
