This thread reared its head again. I miss having the energy and the capacity to get do stuff like this. I took real time off the last 2 days, it& #39;s made me realise how utterly broken I& #39;ve become. Living precariously, diluted across too many things, the desperate state of academia. https://twitter.com/ben__franks1/status/1067496060778659848">https://twitter.com/ben__fran...

The mound of external and internalised pressures of being a junior & #39;academic& #39;, constantly fighting for my own sense of self in a system which is decaying, whilst trying to navigate a saturated field that I can& #39;t keep up in.

I& #39;m not entirely sure what the point of this thread was. Maybe just a rant, or getting it off my chest. But the relationship I have created with academia has kicked the shit out of me, and it& #39;s taken way too long to realise it

I used to find my work obsession funny, now I& #39;m realising how stupid it is and what I& #39;ve lost because of it. I& #39;ve slept on floors, sofas, offices, hours from home to build a career in an industry that I question if i want to be in anymore, or if I& #39;m even capable of existing in it