Latest episode! Think you're lazy? You probably don't even understand what laziness is. Prof Katrien Devolder popped in to blow all our minds and explain why we're not quite as awful as we thought! Listen: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/128
Teepee the calico cat in a dark blue teepee with white stars
Sad news, everyone. No new episode tomorrow, due to illness. I'll get back to cooking one up for you as soon as I'm back to normal. In the meantime, here is Teepee.
Latest episode! The brilliant @polariskoi.bsky.social on everything self-control. If you ever feel like this is a weak area for you, you HAVE to give this a listen - you're doing way better than you think! Listen: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/127
The impeccsable @rebeccaroache.bsky.social interviewed me on self-control on the @academicimp.bsky.social podcast. It was a huge pleasure to get to rant, unbridled, about my work on self-control, neurodiversity, and how individual differences in self-control are a structural justice problem.
Are you emotionally frail? If you are, what can you do about it? Listen to the latest episode: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/126
#academicsky #podcast #wellbeing #productivity
In focus today for #WomeninEthics: @rebeccaroache.bsky.social, whose philosophy of language has made us think deeper about silences, passive aggression, and swearing - among other things!
More about Rebecca's work: www.instagram.com/p/DUF9kJpDXT8/
#WiE #Ethics #PracticalEthics
What if your idea of 'doing the right thing' is self-harm in disguise? Latest episode: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/125 #academicsky #podcast
Exciting update! After appearing on the podcast, Dana Klisanin wrote a great article in @psychologytoday.com in which she reflects on imperfection. Here it is!
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/digi...
First episode of 2026! My conversation with Dr Dana Klisanin about how reconnecting to nature means tapping in to an important and powerful source of strength. Listen: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/124 #academicsky
Need help with your procrastination problem? Read my latest article in Psyche! psyche.co/guides/how-t... #academicsky #procrastination #productivity
Happy 25th December from Megatron
Is your self-deprecation out of control? Let me fix that for you. It's the final episode of 2025, and I'm on a mission to make you smile! 😀 Listen: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/123
#academicsky
Worth a read, and The Academic Imperfectionist gets a mention!
Screen shot of BARGAIN copy of For F*ck's Sake
Stuck for gift ideas? My book, in hardback, is dirt cheap. Waitrose quality* for Lidl price. Looks snazzy on the shelf too.
*Oh come on. It's at *least* Sainsbury's.
Here's an INCREDIBLY effective tool to increase productivity AND beat stress. Be warned, though - it's also incredibly unexciting. Episode #122: Write it down, make it happen. Listen at www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/122 or wherever you get your podcasts. #academicsky #podcast #productivity
Is it growth or self recrimination?
A silly black runt-cat lies on the arm of a sofa, licking her nose.
I'm sorry to say that, due to illness, there will be no episode tomorrow 🤧🤒 If I can get on top of things, it will appear on Friday next week instead. By way of compensation, here is a photo of Bramble licking her nose.
Important clarification that, contrary to what might appear to be the case, cockroaches do NOT sulk after a human touches them.
Needed to look at my article on sulking for @aeon.co from a few years ago so did a search for 'roache sulking'. This was Google's 'AI Overview'. Enjoying the implied suggestion that cockroaches sulk, but not in a 'human emotional' sense.
Here's a thorny one. What if self-improvement is just a respectable-seeming form of self-rejection? The latest episode takes a look at how to ensure you're bettering yourself for the right reasons. Listen at www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/121 or in all the usual podcast places #academicsky
Freshly-hatched new episode! And it's a corker: Professor Wendelien van Eerde on the science of procrastination. Stop your faffing and have a listen wherever you get your podcasts, or here: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/120 #academicsky #procrastination #productivity #motivation
Because I added a video, you don't get to see the photo I used to accompany this episode on my website, so here it is: Pumbs roaring (ok, yawning) in the cat tree.
New episode! How does an academic philosopher get into coaching and podcasting? Listen and find out: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/118 #academicsky #podcast #coaching #perfectionism #productivity
Ah, a reader! 😃💗
New episode! Do you constantly struggle to work out how long things will take? It's more than just a planning problem. Help is at hand! Listen here (or wherever you get your podcasts): www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/117
#academicsky #timemanagement #productivity
I was about to pay out for the vaccine when my kids beat me to it and caught the pox. Saved me a few hundred £. Long overdue move!
I'm back with a new episode! Do you think of yourself as a procrastinator? If you do, then stop it. There's a better way to understand and overcome your struggles to get things done. Listen: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/116
#academicsky #procrastination #productivity #anxiety
Congratulations!
Photo of max with headphones drawing at plastic garden table. On the table : Max's pen bag, my iPad and watercolours. In the background : the Irish Sea.
Grey day on the patio. Painting, drawing and listening to the @academicimp.bsky.social
