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 (edit: narcissm, lack of human connection, intense funding cuts resulting in competition, less focus on students in recent years and instead on metrics). So, what should I learn (edit: that might help recovery from the aforementioned) What do you recommend and where could I start? I’m not looking for career advice, just crowdsourcing new things to learn and experience.

That’s it. That’s my ask.

Edit: Added some context.

  • TiberiusDreadnought@lemmy.sdf.org
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    2 days ago

    I just loved the baseline aesthetics of LaTeX. I liked writing stories when I had an itch for it, and it feels a lot better when your work is formatted nicely. It was a fun challenge without having any consequences.

    Do you journal? Journalling on its own feels nice in the long run, and would also look cool if written in LaTeX.

    • its_me_xiphos@beehaw.orgOP
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      2 days ago

      Thanks for the response.

      I’ll have a look. I don’t journal, I’ve gone through spurts on trying and never keeping up. Likely just my inability to schedule it into my day.