The Happy Academic blog has been quiet in recent months. My last post discussed pandemic paralysis, back at a time when COVID-19 was in its early stages of sweeping around the world; today I (and many others) remain under, or are revisiting, lockdown restrictions. At the time of writing, metropolitan Melbourne is in Lockdown 2.0, including a return to home schooling for most students (and hence at least some disruption for parents), as community spread unfortunately continues. I have been taking some of my own advice and not beating myself up about lower levels of productivity in these circumstances.
Having said that, I thought I’d briefly put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) on one question I’ve been asked a few times by EMCR colleagues these last few months – Continue reading