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The reflections in this section run the gamut from inspirational to sad to triumphant to scary. We came up with the idea for this book because we wanted to make a difference for people. Sometimes in academia (and outside of it, of course), one can feel lonely. We hear story after story about long hours hunched over computers alone, having not actually spoken a word out loud in hours. This can be quite jarring for many. Even as a student, you have to cut yourself a break. You are balancing so many life functions that sometimes your sanity (and health, as you’ll read herein) drops to the wayside.
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Zavattaro, S.M., Orr, S.K. (2017). Surviving and Thriving in Academia: Obtaining Balance, Health, and Clarity. In: Zavattaro, S., Orr, S. (eds) Reflections on Academic Lives. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-60009-7_7
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