TAKING A BREAK MIGHT NOT BE THE ANSWER

SEASON 2, EPISODE 1: TAKING BREAK MIGHT NOT BE THE ANSWER
This episode is about returning to a stressful situation after taking a break. Unfortunately, it’s all too easy to fall back into the thought patterns and behaviours from before you left. A holiday is not always the answer.
I revisit a journal entry I wrote in January 2014. This was the first journal entry of the year, just at the end of my initial 2 year postdoc contract. Within a week of returning to Germany after a Christmas break in the UK, I received an email that made me feel like a total failure.
I reflect on the academic value…