Live and Learn on Purpose.
This is the 200th post at tonyferrar.com! I started writing here in August 2016, just under three years ago. I set out to create a place for students to find advice from a positive voice. What I didn’t realize is how much I would grow […]
One of the worst feelings in life is that deep tired, almost an ache in your chest that sets in after pulling an all-nighter and watching the sun come up. The last few weeks of the semester used to be such a grind for me, […]
I found out that I was going to be a dad in February of 2016. In March, I attended the Building Future Faculty Workshop. In April, I lost my job after my postdoc funding evaporated. Needless to say, this was a chaotic time in my […]
It’s reference season. Job applications, grad school applications, scholarship applications… they all ask us to find someone respectable to vouch for us. I don’t know if I qualify as respectable, but I do receive a lot of requests for letters of recommendations. What’s it take […]
To be honest, I feel like there’s been an uptick in the number of negative experiences going on around me lately. I’m not talking about the things that make it into the national or international news. Not politics. In the last week, right here around […]
Busy! If you’re having trouble keeping your head above water, read on my friend. It might seem strange that the first thing I’d tell someone who’s having trouble getting things done is to add to their list. Don’t worry I’m not suggesting you add any […]
It’s no secret that most people experience a lot of stress when they’re hunting for jobs. I can’t say I blame them: ultimately a job hunt is a process that requires another person to make a huge decision affecting our lives. When you’re on the […]
My typical day begins at 4:30am. I wake up, spend 2 hours working on The Intentional Academy*, then spend a bit of time on self-care before leaving for work at 7:00. By 7:30, I’ve walked a mile and a half, taken a train ride, and […]
I’ve always resented resumes. The pressure feels enormous: how do I summarize who I am and the value I bring on the front of a piece of paper? There’s so much more to me. When I was in school, I also felt like I had […]
“Finally, he’s taking a dose of his own medicine.” If you’ve been following along for any period of time, you know I give a lot of advice about how to hunt for, apply to, and land a job that you love. The seeds for the […]
