Stop Giving Away $4,000 Projects for a Line on Your CV

You’re lying in bed on a Sunday night, running through Monday in your head, and one question keeps circling: is this really what I worked so hard for? That feeling is a sign you’re meant for more than academia was built to give you. This episode is my talk from the Ivory Tower Inner Fire Summit, where the theme was the “vow of poverty” academics are expected to take. You’ll hear: ✅ Why “is this really it?” points to something bigger, not something broken ✅ How I went from a miserable tenure-track professor to a business that brings in six figures a year ✅ The skills you already use in academia, often for free, that people pay for: developmental editing ($75 to $100 an hour), copy editing (6 to 7 cents a word), dissertation coaching ($1,200 to $3,000 for a 12-week package), book coaching, and academic coaching ✅ Three things to try this week to test this path for yourself Before the talk, I also share what happened when my Instagram reel on faculty pay versus administrator pay passed 220,000 views. Subscribe so you don’t miss the next episode, and come tell me what you think on Instagram. Resources mentioned: ✅ Map Your Academic Business (free workbook, shared with Summit attendees): https://acadiaediting.com/map/ ✅ Instagram: @acadiaediting ✅ Becoming an Academic Editor or Coach (BAE): AcadiaEditing.com/BecomeAnEditor