I have two confessions to make.
First, I was a university professor from the late 1960s to the late 1990s. Over four-plus decades at the same institution, I went from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor to Full Professor. I enjoyed my career, most of the time.
I took early retirement for personal and professional reasons.
Subsequently, I was an adjunct professor at another university where a close family member is also employed. I retired from that post mostly for personal reasons. After nearly 40 years of teaching — I was a high school social studies teacher for two years before pursuing the Ph.D. — I no longer enjoyed teaching.
My second confession is that I’m glad I’m no longer in Academe. There are several reasons for this.