Two Suitcases, a Backpack, and a New Perspective: Starting Over? - Adventures in Advising
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Two Suitcases, a Backpack, and a New Perspective: Starting Over? - Adventures in Advising
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What happens when the advisor becomes the one navigating a major transition?
In Ep. 190 of Adventures in Advising, Matt Markin welcomes back Matt Plescia from Hamilton College for a conversation about career moves, starting over, and discovering how our professional identities change along the way. Inspired by Matt Plescia’s Academic Advising Quarterly article, “Two Suitcases, a Backpack, and a Duffel Bag: Finding Advisor Identity in Motion,” the two Matts unpack what it really means to leave behind institutional knowledge, familiar faces, and comfortable routines for something new.
From cross-country moves and new campuses to loneliness, belonging, work-life balance, and the humbling experience of becoming the “new person” again, this episode explores how transition can make us more reflective—and more empathetic—advisors.
So pack your bags (metaphorically or otherwise!) and join us for an honest, thoughtful, and laughter-filled conversation about taking chances, embracing uncertainty, and realizing that sometimes starting over teaches us exactly what our students need from us.
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