A Day In The Life Of An Independent Anthropologist And Corporate Historian
Laurie's career as an anthropologist and author is described as "unpredictable" and "a little scary" due to inconsistent income and a reliance on one job leading to another, requiring adaptive living strategies to navigate periods of "dry downtime". The work, however, is ultimately deemed "very satisfying".
Unpredictable Work Schedule, Financial Instability, Adaptive Living, Networking, Overcoming Challenges
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Laurie Levin
Anthropologist and Corporate Historian
Independent Consultant
UC Berkeley; Harvard University; UCLA, 1972
Harvard/MA and UCLA abd
Anthropology, Sociology
Healthcare, Medical & Wellness
Creative
Disabled, First Generation College Student
Video Highlights
1. Unpredictable work schedule with periods of dry downtime requiring adaptive living.
2. Importance of networking and securing consistent income streams.
3. Satisfying work despite financial uncertainties, with one job often leading to another.
Transcript
What does a day in the life of an anthropologist and nonfiction book author look like?
Unpredictable. Very satisfying, but a little scary. I never really knew where my next source of income was going to be, and I wasn't particularly great at networking.
Fortunately, in my world, one job led to another, but not always on my own schedule. I had lots of periods of dry downtime.
I had to come up with an adaptive way of living to accommodate the lack of certainty of where the next paycheck was coming from.
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