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untydiefurrows:

ailanthusaltissima:

How many hours a week do you work?

Do you feel like it is enough?

Do you feel like you can have anything approximating a work/life balance?

I work about 15 hours a week at my non-school job, or closer to 30-40 during school breaks. The important context is that I’m in…

I’ve been trying to track this for myself, recently.  I think it’s about 18-25 on teaching (a 20-hr-per-week appointment that I think we’re expected to spend more like 15 hours per week on), and 20-35 on my own education.

What I feel is expected of me is more like 40 to 50 hours a week on school stuff, but I don’t know how much that’s in my head or actually coming from my program.  I don’t want to work that much and don’t feel capable of it. 

Maybe I’ll update this later when I’ve collected more data.  It’s important to me to work on the ole work-life balance, and I appreciate hearing about how others manage it.

(via untidyfurrows)
  1. mathsquad reblogged this from untidyfurrows and added:
    in… I’ve been trying to track this for myself, recently. I think it’s about 18-25 on teaching (a 20-hr-per-week...
  2. missshirley answered: A) dunno, but it’s been a lazy, hindered 1/4. B) Prob not. C) only b/c I’m being lazy.
  3. 3rdcoastfieldnotes answered: i work at least 8 hours a day and i grade for hours on the weekend. it is not enough, i don’t know how to keep it up for 4 more years
  4. ttssgg reblogged this from ailanthusaltissima and added:
    The range is anywhere from 35-60hrs/wk, but most often, it’s just about 50. That’s time physically spent in lab, but I...
  5. charlietangofoxtrot reblogged this from ailanthusaltissima and added:
    I vacillate between doing very little work (15...week) to insanity (60-80 hours a week). I...
  6. the-justsara reblogged this from ailanthusaltissima and added:
    I have no idea how...I work… And frankly, I don’t know if I want to know because the whole...
  7. haguenite reblogged this from ailanthusaltissima and added:
    Currently? I do school work about 30-40...and teach/teaching prep about 30 hours a week. I...
  8. astationaryjew answered: It varies semester by semester for me, but it has never, ever felt like I got enough done.
  9. labratintraining answered: All the hours, never enoough, and only because I make it so. I have bad time managment skills though….
  10. acmesalesrep answered: Sadly, I’m expecting a lot of answers along the lines of “Too many; no; and hell, no.”
  11. la-animaux answered: I worked 40-60 hours per week in grad school (Social Psychology). It was never enough. I could achieve w/l balance sometimes, but rarely.
  12. jakke answered: As in, paid work? I just do TAing (10-12 hours a week). Any more and I probably would be totally unable to do any research.
  13. untidyfurrows reblogged this from ailanthusaltissima and added:
    at my non-school job, or closer to 30-40 during school breaks. The important context is that I’m in a master’s program...
  14. thewhywhygirl said: One of my profs said that we should have a 24-hour abstinence from work every week. And get a dedicated and supportive partner. The balance will always be skewed towards work, but those two things will help keep you sane and grounded.
  15. thewhywhygirl answered: Nothing is ever enough. At least that’s the message I get. My depression/anxiety attacks means I work a lot less than most people.
  16. fdfaumders answered: I just became ABD, Teaching work: 20 hrs/wk, probably 30/wk my work, definitely not enough and work is life now. Took me 4 yrs to realize.
  17. lemdi answered: G does 40 hours, but it’s his academic research on a grant so I don’t know how it works out in comparison to if he did them separately.
  18. frownheights said: Do you mean work on school work or work at a job? Because I do both, and have no life, and everything is terrible.
  19. gradschoolroundtwo answered: Part-time (2 nights/week of class) program, and approximately 30 hours per week of graduate assistant jobs. It takes effort.
  20. ipomoeaandthestarstealers said: all of them, no, no. but i’m just doing my master’s and i have a kid aka unpaid job.
  21. sarahmcnamara answered: full-time job, full-time program that meets one wkd/mo. No balance, not great at staying on schedule. Then again, I’m in my 1st semester
  22. thelittlemermaid answered: 40-50 hours/week, minimum, for 2 courses, TA, exec job. 15ish hours for editing job. Working hard for life balance but always … dubious.
  23. sequinsandcitations reblogged this from ailanthusaltissima and added:
    I can have a balance, but I usually...guilty. I work a varying amount, probably at least 8...
  24. thedisgruntledgradstudent answered: I have no idea. A Lot./No./Only because I just give up and go do what I want.
  25. bendawson answered: Life? I’m working about 60 hours a week and only taking one course and it’s still miserable.
  26. ramou said: I work 40-45ish hours/week and used to take 2 classes/semester and had NO work/life balance and no one ever saw me. Now I just have my thesis left and feel like I have it figured out a little bit.
  27. chapel-eyes-odd answered: 12+ hrs on a journal, 40-50 on my thesis, 5-10 on other writing; no; lolwut
  28. womanofkleenex said: I’ve gotten the impression grad students in the sciences are expected to work much longer hours, though — then again, they’re also better funded. Grass is always greener.
  29. womanofkleenex answered: How many hours a week I work varies wildlly. I’d say it’s usually at least 40 plus 5-10 of post-work work. I feel pretty balanced now.
  30. sasstacular answered: i work 38 hours per week but only have 2 classes. sometimes it’s hard. but i think i keep a decent balance. mainly bc i procrastinate haha
  31. helloyouhellome answered: I work 40 hrs a week and attend grad school full time. No life balance, NONE.
  32. nounsandbooks answered: I work 20/week, I can just about handle it, I have a decent work-life balance that could easily tip one way or another if I’m careless.
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