http://pgbovine.net/why-academics-feel-overworked.htm
"why do academics so often feel overworked?"
"I think the answer lies in the fact that, as an academic, your work comes from multiple independent sources...None of these sources of work know of or care about one another. They are completely independent. Thus, it's totally up to you to plan your time to balance all of these obligations. Instead of a single boss giving you work to do, academics have seven independent “bosses” pulling them in different directions."
Especially in a week of grading overload and setting up research students for the summer, this really struck home!
"why do academics so often feel overworked?"
"I think the answer lies in the fact that, as an academic, your work comes from multiple independent sources...None of these sources of work know of or care about one another. They are completely independent. Thus, it's totally up to you to plan your time to balance all of these obligations. Instead of a single boss giving you work to do, academics have seven independent “bosses” pulling them in different directions."
Especially in a week of grading overload and setting up research students for the summer, this really struck home!
