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!
Interesting reflection on your time commitments. There was a talk held by Cheryl McEwan on the post-colonial dimensions of time. As a summary she posed interesting questions and scenarios on how we perceive and manage time, and how we are balancing multiple time commitments simultaneously. She also provided an interesting case study of the Slow Movement as an example of how we utilise time to be productive, opting for maximisation, or quantity over quality. I think then, hopefully you are enjoying your 'break' from work and enjoying life in the slow lane before the stresses of multiple time obligations weighs you down again.
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