{"id":5854,"date":"2021-03-18T05:12:40","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T05:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/events\/can-i-really-have-it-all-learning-how-to-achieve-work-life-balance-in-academia\/"},"modified":"2021-03-18T05:12:40","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T05:12:40","slug":"can-i-really-have-it-all-learning-how-to-achieve-work-life-balance-in-academia","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/can-i-really-have-it-all-learning-how-to-achieve-work-life-balance-in-academia","title":{"rendered":"Can I really have it all? Learning how to achieve work-life balance in academia"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cIt’s not about free time, it’s a lack of free energy<\/b>. Who can do hobbies when you’re physically, mentally, and emotionally drained?\u201d <\/i>\u2013 Lecturer, North America; CACTUS Mental Health Survey Report 2020<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Have you ever made it to the end of a long work-week, feeling too exhausted to do something fun? Or, are you so swamped with many meetings during the week that you use the weekend to catch up on your own work \u2013 work like reading or writing papers, working on grant proposals, completing experiments, etc.? If this is true for you then, like several other researchers and academics, you\u2019re probably struggling to achieve some semblance of balance between your work and personal life.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Work-life balance is not a new topic of discussion in academia. Despite this, instead of new policies and more effective solutions, a trend of imbalance between work and life beyond work seems to be consistently increasing among researchers. According to results from the CACTUS Mental Health Survey<\/a>, 43% of 13,000 surveyed researchers indicated that they didn\u2019t have sufficient time for hobbies, recreation, or other non-work activities.<\/strong> Moreover, the demands of the post-pandemic world have made it even more challenging to establish boundaries between work and personal life. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

To help you learn how to balance your work and personal life better, we\u2019ve invited PhD researcher Shruti Turner to talk about the importance of work-life balance and explain how we can work towards achieving a better integration between the two. <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

According to Shruti, \u201cLife happens and we should be able to feel like we can adjust accordingly.\u201d <\/i>In this session, she will \u2013 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n