
{"id":3822,"date":"2021-11-23T05:53:58","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T05:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/how-i-manage-to-find-work-life-balance-as-a-researcher\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T14:43:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T09:13:17","slug":"how-i-manage-to-find-work-life-balance-as-a-researcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/how-i-manage-to-find-work-life-balance-as-a-researcher","title":{"rendered":"How I manage to find work\u2013life balance as a researcher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">There are two species of researchers\u2014one who endorse research as a 24 \u00d7 7 profession, and the other, who take a good break when their most crucial experiment fails repeatedly. I identify myself with the latter. Many describe work\u2013life balance as a state of equilibrium between the demands of personal life and professional ambitions.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">The catch is that equilibrium is not static. There is always a fair degree of passive motion around what many call a stable work\u2013life balance. Let me give an example. The day my most awaited experimental results came through, my 20-month-old toddler showed up from day care with fever. My excitement to forge ahead with my experiment\u2014with chemicals and zebrafish embryos\u2014vanished into thin air. It was time to write a childcare leave application.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">How would you achieve balance in this situation? You can\u2019t run experiments while babysitting or taking care of other urgent domestic situations. My postdoc advisor came up with an ingenious idea to use the situation to our advantage. She e-mailed me a set of research papers and converted my babysitting leave into a reading marathon. I was happy enough to accomplish both the tasks and returned to the lab with some fresh scientific insights.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">I believe that there is no absolute work\u2013life equilibrium. We can only try to approach as close to it as possible and taste success for moderate periods. For me, work\u2013life balance is not about equalizing work and life but more about how to support one without letting unforeseen situations compromise the other.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><b>A \u201ctriplet code\u201d for productive work\u2013life balance<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">As a trained biologist, when reflecting on achieving work\u2013life balance, I think of the term <i>homeostasis<\/i>\u2014the state a living system like a cell can achieve by being \u201csmart\u201d and regulating internal disturbances for healthy survival. It took many transient disruptions in my personal and professional life before I could figure out how to become a \u201csmart cell.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Just like how cells work based on a genetic code consisting of nucleotide triplets, I came up with my own triplet code for work\u2013life balance: EQ (emotional quotient), PQ (professional quotient), and DQ (domestic quotient).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><b>Strengthen your emotional quotient<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Research career is taxing and throws up intense challenges. For example, you may deal with a weak research hypothesis, a request for more data from peer reviewers before your manuscript can be accepted, manuscript rejection, squabbles over authorship, insecurity associated with tenure or fellowship-based positions, and fear of your work getting scooped. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">These professional strains adversely affect work\u2013life balance. I have faced some of the above situations and almost drowned in a pool of negative emotions. I realized that emotional stability is important for a balanced life and devised a few strategies that helped me handle grueling situations with ease.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Derive 70% support from your inner self. Family and friends can\u2019t always have your back. No one wants to hear a sob story all the time.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Identify situations or triggers that make you emotionally vulnerable. Observe and critically analyze your reactions and regulate them.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Understand that certain scenarios are out of your reach or control. Don\u2019t fret over such situations.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Don\u2019t suppress your emotions but ensure that you are not consumed by them. It is okay to cry if that makes you feel better.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Get involved in other activities that bring you meaning and joy. Don\u2019t make work your only identity.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Socialize with people who build you up. Stay away from people who dissipate negativity.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><b>Be tough with your professional quotient<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">One of the common reasons of a poor work\u2013life balance is a demanding family life. I lived as a postdoctoral researcher all by myself with two young children aged 7 and 2 years. My postdoc advisor had obvious concerns about my performance. Many women researchers will identify with this situation.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Living with the constant feeling of being overwhelmed by the demands of managing kids and work can lead to poor planning and make one appear messy, disoriented, and unproductive. After being in that shambolic state for a while, I decided to streamline my focus on being a tough professional. The rule I made was \u201cWhen in the lab, be in the lab, and when at home, be at home.\u201d Research is all about deliverables. Hence, I worked to raise my professional quotient and never compromised it. I followed certain commandments:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Set deadlines for your experiments, and make sure you achieve most of them. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Hiccups and pauses are a part of parenting young children. Predict such situations in advance so that you don\u2019t crash when they happen. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Lab meeting presentations are the best platform for getting constructive feedback on your work. Don\u2019t delay or reschedule them even if your supervisor is okay with doing so. The habit of holding up things will slow your research progress.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Networking with other researchers or scientists is important for a researcher. Try to use your tea\/lunch time for scientific discussions or discussing research ideas.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">The idea of 24 \u00d7 7 research is counter-productive. It may lead to procrastination and work pile-up.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">It is good to revise professional ambitions. Review your current status and performance and accordingly make your next career move. Avoid rigidity in career decisions.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Coming to lab early mornings and working to meet a 7 p.m. childcare deadline made my days productive. You can start your experiments early, have some results by afternoon, and feel a sense of accomplishment by evening. This leaves almost no room for work-related anxiety and stress and increases research output.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><b>Set up your domestic equations <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Domestic work is overwhelming\u2014it is not just ordinary chores but other duties and responsibilities that are heavily loaded with gender stereotypes. The first step towards breaking such casts begins with you. For example, I would quickly check my partner whenever he would say, \u201cWomen can do it better.\u201d Gradually, we could blur the line that divides chores along traditional gender boundaries. One important piece of advice\u2014don\u2019t attempt to start a tradition-breaking revolution in your domestic sphere. Avoid heated arguments as it wastes energy. Instead, use intelligent explanations for equalizing household duties. The approaches I follow are:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Delegate responsibilities to family members. Don\u2019t pitch in for work assigned to others.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">If there is an option, hire and train a domestic help to suit your needs.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">\u201cPerfection\u201d is impossible in the domestic context. Save this word for the dictionary. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Embrace pride in your contribution. Free yourself of any feelings of unwarranted guilt. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Don\u2019t perceive children as huge responsibility and feel bogged down by the same. Enjoy your time at home with them to relax and rejuvenate. This helps to maintain a lot of positivity at home.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Don\u2019t treat domestic activities as boring stuff. Try and add some fun to mundane tasks. You may try singing together, sharing jokes, or doing a recap of the week with your partner\/children while finishing regular domestic chores.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><b>Devise your own rules <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">Don\u2019t go by any rulebook or lists of top ten tips to achieve work\u2013life balance. While some strategies will work for all researchers, there may be scenarios that are individual-specific. So, you will need to develop your own personalized strategy. You can achieve this by defining what work\u2013life balance means to you. Comparing your situation with those of others and copying their strategies will do more damage than good. So, devise your own rules. You are that \u201csmart cell\u201d who knows what causes disorder and which mechanisms to put in place to ensure that the seesaw of work\u2013life balance remains a fun ride.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are two species of researchers\u2014one who endorse research as a 24 \u00d7 7 profession, and the other, who take a good break when their most crucial experiment fails repeatedly. I identify myself with the latter. Many describe work\u2013life balance as a state of equilibrium between the demands of personal life and professional ambitions. 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