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Having a career and a life

Balancing a career in academia with personal life can be challenging. This guide provides strategies for managing time commitments while focusing on your long-term and short-term goals. Learn to prioritize, say 'NO,' and create a proactive schedule that accommodates both professional obligations and personal well-being. Discover tips for organizing your time effectively, delegating tasks, and planning for emergencies. Embrace your individuality, maintain humor, and make deliberate choices that contribute to a fulfilling academic and personal life.

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Having a career and a life

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  1. Having a career and a life From CRA-W web site Jan Cuny, et. al.

  2. Time Commitments Will Change • Status of career • Grad student • Pre / Post Tenure • Assistant / Associate / Full Professor • Married / Single • Age of children, parents • Health issues

  3. Make deliberate choices • Know your long-term and short-term goals • Prioritize • Make lists – with deadlines • Should do vs. must do • Learn to say ‘NO’ • Evaluate each request in terms of your goals • Will you have time to do it well? • Practice saying “no” • Beware of volunteering

  4. More choices • Make a proactive schedule • Daily, weekly, quarterly • Leave some unscheduled time • Schedule your class times / office hours that work for you • Balance social lunches, talking in hall, drop-ins, … • Know how long things take – crisis mode! • Avoid fragmented time • Know when something is “good enough” • Be sure to include your life: exercise, family, partner, hobbies, entertaining, fun, kids’ activities, meals, cleaning, sleep, vacations, …

  5. More choices • Be organized • Office, home, email, meetings, travel, class management, … • Be sensitive to your most productive and unproductive time • Making proposals, preparing for class, grading, research, … • Delegate • Grad students, undergrads, support staff, children, partner, …

  6. More choices • Don’t confuse hard work with hard thinking • Making it work with kids • Accept that parenting takes time • Focus on important things • Volunteering, making stuff, homework, housework, meals, … • Get great daycare • Get lots of help • Car pools, stay-at-home moms, sitters, kids, families, … • Reduce teaching loads when you need to • Plan for emergencies

  7. Personal Harmony • Put yourself first • Find your own balance • Time, energy • Decide what works for you! • Be true to yourself • If it isn’t working, make changes • Maintain a sense of humor

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