It is the end of April. Spring is in the air, and summer is just around the corner. Those of us who are instructors or teaching assistants will soon be free. Free from preparing for classes, giving lectures and tutorials, and…
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On Balancing Breaks
Posted in Overwork, Productivity, Staying Well, Thesis, Time off Tagged with: mental health, productivity, summer, thesis, work-life balance, work/life balance
Finding a balance in grad school
Work-Life balance – the most fantastical and elusive concept in grad school. Two things we know for sure, 1) It is essential, 2) grad students are bad at it. How does this happen! Well grad students tend to say yes…
Posted in Families, Finances, General, International, Internship, Jobs and Careers, Kingston, New Students, Orientation, Staying Well, Student Perspective, Thesis, Transitioning, Uncategorized Tagged with: grad life is fraught, Grad Student Life, Kingston, orientation, resources, Student perspective, work-life balance, work/life balance
Creative Outlets
We hope you all had a wonderful Reading Week, whether for you that means a vacation, a brief respite from teaching, or just a quieter Kingston. In this next series we’re going to be discussing some “life hacks,” with a…
Posted in Staying Well Tagged with: "me time", boredom, hobbies, life hacks, scheduling breaks, work/life balance, young academics
The Great Divide: Work-Life Balance
It’s all the rage. Workplaces are saying they want it and applicants are saying they’ve got it. Here at Gradifying we’ve dedicated this month we’ve dedicated some discussion to this highly topical issue of work-life balance. In this post, we’ll…
Posted in General, New Students, Orientation, Staying Well, Student Perspective, Uncategorized Tagged with: evidence, tips, work/life balance
#CAF Crisis = #Work/Life Imbalance
This month we’re talking about work/life balance. Have you ever noticed that the formulation of this proportion (some work, some life – probably more work, but entitlement to at least some life) refers to the personal scale of individual experience?…
Amanda Tracey: Feeling Guilty?….Well, Don’t!
I just wanted to start off by expressing how excited I am to be chosen as a new member of the Gradifying blogger team! I am a first year PhD student in Biology studying Plant Ecology and Evolution. I did…
Posted in General, New Students, Student Perspective Tagged with: Elbow lake, goal setting, guilt, relaxation, student-supervisor relationship, work/life balance