From: Jack Flash (jack.flash@inbox.com)
Date: Mon Mar 03 2008 - 09:56:44 ARST
my first step of the schedule was to resign from my job. this gives me
lots of time to study and i'm not suffering any burnout whatsoever (in
fact, sitting here in the sunshine, I wonder if i have too little
stress) not for everyone i guess, and the jury is still out on whether
it's a good idea.
> Dear Abby,
>
> I hate to say this, but I'm really burning out here and would like to compare
> notes a little. I wake up at 5.30am each weekday, but I'm a slow riser so I
> may not quite make it out of bed right away. Average time to start lab work =
> 7am. I go until 9-9.15am, then head to work. I get home about 6-7pm (3 mile
> commute) and get about 1.5 hours of lab time in. On weekends I almost never
> go anywhere, just alternate between lab work and taking Netflix + food
> breaks.
>
> I've been doing this for about 3 months now, with another 6 months of various
> other schedules before that, and I'm starting to have more and more trouble
> focusing, and I'm losing my patience more as well. Of course I'm becoming
> more and more fun for my wife to deal with on the side.
>
> Does anyone have any type of advice or schedule that worked for them? I don't
> suppose it helps that I'm normally really busy at work too, so I can't study
> there, or take time to play video games like some sysadmin types seem to have
> time for. At this point I'm really having trouble just finishing the last two
> tasks in my current lab on account of wanting to take a nosedive off my
> balcony. I'm thinking a week off might do wonders, as I have a bootcamp
> scheduled for March 17th, but I hate to lose the time (May 20th lab date).
>
> With a few exceptions, secrecy is deeply incompatible with democracy and with
> science.
> --Carl Sagan
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