Only if you let it. There is often pressure to work longer hours but the important thing to remember is work never stops, there is always something left to do on the next day. Knowing when to switch off your laptop at the end of the day is important.
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Aimee Egglestone
answered on 15 Nov 2019:
last edited 15 Nov 2019 11:02 am
Not very often, but sometimes an experiment will run over, or I’ll find myself obsessing over a reaction and how or why it isn’t working how it should!
It can sometimes keep you mind very busy even after you left the laboratory. You keep thinking why something do not work and what to try next… It is important to have moments in which you do not think about work so you come back with a fresh mind (and maybe new ideas!).
When I was studying it used to, and it used to make me very stressed. Now I make sure that I leave work on time and make sure I’m doing my hobbies too.
Sometimes. As William said, it’s important not to let it. There’s an unpleasant culture in academia that encourages you to have no social life and be in the lab all hours of the day. It try my best not to let it, but I have had weekends interrupted by having to go into the lab (E. coli doesn’t understand the concept of a weekend…).
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