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Ever read The Razor's Edge? My post doc mentor gave me that book to read, and didn't really tell me why. The first half is socialite nonsense. But then there's
by Loughla 2y ago
Ever read The Razor's Edge?
My post doc mentor gave me that book to read, and didn't really tell me why. The first half is socialite nonsense. But then there's a deep dive into finding joy in life that isn't related to work.
He could see that my very poor background was making me look to move up to high pay, high stress jobs and was politely trying to intervene.
Finding balance is hard, but worth it. I'm making less than I should at a job that's okay. But I have 45 days of PTO, and another 18-20 holidays. I can take two full months off every year and nobody complains.
- steve_adams_86 2y agoThanks, I’ll check that out. Lately I love finding stuff like this not only for myself, but for my kids eventually who I’ll probably need to indirectly nudge here and there as your post doc mentor did. That all sounds great to me. I can say with certainty that it would have sounded terrible 10 years ago. How can you waste all that time not advancing your career? The irony is that the PTO and holidays absolutely do advance your career in the sense that they make you a more complete, fulfilled person who can keep cracking away at their career in a steady and consistent fashion for the decades to come. When you’re 25 you have no idea how badly you’ll need that, and how soon.