Academic Woman Amplified

Are your working hours spilling over into nights and weekends as an academic? Do you feel powerless to squeeze everything into a ‘regular’ work week? This is the episode for you. As an academic woman, you undoubtedly have a lot on your plate. You may feel like there is simply no way to fit all the work into a regular work week. And if you enjoy working on the weekend, by all means, do it! But if you want to reclaim your extra hours for yourself, to spend with your family, just not working, there are things you can do to make that happen. This doesn’t mean that there will magically be less work. “There is always going to be more work in your academic career then there are hours in the day.” So how can we reduce the hours we work if we can't reduce the work itself?  By changing the way we approach it, in two ways: through utilizing systems and processes, and by changing our mindset.    Use Systems and Processes Academic culture is not always the best about passing on the kind of information that is helpful in m