Finding Your pHd Balance

Your body needs to achieve pH balance when you have gone too far to extremes.

Your PhD has the ability to tip your scales not only in the wrong direction but in directions not previously charted.

Jumping through constant, concurrent hoops of fire--whether it be coursework and committees, qualifying exams and teaching responsibilities, research and conferences, dissertations and departmental politics--increases the likelihood of scorching your body and melting your brain.

The inferno called your life is out of hand and out of order. Your life thirsts for water to neutralize the acidic demands upon it.Work-life balance is a beautiful concept that needs practical application. And it needs to be applied to the PhD. The problem is: You don't have a life. In the very practical sense.Your work has become your life.

And that is the crux of the problem. The first step to change is realizing that you have a problem. And before you get to the solution, it is important to remember why you have this problem.

First, it is your choice. You desire this. You want this. You want that PhD. It's your dream. Second, you have forgotten that you are not your PhD. You had a life before this, will have a life after this, and this is not the end of life.

This blog addresses finding balance and putting things in perspective as you pursue your PhD. Relax, and get a life.