Why being a graduate student is so busy, that it is possibly even more busy than many others who have a job? Earn less but more busy? That is actually true. The key to this puzzle lies in the fact that a graduate students have to play so many different roles simultaneously. For instance, a graduate student has to take courses (often heavy-load seminars); teach courses; do research on their own; deal with other career-related activities; other activities. Thus, a graduate student in daytime is a student and a teacher (and a researcher). You think you can have your job done by 5 or 6pm, but hello, if your daytime is filled with going to classes and teaching classes, when do you want to do your homework and do your lesson plans and gradings? Night time is the only answer. Plus you have to research and write papers at night time too. Conclusion: there is no way that you can have a regular evening like normal "job" people do no matter how hard you work during day time. Thus, is time management for graduate students possible? (in order to have a regular "relaxing" period?)
After three years of being a grad student, I figured that out(not the solution but the dilemma). I used to blame my time management skills that I could not have regular night times doing whatever I want to do but have to work hard all the time. But now I know it's impossible. Regular people go to job to complete their task; but we go to classes (either take or give) only to be assigned our task; and that is not even the bigger part of the whole task (research!), so how can we not working after hours?
What should I do?
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