The (work-life) balance tips

[triskellian]

This news is slightly belated, in that most people I've seen recently already know, but it's now official, so I can say in public without fear of jinxing myself: the rather marvellous institution I work for has agreed that I can spend the duration of my masters working one day a week, and, crucially, go back to full time afterwards :-) (This is, it only now occurs to me, almost an exact reversal of the last few years of my life when I was working four days a week in term time and spending the other day being a student.) I was prepared to quit entirely, or apply for a full-fledged career break if I had to, but I'm very relieved that it hasn't come to that. It does make it all scarily real, though, even while giving me more of a safety net than I had any right to expect.

Comments

[cuthbertcross.livejournal.com]

yay, yay, and thrice yay!

(and I hope that safety net is home spun, hand-knotted, and dyed a funky shade of purple!)

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

I agree with and like this comment. triskellian has the best safety net.

[bateleur.livejournal.com]

Hurrah for civilized employers, that's what I say!

[lathany.livejournal.com]

Hurrah!

[adamsmithjr.livejournal.com]

Very excellent. Congratulationes!

[a-llusive.livejournal.com]

Great