clone three copies of yourself - let one do research, one can theorize, one can
teach, and the 'real' you can go to the beach and drink margaritas...

The sad truth is that it is yet another manifestation of the decades long
practice of nurses entering doctoral education late in life. In the traditional
fields like math, physics, chemistry people get their PhDs by their mid-20s and
spend the next 10 years working 80 - 100 hours a week to pay their dues. But
when you get your phd at 45 - 60 few people have the space for working that kind
of schedule.

So, the key word is "Prioritize" - what is really important, feasible, and
likely to produce the greatest balance of personal and professional successes.
You can't do everything and the danger in failing to set your priorities is that
you never do what you really want to do.

Basic eco 101 - you have limited resources in terms of time, energy, access to
resources, opportunities for professional accomplishment, personal life, etc.
What combination of activities is most likely to return the level of
accomplishments and satisfactions you want most to have...

this is good theory - personally i just work round the clock and accomplish very
little...

:-)

bear
Marcia E Ring <Marcia.Ring@...> wrote: I'm
feeling frustrated. Teaching (and related activities) takes up so
much of my time that I wonder how on earth will I get all the writing
done I want to do? I'm clinical track, not tenure track, and our
department has started new programs meaning we all have to pick up the
slack, which I am happy to do. However, the amount of details that
need tending to gets overwhelming, and I just don't see how to pull it
all off. Do I really have to work every waking moment? I don't know
that I am willing to do that. Let me add that I also work 2 half
days/wk at my clinical practice.

Any advice you faculty members out there?

Thanks for listening.
Marcia
--
Marcia E. Ring, PhD, APRN-BC
Clinical Specialist Psychiatry/Mental Health
Clinical Assistant Professor
College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Department of Nursing
University of Vermont
221 Rowell
106 Carrigan Drive
Burlington, Vermont 05405-0068
Tel: (802) 656-9013
Fax: (802) 656-8306






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