From the ProfHacker Blog at the Chronicle of Higher Education comes some thoughts on work-life balance among faculty:
If you “expect a good work-life balance,” you will never get it. No one is ever going to say, “hey–why don’t you knock off for a bit and play with your kid while he’s young enough to not be embarrassed by you” (or some example relevant to your life). It will never, ever happen.
If you set clear boundaries about your time and attention, and manage *other* people’s expectations about your time, then you can probably balance your life a little more steadily than you think. Not perfectly! Not without seasonal variations!
Creating boundaries between your professional and personal life is the key. For ideas on how to do that read the entire article here!