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== Work-life balance & mental health ==
 
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As an undergraduate, graduate student or postdoc, as exciting a time as this is, you will face stress, frustration and deception. Your passion for science can suck up all your time and wack your physical and mental health out of balance. This can lead to a downward spiral out of which comes no good. So here are a few tips to avoid that in the first place...
 
As an undergraduate, graduate student or postdoc, as exciting a time as this is, you will face stress, frustration and deception. Your passion for science can suck up all your time and wack your physical and mental health out of balance. This can lead to a downward spiral out of which comes no good. So here are a few tips to avoid that in the first place...
 
* [http://www.nextscientist.com/work-life-balance-in-academia/ The Happy PhD zone]: how to maintain a work-life balance in academia
 
* [http://www.nextscientist.com/work-life-balance-in-academia/ The Happy PhD zone]: how to maintain a work-life balance in academia
 
* [http://thegradstudentway.com/blog/?p=76#.WRZWlGfSkvc 6 Ways To Survive Grad School and Achieve Work-Life Balance]
 
* [http://thegradstudentway.com/blog/?p=76#.WRZWlGfSkvc 6 Ways To Survive Grad School and Achieve Work-Life Balance]
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* [https://www.mcgill.ca/gradsupervision/supervisees/work-life Official McGill University guidelines] on work-life balance
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* [https://www.bustle.com/articles/87409-graduate-school-is-hard-so-here-are-8-simple-ways-to-maintain-your-sanity How to maintain your sanity] during grad school
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* [https://psychcentral.com/lib/12-tips-for-surviving-and-thriving-in-grad-school/ Grad school survival tips]

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Work-life balance & mental health

As an undergraduate, graduate student or postdoc, as exciting a time as this is, you will face stress, frustration and deception. Your passion for science can suck up all your time and wack your physical and mental health out of balance. This can lead to a downward spiral out of which comes no good. So here are a few tips to avoid that in the first place...