Late-nighters and stressful assignments are the worst

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It’s an undeniable fact. Where am I going with this? No idea. Just blabbing online. Feel free to join the party.

Words of wisdom? Humor? Horror or epic-based last-minute assignment stories from university? Let’s hear them! Meanwhile I’ll just leave this picture of me here to set the tone…

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I don’t miss the sleep deprivation, but would cheerfully spend the rest of my life in grad school.
Academics are my favorite participatory sport!!
All to His glory!
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I don’t miss the sleep deprivation, but would cheerfully spend the rest of my life in grad school.
Academics are my favorite participatory sport!!
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Boooo (Booing is always part of sporting events, isn’t it?)
 
Sadly, I’m not even in grad school, although I should be at my age. Just the third year of an economics undergrad at the moment.
 
Econ is fun!
An grad school is only a year or two away now!
I hope you have the freedom to choose projects which truly interest you.
May God bless you and your work.
Amen.
 
Yes it is. It can also be stressful for someone who’s strong in deductive reasoning but pretty new to research.

If I choose to do it, yes. I’m pretty keen on the idea of entering the workforce asap, but we’ll see.

Thanks.
 
One of my sons regularly goes without sleep to get work done and I’ve told him many times that due to neurotransmitter exhaustion it’s a really bad idea, can also lead to mental health problems.

Don’t do it. Plan ahead, don’t go in the bar and get the work done within normal hours.

This is the voice of reason calling!
 
It’s not bars that are wasting my time. I think I probably only go 2-4times/year on average. Usually for “theology on tap” talks that are hosted by one of the Catholic groups in my area. The planning ahead and staying focussed can be tricky though. Agreed with the rest of your post.
 
I’ve done a little time at uni myself but I was highly self controlled, lol.

The bar was an example of where you might waste time of course, I should’ve said cafe.
Good luck.

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Late nights and stressful assignments are just practice for the real world. The difference is, instead of paying for it, you’ll be paid a wage for it.
God Bless!
 
I haven’t had nearly as bad of a problem with late nights since graduating college. I did have some when I first got put on a project at my last job, but that was due to a lot of factors that thankfully got mostly mitigated quickly. Thankfully, I got put on what many consider the best account/project combination in the company. I know some other people have seriously messed up work-life balances there, though.

Overall, I’ve liked leaving academics behind. Part of me wishes I had stuck around to get my Master’s, and talking to my brother who is going for his, it sounds like I wouldn’t have hated it as much as undergrad. That said, the constant stress of college wore me down, and considering how relatively stress-free life afterwards has been, I’m not in any rush to get back. My advisor always told me that the high salaries in industry would keep me from coming back, but it’s really the lowered stress levels that are doing it.

Edit: Well, interviewing, especially for a dream job, causes the stress levels to go up a lot, but hopefully I’m not doing that again any time soon.
 
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I worked crazy hours in my careers. Flying in the Air Force meant long days and all hours, but it was worth it. Loved most of it, just not the internal politics of it. Then I took a job that required rotating shift work and hours of boredom followed by minutes of excitement, and the importance of the job made it all worth while. Toward the twilight of my working days I finally got something close to normal work days, with the occasional evening or weekend work to update systems. No regrets. The Air Force paid for most of my Master’s degree, but I never really got to use it for work. It helped a lot for my personal financial benefit though.
 
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