• Question: is your job stressful, if so how do you relieve the stress?

    Asked by anon-199620 to Sylvia, Sumit, Martin, Kate, Bryony, Aryanne on 4 Mar 2019.
    • Photo: Martin McCoustra

      Martin McCoustra answered on 4 Mar 2019:

      Yes it is and the only way to get away from the stress is to get away from the job sometimes. TAke a break and don’t think about the job!

    • Photo: Bryony Hockin

      Bryony Hockin answered on 4 Mar 2019:

      Yes, I would say doing a PhD in chemistry is quite stressful sometimes. I think because I love my job so much and I decide how to use my time, it can be easy for the job to take over my life! The key thing to do is to make sure I take breaks, go home at a sensible time, and not work at weekends. I like to go for a walk on the beach at lunchtime to calm down, and spend time with friends after work.

    • Photo: Kate McGonagle

      Kate McGonagle answered on 4 Mar 2019:

      It can be quite stressful at times just becasuse it can get very busy and I feel like I have so much to do! But, that’s not everyday. To relieve stress I love to get outside for a cycle or a run or head to the gym. It’s pretty important to me to have a good work/life balance and I make sure I plan nice holidays and fun filled weekends.

    • Photo: Sylvia Soldatou

      Sylvia Soldatou answered on 4 Mar 2019:

      As every job, being a scientist can be very stressful. When I get stressed I try to stay away for a bit from whatever it is that causes the stress and get my mind focused on something else. If I’m super stressed and nothing else has worked, I leave work early, go to the gym or go for a looooong walk at the beach to clear my head

    • Photo: Sumit Konar

      Sumit Konar answered on 6 Mar 2019:

      Experiments are sometimes stressful. I tell you one of my story. I wrote a proposal to Rutherford Appleton laboratory (UK’s national synchrotron science facility) to conduct a high pressure experiment with two forms of TNT. Scientific community liked my idea and my proposal was granted. I then had to make two forms in the pure state. I could make one form easily but another form was not made until the last minute of the day I drove to the facility. I was extremely stressful.
      How did I relieve my stress and make the form in the last minute?
      I talked with other colleagues and one of them gave me the idea of how to make it. I followed his advice and made it. So if you are stressful, express your problems to your teachers or parents. Always keep in mind that stress is a normal thing and we all get it every now and then. So take it easily.

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