ASKING FOR TIME OFF

SEASON 2, EPISODE 5: ASKING FOR TIME OFF
This episode is about taking time off from work. I examine why I used to feel quite uncomfortable asking for time off while I was a postdoc and why I feel much more comfortable with it today.
I revisit a journal entry I wrote in June 2014. There was a moment of calm at work, so I was thinking about taking some holidays. This is the shortest journal entry I’ve ever done, so I was surprised about how much material I was able to mine out of this one.
I reflect on how my precarious contract situations left me confused about how much time off I actually…