Comments on: Mama’s day, PhD work and being grounded http://blog.mathemagenic.com/2008/11/14/mamas-day-phd-work-and-being-grounded/ Lilia Efimova on personal productivity in knowledge-intensive environments, weblog research, knowledge management, PhD, serendipity and lack of work-life balance... Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:17:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Martin Dugage http://blog.mathemagenic.com/2008/11/14/mamas-day-phd-work-and-being-grounded/comment-page-1/#comment-6823 Martin Dugage Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:51:59 +0000 http://blog.mathemagenic.com/?p=1724#comment-6823 "I didn’t even come close realising how important that would be for staying sane." How true. I just read you post to Nathalie. It makes me think of a chapter of Citadel of Antoine de Saint-Exupery, where he writes about the magic of Christmas with little children: "And you are overjoyed at a certain color of eyes that becomes darker..." (it sounds better in French) Nothing is more important than the eyes of a little child. “I didn’t even come close realising how important that would be for staying sane.”
How true.
I just read you post to Nathalie. It makes me think of a chapter of Citadel of Antoine de Saint-Exupery, where he writes about the magic of Christmas with little children: “And you are overjoyed at a certain color of eyes that becomes darker…” (it sounds better in French)
Nothing is more important than the eyes of a little child.

]]> By: Theoria cum Praxi » The Art of Living http://blog.mathemagenic.com/2008/11/14/mamas-day-phd-work-and-being-grounded/comment-page-1/#comment-6300 Theoria cum Praxi » The Art of Living Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:40:35 +0000 http://blog.mathemagenic.com/?p=1724#comment-6300 [...] came to mind as I was reading Lilia’s post Mama’s day, PhD work and being grounded, and her earlier post Turning work into life (June 2004) in which she said: Don’t get me wrong, I [...] [...] came to mind as I was reading Lilia’s post Mama’s day, PhD work and being grounded, and her earlier post Turning work into life (June 2004) in which she said: Don’t get me wrong, I [...]

]]> By: henriette weber http://blog.mathemagenic.com/2008/11/14/mamas-day-phd-work-and-being-grounded/comment-page-1/#comment-5637 henriette weber Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:21:10 +0000 http://blog.mathemagenic.com/?p=1724#comment-5637 I think that having kids is the most grounding experience you can have. Sometimes I just need to hang out and focus on my daughter for a whole day. It's very energizing and I think it gives me a better work/life balance for sure. Anyway I just know that your PhD is going to be great - and you will be able to work halftime as well =) you deserve it - you're brilliant =) I think that having kids is the most grounding experience you can have. Sometimes I just need to hang out and focus on my daughter for a whole day. It’s very energizing and I think it gives me a better work/life balance for sure.

Anyway I just know that your PhD is going to be great – and you will be able to work halftime as well =) you deserve it – you’re brilliant =)

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