Named professions whose representatives have “no personal life”

The specificity of a number of specialties is that their owner is forced to work from morning until late at night, and it is difficult for him to find time for personal (family) life. First of all, this applies to doctors and teachers – representatives of these two professions, according to a survey of a job search service, find it most difficult to maintain a balance between work and personal spheres of life. “MK” asked doctors and teachers whether they had time for anything other than professional activities, and a career consultant gave his recommendations.

The survey results show that 45% of respondents manage to maintain a work-life balance, and these are people over 45 years of age. The research company notes that a year ago Russians under 34 were able to find the “golden mean”. Experts conclude from this that now, due to a shortage of personnel in the labor market, young people are forced to work more actively. 38% of respondents admitted that they devote themselves more to work than to their personal life, and 4% of respondents prioritize everything except work.

Among those who find it most difficult to find time for personal life due to busy schedules, the record holders are doctors and teachers. Is this good for them, and how long will they “last” in this state, or can they improve something in their destiny?

“It all depends on the doctor’s work schedule,” shares fertility specialist Yulia. – If he works from 8:30 to 15:00, then he can find time for his personal life. But there are medical specialties with night shifts, for example, in hospitals. Doctors have between four and twelve shifts per month. For example, a friend of mine who works as a surgeon in a children’s hospital has a maximum of twelve shifts per month, he comes home after duty and immediately goes to bed, and then in the morning he goes back to the department. He hardly sees his fiancée, but she is ready to endure and generally admires his noble profession – that he saves children.”

Obstetrician-gynecologist Daria Klimuk works six days a week in three medical clinics. “I don’t consider my schedule busy, but I’m not married yet and I don’t have children,” she told us. “I am sure that it is possible to combine work and personal life in almost any conditions, but the other half must understand for what purpose we are in such a difficult working regime.”

…Foreign language teacher Arthur is also forced to do tutoring in order to have a more or less decent income. At the same time, his wife works in the field of education. “I have a very busy life schedule – for the last twenty years I’ve been working from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., not everyone can handle that,” he says. – On Saturday I work half a day, and I have only one full day off – Sunday. As you understand, with such a schedule there is very little personal or family life! My wife has an equally busy schedule. We can communicate normally only on Sunday. The children, thank God, have grown up long ago. This is titanic work, but if you want to live, you won’t spin like that!”

But general practitioner Elena Kudryashova proves every day of her life that a doctor can combine work and raising five children! “I’ll say right away that it’s impossible to keep up with everything, but you don’t have to blame yourself for it,” she shared with MK. – I now work as a local doctor in a clinic, I have a huge online activity, plus five children, whom I myself take to different clubs. Yes, sometimes I don’t bother cooking, I don’t have time to go somewhere, but the main thing is not to be upset about it. And what I like about working as a district police officer is that the schedule can be varied, and the appointment itself lasts four hours, which is also convenient. I have time to take care of the children, work, and go to the gym myself while the children are in class – I just need to be able to plan my day and not waste time. Then, very often we take everything upon ourselves, believing that no one can do it better than us, but we need to be able to delegate our responsibilities to others. For example, let another mother bring your child with hers from school, let your grandmother or husband help, or let the children do something themselves…

“I agree that doctors and teachers have a very busy schedule,” commented career consultant and psychologist Svetlana Kovyneva. “It’s especially difficult for doctors, since everyone around them constantly turns to them, at any time of the day or night, to “consult.” And if a doctor does not know how to build his personal boundaries, then he has to work almost around the clock. It would be good if the doctor (or teacher) found time to do something else that is not related to his professional activity: a dacha, a dog, some kind of hobby, etc.

The consultant gave recommendations on how to find time for yourself and your loved ones in the heat of hard work. And this, by the way, applies not only to workers in medicine and education. The first piece of advice is to protect personal boundaries, physical and social. Second: don’t work overtime, “you won’t earn all the money.” Third: get a second phone, which will be a work one, and use it only during working hours. Fourth: clearly plan your working time, creating an adequate work schedule. Fifth advice: work with a specialist (psychotherapist, coach) on your inner beliefs – if you have a built-in psychological function, that you should help and respond to the first call of a patient or student’s parents. Sixth: do not hesitate to delegate everything that is possible – in work and in everyday life, to those who can definitely do it for you, do not try to put everything on yourself. And seventh, take care of yourself, because you are alone.