To many, the great advantage of a life in academia is that there is no one there to tell you what to do. A lot of people find that they work better late at night, or first thing in the morning and with no one around to answer to you can work the hours that suit you – it’s flexitime at its best. If you want to succeed you have to work hard, but since you choose what you want to study it’s easier to motivate yourself. If you have an enthusiasm for your work it can be the best lifestyle in the world. Dr. Catherine Merry a Research Biochemist says: “The flexibility of my job is also a big plus, I don't have to keep to strict hours, if it's a nice day and I don't have much to do in the lab, I can go and read in the park all afternoon!” http://www.planet-science.com/profiles/search.html

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