{"id":84,"date":"2024-06-03T19:14:58","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T19:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/facultyrecruitment\/?page_id=84"},"modified":"2026-04-05T19:03:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T19:03:23","slug":"balance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/facultyrecruitment\/balance\/","title":{"rendered":"Work \/ Life Balance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-mtsu-blocks-image-cards row\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-mtsu-blocks-image-card col-sm-3\"><div class=\"card h-100\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/facultyrecruitment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2024\/06\/Hands.jpg\" class=\"card-img-top\" alt=\"children playing\" \/><div class=\"card-body\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Campus Childcare<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/cdc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MTSU Child Development Center<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/acelearningcenter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ann Campbell Early Learning Center (ACE)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mtsu-blocks-image-card col-sm-3\"><div class=\"card h-100\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/facultyrecruitment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2024\/06\/VetCenter.jpg\" class=\"card-img-top\" alt=\"veteran center\" \/><div class=\"card-body\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Military<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/military\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Charlie and Hazel Daniels Veteran and Military Family Center<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-lightgray-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-lightgray-background-color has-background is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Are Academic Careers Compatible With Achieving Work-Life Balance?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe the story is more nuanced and complicated than you might think.&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/blogs\/learning-innovation\/are-academic-careers-compatible-achieving-work-life-balance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read More!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-lightgray-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-lightgray-background-color has-background is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Work-Life Balance Is a Cycle, Not an Achievement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Research has definitively shown that overwork isn\u2019t good for employees or their companies \u2014 and yet, in practice, it can be hard to overcome unhealthy work habits and reach a more sustainable work-life balance.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2021\/01\/work-life-balance-is-a-cycle-not-an-achievement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read More!<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are Academic Careers Compatible With Achieving Work-Life Balance? Maybe the story is more nuanced and complicated than you might think.&nbsp;&nbsp;Read More! Work-Life Balance Is a Cycle, Not an Achievement Research has definitively shown that overwork isn\u2019t good for employees or their companies \u2014 and yet, in practice, it can be hard to overcome unhealthy work [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-bannernosidebar.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-84","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/facultyrecruitment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/facultyrecruitment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/facultyrecruitment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/facultyrecruitment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/facultyrecruitment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/facultyrecruitment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/facultyrecruitment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84\/revisions\/151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/facultyrecruitment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}