In many ways, I'm one of the lucky Ph.D.s: I may not have a tenure-track job or the status that comes with it, but I do work (mostly) 8 to 5, week after week. It's funny, because the reason I went back to school is because I couldn't stand 40-hour workweeks--too boring, too much thumb-twiddling in entry-level jobs. I longed for the flexible schedule that came with pursuing a life of the mind--even if that meant working more than 40 hours a week.