# @life_and_sunshine on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DUlZEmsCIji
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/63278406-life-and-sunshine-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/2ce14acfb1.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-02-10T16:34:44.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Nat ☀️ (@life_and_sunshine) — https://gondola.cc/life_and_sunshine

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I worked 55 hours in total last week 😮‍💨 and before you go and ask I don’t get paid overtime 🥺 I don’t qualify for it at my company 😕 But unfortunately science is going to science sometimes whether you like it or not 🫠 and then before you know if you’re stuck in the lab for 12 hours wondering how it possibly became so late?! ⌛️
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The very long day was due to me not being as prepared for my experiment as I would have liked 🤓 which meant that everything that could go wrong did go wrong 😂 and suddenly it was dark outside again 🌃 That was a sad day! 😅
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I wanted to share this to further prove that science will sometimes still be science ⚗️ and the possibility that you’ll have long weeks is very high, even after leaving academia 🏛️ and moving to industry 👩‍🔬 
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Buuuut!! ☝🏼 this is the first time I’ve worked this long in the full 1.5 years I’ve been working my company 🤓 which is actually AMAZING!!! 🤩 I’ll take the one long work week in exchange for 1.5 years worth of normal or short work weeks 😃 So don’t be scared if you see this! 😇 it really was the exception and not the rule 😊
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#scientist #academia #science #workinghours #phd

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