my priorities
i'm afraid of applying tp graduate school, because I'm afraid i get in (despite the fact that the likelihood of this is low, very low), then i won't get to sleep anymore. and see, i've spent the majority of my life not-sleeping and now my desire for sleep is even greater than my need for more education.
so sad, so sad.
i'm not as erudite as i like to think.
posted by J. @ 11:21 AM
3 Comments:
No worries Joy, you already don't sleep. You couldn't possibly think that something could bring you less sleep than you've got now. If anything it will bring you more sleep.
;)
i agree with tyler. because in grad school, theres this amazing thing called "avoidance sleep"
Don't let that be the reason you don't go to grad school. Take it from a PhD student with a sleep disorder. I know every field, every department is different, but...
Because "work" is so amorphous in grad school (no mandatory hours, no definite stopping points until The End), a lot of people spend 100% of their time either working or wracked with guilt. The successful people I know set boundaries. They say, "Grad school/Advisor, I will give you exactly this much (perhaps even 'exactly these hours'), and if you're not ok with that, kick me out."
But they *will* be ok with that, because if you commit to that and do it consistently you will get so much more done than the people who spend their days at home, or even in the office, writhing in guilt and despair.
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