Posted by pegasus on February 26, 2004, at 11:46:52
In reply to Re: Nag, as requested » pegasus, posted by Emme on February 26, 2004, at 8:45:13
Hi Emme! That's so sweet and supportive. Thanks much.
I tend to be a bit embarrassed about my PhD, because it's so far off from what I love. I think a lot of it was about getting that external validation that you mentioned. You know, doing hard science to prove I'm smart, and all that. Turns out that I didn't get any validation from teh people I wanted it from anyway.
You're right that I'm working in my field, to support being in school again. I'm actually considering keeping a foot in this career once I get my LPC. It is fun and satisfies a lot of things (such as earning some money). But, oh, what I love is talking to people, and thinking about how minds work!
I went through a big episode in therapy about changing careers. My T, of course, was all for it. But I thought I'd used up my one chance to choose a career, and that it was too late to try again. Plenty of fuel for self hate there. But it's so incorrect! Life is full of chances, it turns out.
So, what's your dissertation topic?
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