I do hope you're not being either clinically depressed or "just depressed for the time being" about grad school and that it is all just temporary, one of those slumps you get in grad school.
Looking at it, what does your supervisor say ?
Does he feel you have a good chance of finishing up ? (I think you have.)
I'm not going to say anything for or against, but I think with a techincal-chemical background you have a good chance of getting a decent job afterwards which does not necessarily entail spending 14 hours of work in the lab every day. I think if you decide to stick it out and finish up, you will have a couple of good choices of what to do afterwards, not necessarily having to stay in the university system or even staying in basic science, but can branch out to several other areas within the field of chemistry.
But also, decisions have a way of growing into being over time, one way or the other.
Hmmmm... getting some gentle exercise is always good, no matter whether it's done for losing weight or not. Doing some exercise may help a lot on the grad student blues, just the feeling of getting out and about a little and doing something physical.
If you want to talk about grad school, send me a mail, ok ?
God knows you listened enough to my rants and sob bouts about it. :)
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Date: 2001-02-08 01:44 pm (UTC)I do hope you're not being either clinically depressed or "just depressed for the time being" about grad school and that it is all just temporary, one of those slumps you get in grad school.
Looking at it, what does your supervisor say ?
Does he feel you have a good chance of finishing up ? (I think you have.)
I'm not going to say anything for or against, but I think with a techincal-chemical background you have a good chance of getting a decent job afterwards which does not necessarily entail spending 14 hours of work in the lab every day. I think if you decide to stick it out and finish up, you will have a couple of good choices of what to do afterwards, not necessarily having to stay in the university system or even staying in basic science, but can branch out to several other areas within the field of chemistry.
But also, decisions have a way of growing into being over time, one way or the other.
Hmmmm... getting some gentle exercise is always good, no matter whether it's done for losing weight or not. Doing some exercise may help a lot on the grad student blues, just the feeling of getting out and about a little and doing something physical.
If you want to talk about grad school, send me a mail, ok ?
God knows you listened enough to my rants and sob bouts about it. :)
I hope things will brighten for you soon.