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November 16, 2004
But on the other hand....
It must be nice at time to not question every detail, to take yourself so seriously, to test your worldview every time you buy groceries or turn on the tv. It must be nice to be satisfied with a "good enough" research question that will get your dissertation finished, rather than a question that provokes too many trips to library and almost finishes you before you finish.
My advisor once told me that my goal should be to be the outstanding person in my field. I believe he's right, and I think I'm on track to do just that (some days, I feel that confident, anyway), but sometimes I wonder what it would be like to settle for a little less.
Can you tell I've been working on my dissertation?
Posted by chri1010 at November 16, 2004 5:33 PM