So it is 11 more days to the hand in.  How am I feeling?  Well thanks for asking!  The panic is really starting to set in.  A bit.  Sometimes more than others.  Would I recommend doing a phd when I am at this stage? NOPE.  But ask me again when its all over.  People keep telling me it will be all worth it.   HA!!   Worth it my ass.

Let me sum up in point form what I have learned from this whole experience (I will do this again when it is all over):

  • I don’t like hard work of the brain kind.
  • Competitive people fuck me off.
  • PhD’s take all the fun out of science.
  • Spare time is sacred.
  • I don’t want a ‘high flying’ job.
  • The further up the career ladder you go, the more stress you have to take on.
  • Life is more fun when you can enjoy the down time.
  • higher earning = higher stress.
  • There is a difference between working for achievement and working to live your life.
  • Simple is SOMETIMES best.
  • One hour spent with family and friends is more valuable than 10 hours spent researching.

That is all I can think of for now.  It pretty much sums up me.