PhDeromanticizing

I attended a presentation by one of my teachers on Friday in which she attempted to de-romanticize the PhD process and journey from a Masters program. She succeeded, but didn't succeed in deterring me. One of my classmates and I went out afterwards and laughed at how both of us find the PhD appealing despite it's challenges and obvious deterrents. We acknowledged that we're probably crazy, but that seems to actually be a trait linked with others that are helpful in the PhD journey.

Liz and I actually had a really wonderful afternoon of conversation about life and art and goals and living...she's a neat gal and I'm really glad she's here in this program. I'm glad for all my classmates, actually. This is precisely the environment I wanted in terms of having peers who could challenge me and who were interested in doing the work and applying it. It's a nice community we've developed.

And I feel more prepared for the whole PhD thing (applications through research). And while I am excited about the teaching and productions that will happen down the road, I am more excited about the work I am doing right now. And that is a really wonderful thing to say/write and to believe.