Thursday, August 19, 2004

Postgraduate Angst

For those of you who are in grad school, or are on the verge of being in grad school, Claire at "17th century" has been saying some things worth reading; I think she captures well what a lot of people feel at this stage. See especially here and here.

Update And especially here, too, where she makes the very apt comment:

Most importantly I've decided that I need to change the definition of what I'm trying to do. I keep saying 'I want to be an academic' etc. What a constricting word. I should be saying historian instead. It's the difference between putting yourself in a bag and carrying the bag yourself.


An excellent way of looking at it (I'll have to remember it myself)!