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[griton]

Ugh. Lately I've started to really wonder what I want to do with my life... There is still a big part of me that wants to go out into the industry for a few (5 to 10) years, start working on my doctorate and retire into teaching/research. However between my lab work and trying to set up my own computer, I'm starting to think that computers hate me

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[goosebari]

Burn-out and feeling stuck in a rut blow, and I'm fighting my way out of that feeling. You look at the situation and think "I haven't gone anywhere, I'm not going anywhere" when really, it's just one project, or one class, or stupid time holding you back. I've been feeling that, but then I stop and think that I only have a few more credits to go, and then it's off to teach English in France for a year, and then grad school. Plus, I have this great research paper bubbling up. I think about scrapping it all because I feel miserable sometimes, but for me it isn't worth giving up my dreams, or even putting them on hold... because I know I'll feel more miserable for putting them off even longer.

Hang in there, J. Sometimes when these are things you can't control (like the student not communicating well, etc) you just have to do the best with what you have. It's easy to feel miserable in academia. Do what's going to be best for achieving your goals and is the least likely to make you feel regret. If in the end it means scrapping what you're doing and starting elsewhere, that's what it means, but it sounds like it's just frustration getting a stranglehold on you.

Hope that helps. Keep on truckin' :-P