Part Three- The Future

[mollymolekular]

So I am aware that I've been pretty Sybil around here. Hot job in the faculty of medicine one second, looking for paleopathology programs the next. Molecular biology course all the while. Currently doing cancer and epidemiology research

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[ongoingstory]

There's this guy I was reading about the other day that made me feel a hundred times better. He's not famous or anything, but one smart dude. He was born in 63, I think, and went to MIT in 79. He didn't get his PhD until about 2000. That's nearly 21 years. Well, I'm sure his thesis was insane, but I think he was literally working on it for over a decade. In that time between starting at MIT and getting his PhD there, he was able to fulfill his love for photography, having been published in many large publications, he started 4 businesses, 2 of which succeeded and made millions of dollars, and he taught at the University in his spare time while also working with HP and other big ass companies.

So why does this guy make me feel alright about myself? He's not working somewhere for their retirement. He's doing what he wants and living life. I'm envious, but hopefully not too much longer. I want to be doing the same thing. I feel like its so meaningless to stay married to jobs. Employers want to know you'll stick around forever, but guess what? More than likely, I'm not going to. I can't do it. I'm motivated to do my own thing, learn what I want to learn when I want to learn it, and not worry so much about arbitrary things like retirement. I could die tomorrow and as I'm closing my eyes think, "I can't believe I stayed there for the benefits...croak!"

So what am I trying to say to you? Don't worry about the future. It'll take you where you need to go. Spend too much time convincing yourself that you need to stay in crappy places and crappy situations and you'll never rise above it. Shoot me, I'm being way too Dr. Phil or something.

[mollymolekular]

Thank you so much. I hear exactly what you're saying, and I'm kinda buying it. That guy is more like what I'd want to be . . . not some gunner who does the one thing obsessively and from day one.

Actually, I'm thinking of writing a bestseller so that I have the cash to not worry about how long my PhD takes or how many PhD's I get :)

[ongoingstory]

Honestly, PhD's shouldn't cost money. If you do it right, your PhD should be covered by your university and other programs. Whether you have to teach, do research, or whatever, you shouldn't pay for your graduate school. I paid a total of $2000 for all of my graduate school - that's including books.

But yeah, what's the hurry? I rushed through all of my schooling only to come out with a blank stare. I had a friend who graduated HS at 15, and she graduated with an MA with me at like 19. They were supposed to go on to get their PhD but they didn't and I'm glad, really. Education shouldn't be a race, its about the experience. Don't fret, just learn and have fun. Plus when you're older, all the younger guys... :)

[mollymolekular]

Again, good points. Except for the younger guys thing. What I DON'T need are boys that are even MORE immature than the ones I've dated . . .