Non-exquisite grad school angst
Reasons that I am in grad school:
1) Four seasonal/crappy jobs in three years made me realize that a bachelor's in my field leads nowhere.
2) I HEART marine invertebrates.
3) I like to be outside. Grad school means that I do fun things like spend last week on a cruise in the Channel Islands.
4) While on said cruise to Channel Islands, I got to dive in gorgeous kelp forests. I like gorgeous kelp forests, especially when there are a lot of my favorite nudibranch, Flabellina iondinea. Plus, the Fish and Game people thought I was extra-hardcore for diving in a wetsuit. (Of course, I AM hardcore, but also poor and cold.)
5) I want to have a job that lets me play outside with marine invertebrates.
But oh, the research angst! I haven't seen my advisor since May and I have no idea what I'm doing and I have horrible time management problems and I don't really know what I WANT to do (pollution is interesting! I know a lot about it and I think really gross places are cool! but i like also diving in pretty places with nudibranchs!)
I'm sure this will pass but I feel crappy, have felt crappy all summer, and will probably feel crappy until I get a handle on a research program.
1) Four seasonal/crappy jobs in three years made me realize that a bachelor's in my field leads nowhere.
2) I HEART marine invertebrates.
3) I like to be outside. Grad school means that I do fun things like spend last week on a cruise in the Channel Islands.
4) While on said cruise to Channel Islands, I got to dive in gorgeous kelp forests. I like gorgeous kelp forests, especially when there are a lot of my favorite nudibranch, Flabellina iondinea. Plus, the Fish and Game people thought I was extra-hardcore for diving in a wetsuit. (Of course, I AM hardcore, but also poor and cold.)
5) I want to have a job that lets me play outside with marine invertebrates.
But oh, the research angst! I haven't seen my advisor since May and I have no idea what I'm doing and I have horrible time management problems and I don't really know what I WANT to do (pollution is interesting! I know a lot about it and I think really gross places are cool! but i like also diving in pretty places with nudibranchs!)
I'm sure this will pass but I feel crappy, have felt crappy all summer, and will probably feel crappy until I get a handle on a research program.