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Sometimes I wonder where I am and how I get here. It's amazing how a song can bring back so many memories. I felt as if I was in a trance and then I suddenly woke up, not sure as to what had happened.
As I watched Fun with Dick and Jane, I started to think about the irony of life. Why do people work so hard to pay for a morgage that they hardly live in? Why work so hard to pay for a nanny to parent your children? Is it possible that people think that they're going somewhere when in reality, they're going in a circle? Perhaps, we're not that different than a hampster running on its wheel. Life isn't about the destinations, it's all about the journey.
Then why do people keep asking us "where do you see yourself 10 years from now?" That is a dumb question. Who cares where I will be 10 years from now, as long as I am happy. Then again, who am I to say anything when I bind myself for 5 years in grad school, surrounded by those who believe that chemistry is life now. It's ridiculous how they look down upon those who want to have a life outside of chemistry. A sr. grad student told me a month ago (with regard to career and family) "Why dont you want to do postdoc? There are a couple of postdocs who are pregnant." I guess having a life and a family at some point is too much to ask.
It is possible that I am in grad school to avoid the real world. Or maybe I'm disappointed at how jaded even the school environment can be. I finally learned that even professors are people and that I should approach them as human beings. They are biased and flawed. Perhaps I'm too idealistic.
As I've discussed with Becky, I realized that I'm lucky to have a chance to be somewhere totally different, to discover myself in a new setting, to learn about the world and to make new friends. That is, until I bind myself to a morgage or something along that line.
As I watched Fun with Dick and Jane, I started to think about the irony of life. Why do people work so hard to pay for a morgage that they hardly live in? Why work so hard to pay for a nanny to parent your children? Is it possible that people think that they're going somewhere when in reality, they're going in a circle? Perhaps, we're not that different than a hampster running on its wheel. Life isn't about the destinations, it's all about the journey.
Then why do people keep asking us "where do you see yourself 10 years from now?" That is a dumb question. Who cares where I will be 10 years from now, as long as I am happy. Then again, who am I to say anything when I bind myself for 5 years in grad school, surrounded by those who believe that chemistry is life now. It's ridiculous how they look down upon those who want to have a life outside of chemistry. A sr. grad student told me a month ago (with regard to career and family) "Why dont you want to do postdoc? There are a couple of postdocs who are pregnant." I guess having a life and a family at some point is too much to ask.
It is possible that I am in grad school to avoid the real world. Or maybe I'm disappointed at how jaded even the school environment can be. I finally learned that even professors are people and that I should approach them as human beings. They are biased and flawed. Perhaps I'm too idealistic.
As I've discussed with Becky, I realized that I'm lucky to have a chance to be somewhere totally different, to discover myself in a new setting, to learn about the world and to make new friends. That is, until I bind myself to a morgage or something along that line.