It seems like I'm always almost somewhere. Almost done with a bike ride, a term paper, a quiz, a tutoring job, cleaning up after the kids for the 37th time in a day, etc. Sometimes I think there is a real danger in never arriving and when I think about it much, I want to drop out of school and get a job already... seriously, this is ridiculous. At the same time I see people around me finishing and getting jobs. It is possible. But even when (if) I "finish" school and get a job (hopefully) I won't be finished. Whether I stick with the PhD program or not, there will always be something else that needs to be done, dishes will need washing, my body will need to be exercised, I will have to grade more papers, prepare another class, get milk, wash the toilet, Death Stars will need to be exploded, etc. It seems we are perpetually in a state of "almost there". I just hope that whenever finishing time comes, whatever that may be, I'm not still "almost there."
5 comments:
Stay on target Ben. Stay on target. Use your instincts. And uh, I feel your pain.
Use the force. You're closer than you think. Seriously. Before you know it you'll be starting your dissertation.
You do have to look behind you though because otherwise Darth Vader will sneak up on you and blast you with his special TIE fighter. Metaphorically speaking I don't know what that means, but literally it means that Darth Vader might be behind you.
you can do it achilles! Xeno and John Denver are full of it. If we just pause to look behind every once in a while we see our "almost there" as "already gone" which is even more disheartening I think. And to take from another pop-reference, if you hit the brakes the moment may fly right by you so as they say in france, you are damned if you do and damned if you don't - ho-oh!
Mac, that was like ten references! Werd to my peeps.
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