This is it people; this is what I’ve been waiting for.
Not very different from that abused little kid who spends fifteen hours a day in front of the TV hoping to escape from it all, I’ve wiled away the past five years of my life in graduate school. Sure, I’ve learnt a thing or two, and have a few pieces of paper making my stay seem legit, but you and I both know it’s about time I stepped into the real world and faced it like a man. Or mouse—which seems more likely—but face it nonetheless.
I don’t intend on stalling under fear of the unknown anymore, nor do I intend on wasting my time on trivial pursuits. I am finally motivated, and I’ve formulated a plan; a real plan with a realistic timeline.
And I fully intend on carrying it through.
(I better get something useful done before this caffeine buzz wears off.)
And the plan is?
Do something worthwile and get out of here in the next 5–6 months.
A postDoc perhaps?
That is the plan. I am not that ready for the real real world yet.