I'm pretty sick of my dissertation at this point. Not as in, "oh no, it's bad!" I just really tired of spending time with it. Six days left and there's still fuel in the "fuck this" tank.
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Replying to @generativist
lol yup I remember that mood, running on exclusively "fuck it" to push you to the end. Congrats!
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Replying to @MaureenBug @generativist
I remember it being v helpful to finally get to the “whatever!” phase ‘cause (merely for m.s. thesis) then I was no longer emotionally invested. Juuuuust doing what was required to GET THAT PAPER!
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Replying to @biobabbler @generativist
YUP. It was much easier to not make it "perfect" bc I was like, fuck this I just want it done
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Replying to @MaureenBug @biobabbler
Yea. It's so hard. You spent all this time and energy and missed life on it. But, saying "whatever!" or "fuck it!" at a certain point makes it better. Hard to juggle those two thoughts.
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(It also made me realize how much better I do with teams or at least pairs that interact constantly on a project. Like, that tighter temporal feedback loop (esp in OSS stuff) is pretty great.)
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Replying to @generativist @biobabbler
Yup yup yup yup yup projects where I check in with other people regularly (even just informally) are much better for me than ones where I'm left alone for months
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Replying to @MaureenBug @biobabbler
Someone -- or maybe many someone's -- should go through
#phdlife /#phdchat convos for several years; categorize them; then share the data. I bet it would be useful...1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
Because I think that months alone thought all the time, and so do many other people. I hadn't anticipated it though.
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