Saturday, September 16, 2006
Saturday, September 16, 2006
Mentally, it's not the easiest thing in the world to be committing so much of my time (years in fact) and energy into the one project and I think a lot of science students actually drop out mid way through it due to the strain of it all. I think it requires either (or in combination) a good support network, a great inspirational teacher, or a big mental threshold. I'd have to say that I reckon I'm still here because of the last one, but my mentality has definitely been at the edge of it's limits a few times in the last few years. I don't think it would be so hard if I were actually doing my research in a University setting (seeing as I am still pretty young and a student), but I actually don't have any of that aspect as my University is located across the Tasman Sea in Sydney. I'm basically half way through it, but the next half does still seem a long way off.
Site wise, I guess the best thing is that I clocked over 100,000 hits within 3 months. I've had some nice comments from people who reckon its a good idea, but still waiting for the stories to get going a little faster. Fingers crossed. ¶ 11:03 PM
It seems like I haven't been writing as many blog entries of late, but I can assure you my time is well occupied by my own research. Actually, after a bit of mid-PhD gloom recently I had a pretty good week at work last week. A bit of renewed enthusiasm for my work.
Mentally, it's not the easiest thing in the world to be committing so much of my time (years in fact) and energy into the one project and I think a lot of science students actually drop out mid way through it due to the strain of it all. I think it requires either (or in combination) a good support network, a great inspirational teacher, or a big mental threshold. I'd have to say that I reckon I'm still here because of the last one, but my mentality has definitely been at the edge of it's limits a few times in the last few years. I don't think it would be so hard if I were actually doing my research in a University setting (seeing as I am still pretty young and a student), but I actually don't have any of that aspect as my University is located across the Tasman Sea in Sydney. I'm basically half way through it, but the next half does still seem a long way off.
Site wise, I guess the best thing is that I clocked over 100,000 hits within 3 months. I've had some nice comments from people who reckon its a good idea, but still waiting for the stories to get going a little faster. Fingers crossed. ¶ 11:03 PM
