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[atheneglaukopis]

It's so weird how for the past few months, since finishing what I consider to be a reasonable draft needing only small improvements before I think people should sign off on it, my brain keeps saying, "Oh, god, I do not want to work on my dissertation, I am so sick of it, I want to do something else." Yet every time I open it to work on it, as I'm

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[fpb]

It's a symptom of a grave and incurable disease. It's called "being a scholar", and I'm afraid you're stuck with it, likely enough, for the rest of your life.

BTW, if you have the time and inclination, I would be grateful for your opinion on this essay - http://fpb.livejournal.com/481660.html and http://fpb.livejournal.com/481835.html . If you haven't, of course, don't bother.

[joshua_green]

What makes "consider to be" correct in this context?

The explanation could have something to do with the immediate goals.  The original goal was to write the thesis in order to receive your degree, but you feel that it's already almost in a good enough form for that to happen, hence the marginal improvements don't seem particularly interesting or important.  However, a journal article is something that more people will likely read, and creating one out of what you have requires more work, but the result of that extra work will be easy to see and measure (an article that wouldn't otherwise exist).