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Jul 26, 2009 14:52

Dr. Padalino offered me a good position doing graduate work in collaboration with LLE in Rochester. Although this would be a straight shot towards middle class, and ultimately graduate shcool, I think I am going to have to decline ( Read more... )

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chessmasterhex July 27 2009, 19:58:09 UTC

I find myself in a similar dilemma. In fact, what you touch on here is my latest and greatest inner battle. But I feel like I can't make a move yet because all my resume says is LACK OF COMMITMENT! and I need to stick this middle-class pay-my-bills use-coupons thing out for a little while, unfortunately.

I am glad you have a plan. It sounds like you have chosen wisely.

Happiness trumps everything else.

tincan July 28 2009, 03:36:39 UTC

Thanks for your support! I keep waffling, though. I can't help but wonder- would it really kill me to commit for a year? I feel as if nearly everyone I know has found some version of success while I seem to grow increasingly bitter, year after year. It sounds horrible to say, but it is incredibly frustrating to watch individuals with seemingly no redeeming qualities (personally or professionally) sail through life simply because- for one reason or another!- they have the balls to assume that they deserve it. I keep selling myself short and coming up short, and i don't know about you, but I'm tired of it!

chessmasterhex July 28 2009, 16:11:38 UTC

A long time ago I took a job just to get by and be like everyone else. I severely regret that decision. I quickly got bored and found it all to be quite meaningless. I quit and went back to school to get my master's degree and accumulated a gargantuan amount of debt while living in poverty for over two years. I have never regretted that move, though I feel like I'm paying for it every single pay period I come up just short of getting by. I do not value money whatsoever and I suffer for it every day. And I'm finding that those who do care about it surround themselves with it, and in one way or another flaunt it, and look actually down on me for having nothing! they think I'm a freak ( ... )

tincan August 27 2009, 19:45:42 UTC

For some reason I have been suffering with terrible writers block and have felt incapable of writing or even responding to anything- but thank you, I took your advice, actually followed through and truned down the job! And I haven't regretted it once.