I had wondered, BEFORE starting the doctorate:
"Why do people quit so close to the end?"
Because it is very, very hard. Steven Pressfield says that it is "Resistance" that gets in the way. Fourth-century monastic blames the "noonday devil." Marital counselors speak of the "seven-year itch."
So now, I am facing comps - (three weeks away from next Tuesday).
I need to just keep doing what I'm doing. Taking careful notes, reviewing, paying attention to things that 'might be tested.' A lot of the Eastman professor have geared assignments or exams to this final comprehensive exam, so I've had vaccine boosters already.
And like everything else that we're trained to do, it's a performance. My mom remarked how calm I was on my wedding day. The performance instinct kicks in. It's the result of years of training.
I will leave you with a quote of the late, great Nelson Mandela:
"It always seems impossible until it's done."
PHOTO: One of my two (very loyal) study-buddies!
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