SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

(from a former Un-Dissertation Group member, now Dr. Victoria :-)

Sometimes when I feel like walking away from this doctoral thing, I think about a bit of dialogue from "A League of Their Own."

Dottie is leaving for Oregon with her husband who has just returned from the war. Jimmy, the coach, is challenging her about quitting the baseball league just when the World Series is beginning. This conversation ensues:

“Jimmy: [presses Dottie for how she can quit something she is so good at, and must love doing]
Dottie: It just got too hard, ok?
Jimmy: It’s supposed to be hard. If it wasn’t hard everyone would do it and it wouldn’t be great.”

What might feel different if you thought about the dissertation as something you don't know how to do, are learning to do, and that has a fairly demanding bar for success?

You have already made it past the hard part -- you've been invited to learn to write one.

How's that feel?