Saturday, October 13, 2007

10 years for a Ph.D?

I still have 41 units to finish my Ph.D program not including this quarter. Cannot imagine how I did it but just keep moving forward. It really requires a lot of patience, this is not an easy path. Just like today... I mean now, I have no clue how to do my other paper, but the due date is tonight at 10pm. I know eventually I will make it through, but at least...at this present moment I feel so much pressured and I want to SCREAM OUT LOUD!
Most of my classmates, they were studying psychology or related major when they were in undergrad. Me? Not even close, I am competing with people they have stronger foundation than I do. At some point, I feel great when my postings and response in class received great feedback.
I remember this is the same feeling that I got when I was in high school. I believe I do not need to get train by a professional, I can still be a pro. I trained myself in most cases, of which I did pretty good so far.
I am having attitude lately...I guess this is the side effects of overloaded pressure from different things. I take every event as an opportunity to learn, but sometimes it's quite hard to keep my chin up.