Quote:
Originally Posted by VenusHalley
going back is hard though... the longer you are out, the harder it gets. You "forget" things and simple papers no longer come natural to you.
If you have the option to try and to quit if it seems too hard, it might be worth it. Look, don't want to be discouraging, but you may never be as stable as you would like to be. Maybe work is less stressful as doing nothing and having all time in the world to focus on your bad situation (in another unhappy experience of mine I did not get into master's program and was unemployed..... and it almost cost me............).
imho, Ts and pdocs don't know the full implications of "time off" often. time off means not only stress free time. It means time to focus on stupid ****, social isolation (what are you supposed to talk about to people? "eh, I am doing nothing at the moment").
|
"Look, don't want to be discouraging, but you may never be as stable as you would like to be."
I think Venus is spot on with this. Chances are, you'll never feel 100% ready. I'm kind of in the same situation...being that I will be graduating high school this year and going to college next fall. Do I feel 100% ready? Definitely not! But it's a risk I am willing to take. Like Venus mentioned above, sometimes it's harder to be doing NOTHING then to be doing SOMETHING.
I find that my mental health gets worse when I have more time to do nothing, to sit with my thoughts and dwell on negativity. I hope that, if you do decide to take this chance, that it will be a positive experience no matter what happens. I wish you the best of luck!