I need to finish my masters or quit altogether so that I can move on with things. It is the elephant in the room, for me, my family and some of my friends (listed in order of how much I care about their opinion on the matter).
Myself, I keep thinking of all this stuff I will "do" after I finish my masters (which was originally what i would do after i finished my PhD but I wimped out of that). My Plan:
-Finish Masters
-Get passport, start learning german, start looking for work in germany as an engineer in the field of automation
-Get a job in Germany, move there a few months before it is suppost to start and then explore Europe until work starts.
-Get the EU version of certified practicing engineer.
-Live there for about 5 years, maybe buy a place or at least save enough to buy a place here when I come back.
But this is all being pushed back by the lack of finishing my Masters. I changed from a PhD to Masters for a few reasons:
-Hoped to finish sooner
-Didnt enjoy it so wanted out
-Didnt want to have wasted my time
-Didnt want a "gap" of productivity on my resume
-Didnt want to let down/dissapoint my supervisors (although i dont think i achieved this I can say I at least tried not to if I finish the Masters)
-Didnt want to prove that I couldnt do this, and that Im not as smart as I thought I was (although to be fair, the mind is great at protecting self-image, I cant really convince myself that it is *really* a failure since I "bored" out, rather than being too dumb... but another part points out that if your not tested you never know)
But all these reasons are just as empty etc if i dont finish the masters...
Damn elephant.
