I saw two previous classmates who were also my good friends yesterday in a conference here at the law school. They were now the speakers, of course. I, on the other hand, remained as part of the audience. Not that I want to be speaker, after all it wasn’t a matter within my area of research. But I mention this anyway to illustrate my point that once in awhile I think this whole notion of delayed gratification as a graduate student gets old. They looked so accomplished (it helped that they were tall and wore suits) and grown-up. I, on the other hand, with my backpack (I came from the library), jeans and all, just looked stuck.
It’s either I bury myself into work with the idea that the sooner I finish the sooner I get to join the “accomplished” (what does this mean anyway?) club. Or I take my sweet time and embrace this state of mine wholeheartedly. I’m not even sure if I can get a job at the end of it, but that’s the least of my worries at this point. Anyway, that is just something I thought about yesterday. At least some things rarely change – the three of us were all eating free dinner, just like old times.
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