tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post8819558633993470078..comments2024-02-10T19:58:20.327+00:00Comments on Stuck in a Book: A change to my century; a change to my lifeStuckInABookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-47717394509721606852014-01-18T15:05:39.387+00:002014-01-18T15:05:39.387+00:00I certainly hope so! I'm going to keep doing t...I certainly hope so! I'm going to keep doing the fun bits of academia :)StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-60482561089693933432014-01-14T16:53:38.683+00:002014-01-14T16:53:38.683+00:00Belated congratulations on your doctorate and I lo...Belated congratulations on your doctorate and I look forward to hearing all about the 'new' century with you!Marina Sofiahttp://findingtimetowrite.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-13859634271895026112014-01-14T08:57:05.044+00:002014-01-14T08:57:05.044+00:00Congratulations Dr Thomas! I hope you are enjoying...Congratulations Dr Thomas! I hope you are enjoying the sense of achievement. You said you're not going to be a professional academic, but I do hope we will meet again at a conference in future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-29627872142610716662014-01-14T07:26:03.534+00:002014-01-14T07:26:03.534+00:00Congratulations! It must be really satisfying to h...Congratulations! It must be really satisfying to have finished such a hefty chapter in your life - and to be (just about to be) Dr Thomas!Eleanor Elliottnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-70137000787815845142014-01-13T09:51:08.377+00:002014-01-13T09:51:08.377+00:00Congratulations Simon, well done on your DPhil!
Congratulations Simon, well done on your DPhil!<br />Mirianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04821079287917144922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-83192419314435000602014-01-12T16:51:43.910+00:002014-01-12T16:51:43.910+00:00I guess I'm the last to arrive at the party, b...I guess I'm the last to arrive at the party, but congratulations. Excellent work!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06906212382849291562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-27614681773385846012014-01-12T13:07:07.367+00:002014-01-12T13:07:07.367+00:00After confusing myself considerably by reading tha...After confusing myself considerably by reading that sentence as "I am now ... Dr Thomas Gosh", and thinking "I'm sure his name is Simon", I am now with the programme ~ many congratulations.SarahCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-75528391344685017242014-01-11T22:49:19.608+00:002014-01-11T22:49:19.608+00:00I'm a day late and a dollar short as usual but...I'm a day late and a dollar short as usual but many congratulations, Simon!Vintage Readinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05971819409379613967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-45035028017888510402014-01-11T16:28:42.518+00:002014-01-11T16:28:42.518+00:00I'm sure I did miss out on some of the highs! ...I'm sure I did miss out on some of the highs! My DPhil was never my life, and I don't think I wanted it to be. Which is probably why I will not be a professional academic now!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-69389942547024346092014-01-11T15:48:40.119+00:002014-01-11T15:48:40.119+00:00What on earth is a life/study balance ?! I became ...What on earth is a life/study balance ?! I became addicted (and I think that is the right word) to my research during my PhD. Well done if you avoided becoming "dependent" (but perhaps you missed out on some "highs" too?)Dark Pusshttp://morganas-cat.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-83531659594212494922014-01-11T15:44:35.967+00:002014-01-11T15:44:35.967+00:00That's an interesting point you make! I spent ...That's an interesting point you make! I spent about 10 weeks (7 days per week I hasten to add) writing my thesis. I spent quite a lot of time at the beginning and at the end in libraries, but of course a huge amount of time in laboratories and writing computer code (in FORTRAN IV if anyone else out there remembers that).Dark Pusshttp://morganas-cat.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-73973892147564892742014-01-11T15:13:25.644+00:002014-01-11T15:13:25.644+00:00Thanks Karoline!Thanks Karoline!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-76997812396894418162014-01-11T15:13:17.519+00:002014-01-11T15:13:17.519+00:00thank you!thank you!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-60318262984271774982014-01-11T15:13:10.395+00:002014-01-11T15:13:10.395+00:00thank you Sally!thank you Sally!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-15399993955184416202014-01-11T15:09:49.425+00:002014-01-11T15:09:49.425+00:00thanks Ali! How well prepared, planning for 2015 a...thanks Ali! How well prepared, planning for 2015 already!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-47903093074987060052014-01-11T14:56:50.771+00:002014-01-11T14:56:50.771+00:00Thank you Susan! I suspect I'd have finished q...Thank you Susan! I suspect I'd have finished quicker if I hadn't been determined to keep a life/study balance - but it was definitely worth being sane after 4 years than insane after 3!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-71737388028877560542014-01-11T14:55:48.024+00:002014-01-11T14:55:48.024+00:00thanks Eva! :)thanks Eva! :)StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-6666953771984567142014-01-11T14:55:38.164+00:002014-01-11T14:55:38.164+00:00Thank you very much Peter! I think you possibly f...Thank you very much Peter! I think you possibly found your PhD more rewarding as a whole than I did my DPhil - but I suppose I spent more time writing up than you did, since all four years were essentially writing up periods interspersed with more fun periods in the archives and libraries! StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-28885789785271893742014-01-11T14:54:47.568+00:002014-01-11T14:54:47.568+00:00Thank you so much Karen! I'm pretty excited a...Thank you so much Karen! I'm pretty excited about my century now (although it's off to a slow start, with thesis re-reading etc.) - and it's quite nice to be doing something a bit different from last time around.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-61169150380264582982014-01-11T14:54:07.534+00:002014-01-11T14:54:07.534+00:00That's such a lovely thing to say, thank you V...That's such a lovely thing to say, thank you Victoria! I'm not gonna lie, it's a long haul - but I determined (before I started) that I'd only do it if I could read recreationally at the same time, otherwise it wouldn't be worth it. I hope you manage to find time for it all too!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-9135656397287396462014-01-11T14:53:08.465+00:002014-01-11T14:53:08.465+00:00Thank you Annabel! And thank you for the encourag...Thank you Annabel! And thank you for the encouragement :) I think it does make for a good century.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-19156969049887719562014-01-11T14:52:49.923+00:002014-01-11T14:52:49.923+00:00Thank you!
I'm glad someone else is joining me...Thank you!<br />I'm glad someone else is joining me in my somewhat eccentric century :)StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-29624245143625017092014-01-11T14:52:19.696+00:002014-01-11T14:52:19.696+00:00Thanks Karen! It is lovely that it's come to a...Thanks Karen! It is lovely that it's come to an end, at long last :)StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-91714188110737107822014-01-11T14:51:57.730+00:002014-01-11T14:51:57.730+00:00That is very kind of you to say, thank you!That is very kind of you to say, thank you!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-73220055007047766392014-01-11T14:47:14.052+00:002014-01-11T14:47:14.052+00:00Thanks Ruthiella! I am definitely playing the my-...Thanks Ruthiella! I am definitely playing the my-game-my-rules card, aren't I? ;)StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.com