Price of Success Poll

[DanaC]

Hmm. I guess money, probably comfort too, though I think I have already sacrificed a fair amount of that to pursue my current goals. Living on less than £15k per annum isn't exactly most people's definition of comfort.

I dunno really. I am not much for sacrificing, because I've never had much to sacrifice :P I don't like sacrificing my time unless it's for something I value. So, I wouldnt be inclined to take a well-paid job that didn't inspire me. My definition of success tends not to be based around money or possessions, but levels of happiness. Oh and academia. But that doesn't really feel like a sacrifice to pursue, not after tromping about the place doing stuff that I hated for years (not counting the literacy teaching, that rocked).

To anybody looking in it probably looks like I am making sacrifices, living on fuck all for years of study. But, i tend to live on fuck all anyway...except now I get to live on fuck all and do interesting stuff.

The idea that I might somehow make it into the world of academia and make a career there thrills me, and is dangerously seductive. I have to keep reminding myself not to daydream about beng a scholar and actually do the damn work :P It's just such a strange and wonderful world, it draws me in.

I have to get better at sacrificing leisure time. *blinks*