“How to Hope in Graduate School”
“CV’ing up with the Joneses. Maybe you’re in your cubicle. You’re happily doing research on your next chapter when you overhear that so-and-so placed an article in a major journal, or won a prestigious fellowship. Suddenly your whole day changes. You’ve got to finish that article, scrounge the Internet for elite conferences you can attend next week, and rethink your entire project. Ask any graduate student: No well-written paragraph can equal hours of angsty CV-stroking for a sense of emotional calm…
remember: Your track is singular. You will watch your peers find total fulfillment through tenure, alt-ac, and abandoning academe altogether. Recognize that all of those doors in academe that read “Authorized Personnel Only” are only awaiting your push.”
