Defended!

I must admit, because I did not know what to expect, I was expecting the worst: a sequence of questions pointing into weaknesses of my PhD work. And instead I got a very constructive discussion about both, the strong and the weak parts. Plus a very positive atmosphere and a couple of jokes! And the after defence discussion was even better!

Summa summarum - a very enjoyable day !!!

And the feeling of having the 3.5 years process completed - priceless... :D

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far too serious post

While drTBBE is snowboarding in Georgia with a group of his good old friends I suddenly have so much time for myself ;-)
Until yesterday most of this time I have spent on preparations for the defence - Incredible how difficult it is to go back to own work after 3 months of not thinking about it! - but yesterday's very sad news:
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completely distracted my attention and made me thinking hard about serious things...
So far I have been a very lucky and happy person: relatively healthy, loving and  being loved, enjoying what I do at work. But somehow I feel like the time is passing by between my fingers... And it is not scary that I do not know what I will be like, where and what I will be doing in, let't say, 5 years. But it is terrifying that I do not know what I want to be like and what I want to do in 5 years...

The two Polish climbers died while realizing their dreams...
I guess it is time for changes because I do not even  have a dream...


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