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Originally Posted by Yellow  Can you try visiting your home town or where you did your undergrad for a while? Any place where there are people you know? I think you need a change of place. I can understand that you can't leave your masters in the middle, but maybe take a week or 2 off and visit family and/or friends from before? |
I'm heading back home for Thanksgiving in a few weeks. I've always found home to be very stressful, since I really don't have very many friends there anymore, as most people have moved away (my former best friend was one of the last holdouts; she's still there, but I don't feel comfortable contacting her anymore). I feel like my parents treat me like I'm a child when I stay with them (I'm the baby, and I think it will be like this for most of my life). I've been where I'm at now for so long (7+ years), visiting my parents doesn't seem like home anymore. Nevertheless, it will be nice to eat some good food and not have to worry about work, bills, etc for just a few days.
I actually stayed in the same place for graduate school as my undergrad, and all of my friends from there have left. Believe me, if I had the money to take a little vacation, I would. I recently attending one of my old college roommate's weddings and reunited with my college friends (we've actually stayed in touch pretty well even after 3 years). It was wonderful, but it sort of made me sad because I don't have the luxury of those types of people anymore.
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Also, how much longer will it be before you can move out of that town permanently?
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I wish I knew. I guess I should've been more explicit that I'm in a PhD program, quite a long one. It averages around 8 years, although for some people it takes longer and some people it takes shorter. I've been pressuring my mentor to speed things along, but I'd say realistically, I have at least 4-5 more years before I move away.