Bait and switch

Man am I behind on my writing!  This is the first time since starting this blog that I have not found the time to put together a coherent post.  The week has seemed incredibly busy.  Perhaps writing about mid-life PhD crises caused me to unknowingly step up my research game this week leaving me less time for writing. Or maybe it was the recent time change.  Yes...definitely the time change.

Rather than posting something I don't feel good about or posting nothing at all, I've decided to pull the ole bait and switch. 
 

The decision to go to grad school can be motivated by many different factors.  However, I believe that it is safe to suggest that one of the key reasons people sign up for another round of post-secondary is because they believe it will somehow benefit them later on (i.e. mind, body, spirit, wallet).  This represents the classic "trade-off " between short and long term gain.  However, since grad school involves a pretty large additional time investment it's pretty easy to be tempted or bothered by alternative choices that might lead to more immediate gains.

Now, here comes the bait and switch.  One of my favourite bloggers, "David" from Raptitude, recently wrote a fantastic and incredibly relevant post on the subject of maintaining self discipline within these trade-off type situations. "The elegant secret to self discipline"  is definitely worth a read for anyone who is focused on long term success.  In general, his posts are all very thought provoking and well written so take a moment to look about while you're there!

Next week I'll be back in action with more content! Have a great weekend!

Anthony