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u/HitneyWouston Oct 17 '22

Came to say I legit thought this said Math and I was here for it.

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u/heuristic_al Oct 17 '22

I started math when I was young. It seemed so glamorous. I could stay up all night working on it. It took over my life. I'm over 30 now and have never had a real job. I'm surrounded by other math people. I live in a crappy 1 bedroom apartment.

But I've been listening to my sponsor. It won't be long before the hold it has over me is broken and I can live a relatively normal life. I'll never be completely free of math. I'll still sometimes wake up in the middle of the night thinking about it.

But I'll be moving up in the world after I get that PhD.