Strongly considering dropping my Ph.D at ABD status and months from slated graduation due to lack of skill development

A favorite of mine…

“I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all. Thousands of little kids, and nobody’s around – nobody big, I mean – except me. And I’m standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff – I mean if they’re running and they don’t look where they’re going I have to come out from somewhere and catch them. That’s all I do all day. I’d just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it’s crazy, but that’s the only thing I’d really like to be.”

One of the worst parts of growing up is having to grow up😀. Believe in yourself, you are strong and resilient but you have to move forward.

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The OP has asked or posted some version of the same topic at least four times previously. People have repeatedly given the same advice, and it appears nothing has changed since previous posts. The conversation is now circular and it seems the OP is still unsatisfied with the advice they have been given. Therefore, I am closing this thread. If the OP wishes to discuss a totally new topic, they may do so.

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