: And to think everyone else calls me cautious to a fault
The same Aspie responsible for revisiting my utility curve has suggested that it would be possible, and likely worthwhile, to complete the rest of the degree on a part-time basis.
This would apparently free up substantial resources for coping with day-to-day life and other substantive interests and concerns of mine. I know for a fact that lack of confidence in cooking has not ceased to be an issue at all, is almost certainly why I remain stubbornly underweight, and is probably best addressed with some kind of obvious care and attention under limited pressure. And free will, which is why I haven't done it this summer. (A backstage techie called Carly is going to help me once back in Southampton next week; coincidentally she is considering vegetarianism on animal-welfare grounds, I am separately considering it on environmental grounds, and she is aware of my sensory issues and is to help me with that in mind.)
I am completely against the recommendation. As far as I'm concerned, it is a lazy way out, I will gain no sense of achievement whatsoever from anything short of completing my degree within three years and gaining a 2:1 in it, and I believe I am being assumed to be incapable of this. I'd sooner burn out trying to achieve my goals than to end up with this weak-willed, cowardly compromise.
The same Aspie responsible for revisiting my utility curve has suggested that it would be possible, and likely worthwhile, to complete the rest of the degree on a part-time basis.
This would apparently free up substantial resources for coping with day-to-day life and other substantive interests and concerns of mine. I know for a fact that lack of confidence in cooking has not ceased to be an issue at all, is almost certainly why I remain stubbornly underweight, and is probably best addressed with some kind of obvious care and attention under limited pressure. And free will, which is why I haven't done it this summer. (A backstage techie called Carly is going to help me once back in Southampton next week; coincidentally she is considering vegetarianism on animal-welfare grounds, I am separately considering it on environmental grounds, and she is aware of my sensory issues and is to help me with that in mind.)
I am completely against the recommendation. As far as I'm concerned, it is a lazy way out, I will gain no sense of achievement whatsoever from anything short of completing my degree within three years and gaining a 2:1 in it, and I believe I am being assumed to be incapable of this. I'd sooner burn out trying to achieve my goals than to end up with this weak-willed, cowardly compromise.