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Updated – Ph.DONE – Defended – it went well. I passed with no revisions – which to be honest, I didn't know was a possibility with my committee. It's done! Thank you for all your kind words and thoughts.
I'm defending my dissertation tomorrow. And while I recognize this is an important ritual that is mostly performative (in the US) I'm terrified. I can't shake the feeling that I haven't done enough. That when I give this presentation in front of my peers and committee they will finally see how woefully I have failed to rise to this occasion. I know it's not rational, I've worked so hard over the past five years but I can't find any joy in this milestone.
One of my favorite parts of this sub is how we uplift and support one another. Please send me your strength and any ideas of how I might prepare tonight or tomorrow morning to ground myself.
