and you started building links on the chain

[lotesse]

Ohhh, internet, I just sent scary emails! I hate having to ask for things from profs that I'm not sure of getting - it triggers every single social anxiety I've got. The process of assembling a qualifying exam committee could not be more perfectly designed to screw with my head, I swear.

Now I'm all shaky and post-adrenal. And I have to go get dressed to teach. Shit.

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[zulu]

Oh man, are you me? Sometimes I can't even look at the emails in my inbox for this very reason. I asked a prof for something! They replied! Maybe it's good news but maybe they hate me forever...

Fortunately for me, I get my very understanding wife to read them first, and once she has talked me down with a vague summary of the details, I'm usually able to read and reply. /o\

[lotesse]

email! it is the nemesis of the socially-awkward professional!

[msilverstar]

Committees are a necessary evil, so my academic friends say. If you are organizing in a timely way, you doing well for everyone, be confident! The people they really hate are the procrastinators.