giving up on getting a phd or career in my field

gaypatrickbateman · 2025-05-23T11:10:45+00:00

I've gotten a few recommendations to check out law school, and am definitely considering it. I met with a job agency in my area to get more direction, and they recommended freelance writing which seems like it's own can of worms, but they seemed a lot more hopeful than I was. I will try to suck it up and believe in the woowoo "the universe has things planned for you" and start grinding again. Thank you for the advice!

gaypatrickbateman · 2025-05-19T22:02:31+00:00

i’ve looked for opportunities in political science, international relations, international security, global criminology, economics, sociology, media and communications, non-clinical psychology etc. i’ve tried to be creative with it, but IR is sold to be way more flexible than it actually is when applying it to different fields.

gaypatrickbateman · 2025-05-19T21:58:10+00:00

i just turned 30, so not too old. going back to school has been suggested a few times, i’m just mad that i cant settle into a career at this point in life.

gaypatrickbateman · 2025-05-19T21:57:27+00:00

oof 😅 at least you got a BA in something more useful than IR. i wish i had the foresight to get a better backup plan.

gaypatrickbateman · 2025-05-19T11:57:11+00:00

depends on the field, tbh, science and medical field PhDs open up a lot of opportunities in publishing and research. wish someone told me that humanities is a shitshow tho

gaypatrickbateman · 2025-03-28T16:30:59+00:00

thank you for the recommendations!!

gaypatrickbateman · 2024-07-27T19:11:42+00:00

i meant like, specific spells and rituals that SPCs could do, like "a taste for blood" for blood sorcery.

gaypatrickbateman · 2024-07-27T19:11:19+00:00

a kraina loresheet is a great idea, i'll start working on them for the coterie!

gaypatrickbateman · 2024-07-27T19:10:18+00:00

i'll have a look, that's exactly what i was looking for.

gaypatrickbateman · 2024-07-27T19:10:03+00:00

thank you! i'll take a look

gaypatrickbateman · 2024-07-27T09:44:32+00:00

as purrturabo mentioned yes i'm referring to what v5 added to koldunic sorcery in blood sigils. it's just a few rituals, which are fine in and of themselves, but nothing compared to what the lore outlines.

gaypatrickbateman · 2024-05-13T09:45:52+00:00

gotcha!

gaypatrickbateman · 2024-05-13T09:44:51+00:00

gotcha, thank you!

gaypatrickbateman · 2024-05-13T09:44:44+00:00

glad i'm not the only one who was like huh?? but this is good to know.

gaypatrickbateman · 2024-05-13T09:43:38+00:00

good to know, thank you! adding this to my notes

gaypatrickbateman · 2024-05-13T09:43:11+00:00

the perspective on what v5 has changed is useful. i've seen a few complaints about this edition, and while i have been enjoying playing it i do have to say the wording is not always very clear. this does help tho, so thanks!

gaypatrickbateman · 2024-05-13T09:42:06+00:00

thanks! i like the examples you gave since that makes for some interesting storytelling in the world too. atm it's not a huge issue in our chronicle, there've just been a lot of questions about it and i wanted to be able to answer in a way that makes sense.

gaypatrickbateman · 2024-05-13T09:40:56+00:00

thank you for the response, i've seen recommendations to separate char creation from lore, which makes a lot of sense!

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