Hey, some good news: my paper of dubious repute was finally accepted at some journal or another. Huzzah etc!
I acknowledge a strange sensation (aside from the post-debate inebriation, that is): relief. You'd think I'd be excited, happy, and so forth--but instead what I feel is primarily relief. Relief that we don't have to run this manuscript through another set of a reviewers, another journal; relief that my internal plans ("Get this paper into hot journal") matched up to the external reality.
Relief, above all, that I wasn't let down.
It's a little odd, no? You'd think I'd be swilling the postdoc-appropriate Champagne knock-off. Instead, it's as though an expected, but necessary, checkpoint has been met. Phew, publication!
I think I should stop and enjoy this more, but somehow in the face-off between relief and joy, relief wins. That sounds quite ungrateful, even entitled. But I think it's more about what GradAdvisor sometimes talks about: we are often driven more by our fear of failure than by our satisfaction in success.
And now to focus on the next.
ps) Still, pretty happy though.
15 years ago
12 comments:
"pretty happy", even in small font is better than
relief,
which is still way better than
too little too late/and now I don't care.
Which is how I felt about my last paper, and how I expect to feel about the two I am currently waiting on.
But hey, I'm jealous. Is that a sign that I'm not entirely dead inside?
It might as close to happy for you as I'm gonna get. =D
Well, congrats to you, relief, joy or whatever! It is positive regardless.
Congrats Dr.J!
And look at it this way---satisfaction can give way to complacency while fear of failure always keeps you manic errr on your toes. Just some joking spin, of course.
I do agree that one should have a few moments to contemplate and savor accomplishments---that provides a more healthy motivation to go for the subsequent ones. Working in the survival mode only wears on the nerves in the long term.
Yay! Kick ass!
Congrats!!!
Hey Dr. J-
Awesome, awesome news! Congrats. I got an 'official' post revision acceptance this morning too. There is very little in the inbox that makes me feel better first thing in the morning!
Take a moment to celebrate...
My first publication in a journal with index value over 3 was very exciting. I ran down the hallway, jumped up and down, and told everyone in the building - even the office ladies who were not quite sure what to think. Then talking later that day to a member of my grad committee (who was very nice and congratulated me on the acceptance) I was brought back to reality - Publishing is our job she said. It isn't extraordinary, it is a job requirement.
Thanks all! Ms PhD, I'll take jealous in place of happy for me, no problem. It's how I feel about every single pregnant lady I know... :P
Doubledoc, congratulations to you as well!
Priscilla, maybe that's the emotion I'm tapping into--fulfilling a job requirement...
Um, you should absolutely be enjoying this more! And, if you are not planning to, I shall do it for you. Tonght I will raise my glass in honor of Dr. Jekyll's publication.
At least one of us will be celebrating.
yay! congratulations!
Woot Woot!!! Even if its is our job requirement, we should take joy in doing our job well and succeeding.
congrats!!!
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