I have a new job. It is relatively cruisy. It has four weeks' holiday a year. It is making me think: do I actually *want* a job that challenges me mentally? Wouldn't it be nicer just to sit here and surf the web and get paid?

I am fundamentally a lazy person. Why would I want to write 300,000 words?

It's my Midwinter I'm Going to Give Up My Ph.D. phase. I should recognise it by now, I suppose. Although it's particularly compelling, this time around.