I guess ideally I'm an academic at heart. the PhD has a bit of farting about to do but in order to do it I'd need to take time from somewhere else (i.e my job) but retain enough of an income to get by on. maybe achievable, maybe not, I don't know and to make it worse, I have little time at present due to work demands.

Family life wouldn't allow a post doc anywhere I don't think. My wife is settled working for the Uni, there are always RA positions coming up, but it's finding something worthwhile to sink my teeth into.

I guess my plan would be to see where I'm at in 6 months when the workload dries up a bit, see how uch effort I can muster to write the PhD up and see what post doc stuff is about afterwards.

I'll be attending the nearby geol soc meets more regularly too, see if I can prize my way in the door somewhere that way…

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