How not to get a PhD...

I was reading an article the other day about how to get a PhD and I thought that it perfectly encapsulates the fears of all of us who look to get a degree after this long and perilous journey. The article is from a book entitled How to Get a PhD by Estelle Phillips and Derek Pugh. Their seven dizzying ways of how not to get a PhD?

1. not wanting a PhD
2. overestimating what is required
3. underestimating what is required
4. having a supervisor who does not know what is required
5. losing contact with your supervisor
6. not having a 'thesis' (i.e. position, argument) to maintain
7. taking a new job before completing

In other words, just about every quandry and pitfall that can befall one during a graduate career. Ah, the stress...maybe I should just stop right now.