the friction between my two worlds was chafing and brought me to more than one dark night of the soul. noticing comes first, recognizing when fear has taken over. we have not failed until we have quit trying. but that’s not usually how it works. when you come down it should be controlled don’t just let them fall back down. how many of you only have three committee members? glad to see you're picking stuff up fairly quickly. any and all feedback is encouraged and welcome. the general part is the same thing taken by virtually any other graduate school bound student. 