u/marshman505

So it was brought to my attention that I'd be a good fit for a PhD in library science (while I'm still in my MLS program). So I naturally started looking and whew! I landed on a thread from this subreddit a few years ago where everyone said it wasn't worth it, but like... did anyone actually do it and enjoy it, or is it just pain points all the way down to its core as a doctoral degree? I've previously considered a PhD in other areas, like what I have a bachelor's in, but never in library science. Curious what everyone thinks! TIA!

Hey all,

So I’m in a bit of a pickle and I’m looking for advice.

I’m about to start an internship on top of MLIS classes and a variable-hours part time job. My current class is 10-12 hours/week of work, which I’ll be adding to soon with a 5 week summer intensive of probably a similar amount of work, on top of my 15-20 hour/week part time job which I’ll be adding the internship on top of. The internship is paid but it’s less than 1k/month and my other job is cutting hours more and more so bills are getting tight.

My question is: how the hell do I manage all this?? I’m juggling like 3 different schedules right now alongside having to feel like I’m drowning in classwork, which is only getting more and more intense and time-consuming; not to mention the every day issues of being a chronically ill adult…I’m a semester away from graduating so I don’t want to take a gap or anything but it feels like I’m barely keeping my head above water and something’s going to have to give.

Thanks in advance!

Hey all,

So I’m in a bit of a pickle and I’m looking for advice.

I’m about to start an internship on top of MLIS classes and a variable-hours part time job. My current class is 10-12 hours/week of work, which I’ll be adding to soon with a 5 week summer intensive of probably a similar amount of work, on top of my 15-20 hour/week part time job which I’ll be adding the internship on top of. The internship is paid but it’s less than 1k/month and my other job is cutting hours more and more so bills are getting tight.

My question is: how the hell do I manage all this?? I’m juggling like 3 different schedules right now alongside having to feel like I’m drowning in classwork, which is only getting more and more intense and time-consuming; not to mention the every day issues of being a chronically ill adult…I’m a semester away from graduating so I don’t want to take a gap or anything but it feels like I’m barely keeping my head above water and something’s going to have to give.

Thanks in advance!