Thanks Bug! I haven't give you any advice because my head is too West for it to make sense, but yes, we are commrades in feeling like c*** tonight. But tomorrow is another day, so here's to feeling better.

Love Esk
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:-) You just reminded me of Anne Shirley in Anne of Green Gables (one of my favourite characters, after Maria of the Sound of Music) saying 'tomorrow is fresh, with no mistakes in it'.

And of course, 'tomorrow is another day' from Gone with the Wind...


And one last quote for it may inspire those of us who are throwin tantrums tonight:

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.- Thoreau, Henry David

:-)

First off a big hug to you Bug! I do feel for you even though I am nowhere near starting a PhD yet, but I sure sympathize with you!

Now you absolutely CANNOT give up writing; you're brilliant at your work and just because someone (albeit your supervisor) criticized your work doesn't mean that it's crap or worthless. After all, she only did it for your good and as constructive criticism! This is coming from someone who is really bad at handling criticism to the extent that I sometimes feel like bursting into tears and yelling my head off and banging stuff etc!

I guess you need to take a short break from this and distract yourself with something else and come back to this after a few days perhaps a week which will hopefully provide you with a fresh perspective and not break your heart as much when going through your supervisor's comments.

Now cheer up ! :-)