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    Is it wise to become self employed with no job experience?

    To be perfectly honest, and to address some of the commentator's concerns, I didn't know too much about consulting when I was writing this post. I just looked it up, and saw that you can be self employed and have a consulting firm. The self employed route just seems to be the perfect fit for me...
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    Is it wise to become self employed with no job experience?

    I don't know...it must be that I'm too much of a free spirit to work for someone else. I'm thinking, after I graduate with my mathematics BS, I would like to get a masters. After that, maybe I'll start my own consulting firm. Of course, I will get volunteer/unpaid experience along the way...
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    How Can You Study Effectively When Feeling Down?

    Yeah, I guess. Even though my OCD got the best of me, I still tried, and I learned some cool stuff from trying. :) Right now I'm at the max dosage, I think, for my meds; my psychiatrist won't increase it. And I think I'd like to try new meds, but I don't think that's going to happen...
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    How Can You Study Effectively When Feeling Down?

    Thanks for the suggestions Feynman. And thanks for the books robphy. I think Feynman was a great human being! Unfortunately, it's too late; although I got over being down, my OCD kinda took over, and I spent hours fixating on this one thing. I'm not going to mention what it is, but I'm out of...
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    How Can You Study Effectively When Feeling Down?

    Hi guys, long time lurker of physics forum here. Some time ago I read a thread about how to study when you have depression, or something along those lines, so I figured I should ask for similar advice. I'm a university student in summer school. I also have OCD and an incredibly low self...
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