Shoe fetish or an Engineering degree? Must be wondering what's the connection, isn't it?
Well for starters - I have both.
Second, the symptoms and cycle life of both are kinda the same unless you're broke. Symptoms can range from mild to very severe and the cycle life is long, very long!
When I joined engineering, I was convinced that it'll be tough but not impossible.. Funny enough I thought the same when my mum mentioned my shoe fetish - tough to deal with but not impossible! In both cases, if I went broke at any point of time (more like if my dad went bankrupt) sustainability would be an issue. When I completed my degree and started working without much knowledge contribution from my course (nil actually), I thought of all my shoes that I bought with extreme levels of enthusiasm but never ended up wearing them more than a couple times.
Also the tasks involved in doing an engineering dissertation or buying even a carvela are very very similar. You start with intensive research, experiments (trying the shoes) and a theoretical report to the tutor (telling my mom - pros, cons ,the works in the case of shoes of course!). Finally depending upon how you do, the results are proportional.
Plagiarism issues are also quite relevant in both. You wouldn't want to buy your best friend's pair when unique is the way to go. You dare do the same in my department of study.
Also the security feeling is attached to both! Everytime I think of working in the future, I know I have a piece of fancy paper (called a degree) to go begging at the doors of the corporates to earn a living. Similarly my investment in shoes gives me the same exact feeling - maybe one day in the future I can sell all my shoes online and get some money!
Its funny how two completely different things/habits give me the exact same feeling and whats funnier is my brain perceives them to be of equal importance! haha
Well for starters - I have both.
Second, the symptoms and cycle life of both are kinda the same unless you're broke. Symptoms can range from mild to very severe and the cycle life is long, very long!
When I joined engineering, I was convinced that it'll be tough but not impossible.. Funny enough I thought the same when my mum mentioned my shoe fetish - tough to deal with but not impossible! In both cases, if I went broke at any point of time (more like if my dad went bankrupt) sustainability would be an issue. When I completed my degree and started working without much knowledge contribution from my course (nil actually), I thought of all my shoes that I bought with extreme levels of enthusiasm but never ended up wearing them more than a couple times.
Also the tasks involved in doing an engineering dissertation or buying even a carvela are very very similar. You start with intensive research, experiments (trying the shoes) and a theoretical report to the tutor (telling my mom - pros, cons ,the works in the case of shoes of course!). Finally depending upon how you do, the results are proportional.
Plagiarism issues are also quite relevant in both. You wouldn't want to buy your best friend's pair when unique is the way to go. You dare do the same in my department of study.
Also the security feeling is attached to both! Everytime I think of working in the future, I know I have a piece of fancy paper (called a degree) to go begging at the doors of the corporates to earn a living. Similarly my investment in shoes gives me the same exact feeling - maybe one day in the future I can sell all my shoes online and get some money!
Its funny how two completely different things/habits give me the exact same feeling and whats funnier is my brain perceives them to be of equal importance! haha
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