Need your advice !
I’m stuck and I genuinely can’t make a decision.
I’m currently a PhD student, but my supervisor is having a lot of problems with the university staff/admin this year. It’s making everything complicated and honestly a bit scary, because I’m afraid of putting years of effort into this PhD and then having delays or problems with graduation because of issues that are out of my control.
Because of that, I started preparing a plan B: applying for a second master’s degree in France. I got accepted, and now the next step would be the visa process. At the same time, I’m also working right now.
So basically I feel pulled in multiple directions:
Continue the PhD and hope things stabilize
Leave and start over with the master’s in France
Keep building my career/work experience
Try to think about my personal life too
And that’s another thing confusing me: I’ve been in a relationship for 4 months with a guy I really, really like. I don’t know if I should talk to him about the future of our relationship before making any big decisions, or if that would put too much pressure on him for something he doesn’t fully control either.
Has anyone been in a situation where your academic/career plans and personal life all collided at once? How did you make your decision without regretting it later?